Investing in over
two year’s software
development by
Applied Satellite
Technology Systems
Ltd (AST Systems),
part of the AST
Group, IRIS is a
state of the art
asset management
system with
situation awareness
features such as
geo-fencing and
panic alerting
amongst its many
features. It
is built with full
cyber safety
precautions and
encryption (to
AES256 standard),
and can be purchased
as a stand-alone
product giving
corporate and
government users the
ability to host in
their own secure
environment.
Companies
specialising in the
provision of M2M
services now have
the perfect solution
for a satellite
based service, IRIS
seamlessly becoming
part of their
product portfolio.
M2M requirements are
often unique to a
particular
requirement, as an
‘in house’ developed
product AST Systems
can offer a
‘customisation
service’ to meet
those specific
needs; Pauline
Truckle, MD of AST
Systems commented
“AST has reached a
new milestone with
this development,
and we are able to
truly provide the
customer with the
precise solution to
suit their needs”.
The terminal manager
enables remote
performance
monitoring of the
Inmarsat BGAN M2M
terminal, with
firmware upgrades
and reboots
initiated remotely.
An essential
capability for any
M2M application is
that it can be
located in an
‘unmanned’ location,
without IRIS TM it
would require a
‘call out’ for an
operator to attend
the site in the
event of an
unexpected terminal
malfunction.
IRIS TM is the first
commercially
available
application to fully
utilise the
functionality of the
Inmarsat M2M API no
longer needing to
rely on SMS to
communicate with the
terminal and
enabling added
control
functionality.
Gregory Darling,
Managing Director of
AST commented; “I am
very proud of our
IRIS development
which was as a
result of customer
demand for a secure
system for asset
management that adds
terminal management
to Inmarsat’s
average network
availability of
99.99 %.”
Paul Gudonis,
President, Inmarsat
Enterprise said;
“satellite
communications will
play an increasingly
important part of
the new ‘Internet of
Things’ world we
live in.
Inmarsat provides
global coverage
through
geo-stationery
satellites with
exceptional
reliability, and we
are delighted when
companies such as
AST develop
solutions that
enable expansion of
the applications
that can utilise the
service.”
