Iceland's Volcanoes Monitored Wirelessly

Stockholm, Sweden, April 25, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Induo has received an order for wireless communication to seismological stations that will be deployed to monitor the volcanoes of Iceland. The wireless links from Induo uses GSM network for transmission of GPS and measurement data to a central data center. The system is being deployed by the Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University, Sweden.

At the end of March the first station was installed in connection to the volcanic eruption at Fimvörduháls. Now three more stations will be installed starting next week.

"A number of seismological stations have been deployed in Iceland, and will be included in a seismically network for about two years. The seismic data from each station are transferred via ER75i GPRS router continuously to a data center for further processing and archiving. Further more, the stations are equipped with GPS which also transmits data through ER75i. A station has been set up in connection with the volcanic eruption at Fimvörduháls at the end of March and two more stations will be installed in Myrdalsjökull to keep track of Katla" says Lars Dynesius, 1st Research Engineer at the Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University.

"This is a good example of an application in which wireless products are used for collecting data that could form the basis for important decisions. Induos products are often used in extreme or socially beneficial situations, of course, it is an honor for us to supply Uppsala Universities with a solution for wireless communications for such harsh environments" said Ulf Seijmer, Induos marketing manager.

The Swedish Seismological Station Network is a part of the Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University. The department, which among other things has appeared in the media the past week following the volcanic eruption at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland, use physics to study nature and can be split into several sub-fields such as space physics, atmospheric physics and solid earth physics. At the Department of Earth Sciences they are primarily studying solid earth physics using various methods such as gravity, magnetics, GPS, seismology and electromagnetics.

Induo delivers a solution based on ER75i, a GPRS / EDGE router, manufactured by Czech company Conel, and is distributed by Induo on the Swedish market.

The router is connecting all the stations via the GSM network. ER75i is a proven router that is used in everything from demanding industrial applications to payment transaction systems and fleet management applications. ER75i router reaches a good range thanks to the use of an antenna from Finnish manufacturer CompleTech. CompleTechs antennas have been on the market for 20 years and combines high environmental resistance with a lightweight design which is important for installations in demanding applications such as this. CompleTechs antennas can be found in both everyday as extreme applications. One of the more extreme situations including an automatic weather station on Mount Everest that relies on CompleTech antennas.

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