FDN provide flexible communication at sea

Freedom Digital Networks have installed a Power Line Communication (PLC) network for MODUS (Modular Underwater Systems Ltd) onboard a vessel to provide flexible communication for their Remote Operated Vehicles ROV’s.

Freedom Digital Networks have recently installed a PLC for Modular Underwater Systems Ltd (MODUS) onboard a Subsea cable laying and construction vessel being mobilised to work in the North Sea. MODUS offer subsea hi tech solutions to the oil, gas and telecommunications industries, and with their state of the art subsea trenching and Remote Operated Vehicles (ROV’s) they provide an extended array of services.

MODUS are using the FDN PLC network on board the vessel to provide a cost effective high speed data network, enabling them to access data from a number of strategic points on the ship without the need to install additional cabling infrastructure.
 
The FDN architecture is using both the onboard power and coaxial cable infrastructure to deploy images from the ROV from the MODUS control room, through to the bridge and other mobile computing equipment elsewhere on board where users can simply “plug into” the data network from any suitable power socket, turning the electrical ring main into a data LAN.
 
Modus Project Manager Michael Waddle said “With the PLC, FDN have provided an effective and reliable solution to what would have been a costly and invasive cabling run on the vessel. With the PLC we can easily transmit any of the video or sonar pictures to the bridge, satisfying a requirement of our onward client. I would like to commend FDN on their resourcefulness and pragmatic approach to installing this system.”

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