Minos System

Minos System is a high technology patented system for the remote control of external lighting systems. It allows the personalization, according to the needs of each user, the execution of remote diagnosis and remote control by one or more computers, and of all the components which constitute any already existing lighting system or new lighting systems. With Minos System it is possible to carry out, what without its presence would require great efforts of men and means, bringing remarkable economy both with regard to energy savings and maintenance. At the same time it guarantees high levels of reliability, continuity and quality of service. Simple to install and use, Minos is truly a director of light.

The geographical extension of public lighting systems makes it much more difficult to guarantee adequate levels of efficiency, quality and reliability of service, using traditional tools. The systems are in fact characterized by a large quantity of nerve centres spread throughout the territory for which it is necessary to constantly control the operation and the carrying out of management. In particular, in city areas the systems of public lighting are greatly extended and widely distributed with a very high number of electric switchboard panels and above all light points. For these systems, moreover, it turns out to be problematic and extremely expensive using traditional technologies to carry out the timely diagnosis, prognosis and location of faults to various components, good punctual management, control of quality maintenance activities, and control of the luminous flow of each single system. It is sufficient to say that today, in the overwhelming majority of cases, the location of faulty luminous points is carried out by staff patrolling the area, or through the information/complaint of citizens. All this involves higher costs in terms of time, men and means necessary, in order to guarantee a level of quality and acceptable continuity of service. These problems and the inadequacy of the tools available have emerged from a survey carried out by UMPI Elettronica on numerous managers and municipalities. It was particularly evident that:

• large parts of systems are managed without adequate control of consumption and costs
• all the systems presented higher energy consumption than necessary
• the service supplied to the citizen is often expensive and of insufficient quality.

To answer effectively these emerging problems, UMPI Elettronica developed Minos System, a system able to remotely diagnose/manage and control all public lighting network systems, up to each single luminous point, without altering the actual existing system.

• It can be applied to the existing system
• It carries out remote diagnosis, control and management
• It manages each single light point
• It allows energy and maintenance savings
• It reduces consumption
• It extends the average life of the lighting system
• It restricts luminous Pollution
• It improves the service and quality of public lighting systems It pays for itself in a short time and produces financial resources.