CG Automation Remote Intelligent Gateway (RIG) Replacement Solution for ISO New England Market Participants

Springfield, NJ, January 15th, 2009 – CG Automation is pleased to announce that it can offer a Remote Intelligent Gateway (RIG) Replacement Solution for ISO New England Market Participants. QEI’s solution is based on our field-proven ePAQ-9100 Multifunction Gateway, part of CG Automation ’s Sentinel-21 Family of Substation and Feeder Automation Products. This solution is compliant with the ISO New England Communication Front End (CFE) Interface Specifications. For more information on the ePAQ-9100 Multifunction Gateway, visit www.qeiinc.com

The ePAQ-9100 Multifunction Gateway provides communication management for the smart substation environment restoring full productivity to the any number of substation Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) and the myriad of communication media available today. Based on a rugged 32-bit processor and communication flexible architecture, the ePAQ-9100 Multifunction Gateway bridges the gap between existing SCADA investments and new communication and intelligent electronic device technologies. The ePAQ-9100 supports an expanding library of Master Station and IED protocols, including DNP3 Level 2, and is continually being enhanced to provide new functionality. For more information on our conformance testing to DNP3 Level 2, visit www.dnp.org.

CG Automation is also proud to announce that it has successfully tested the ePAQ-9100 Multifunction Gateway with ISO New England’s Communication Front End (CFE) Server ensuring our clients of a compliant and functional solution. CG Automation will be working with the ISO New England Market Participants to provide them with custom solutions to address their unique requirements in addition to addressing ISO New England’s Communication Front End (CFE) Interface Specifications.

For more information about our products, visit www.qeiinc.com or contact sales.

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CG Automation is a leading SCADA system and substation automation equipment supplier with a long history of innovation and technical leadership in electric network monitoring and control applications. CG Automation develops and supplies SCADA control room equipment for Electric, Transit and Water/Wastewater Utilities. Our products include tone telemetry equipment, feeder automation equipment, master station SCADA equipment and substation automation equipment. CG Automation is a full service company, with the engineering, manufacturing, training, and service personnel to support each customer's SCADA requirements from inception to completion. And we are small enough to have a keen interest in each customer's satisfaction. Our ISO 9001:2000 certification covers CG Automation software and hardware development, project management, engineering, manufacturing, testing, and support services. For more information, go to www.qeiinc.com.