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www.marinelink.com 29Intellian Launches New VSAT Control Software Intellian launched Aptus, a new graphi- cal interface based PC software for mon-itoring and control of Intellian VSAT antennas which it says simpliÞ es use and provides antenna operational data.The Aptus PC software is compatible with all Intellian VSAT antennas and can also be used on the 3-Axis TVRO sys- tems. The software is connected via the onboard network, allowing for use with either PC through a simple one-click in-stallation. Straightforward IP connection over the Internet from anywhere in the world and set-up, coupled with the antenna status reporting helps to increase the perfor- mance of the antenna as well as debug the system. There is also an in-built auto-diagnos-tic function that can connect to the VSAT ACU by serial or USB cable.www.intelliantech.com Imtech Demos Remote Access Imtech Marine and Cobham SATCOM introduced a remote access service which will be delivered by the Imtech Marine 24/7 Global Control Rooms (GTAC, Global Technical Assistance Centres) in Rotterdam, Houston and Singapore, giv-ing direct access to a vessel?s Cobham SATCOM communications systems, including current generation SAILOR GMDSS products and satellite antennas. ?Experience shows that remote equip-ment monitoring and direct access provides signiÞ cant operational and Þ nancial bene Þ ts,? said Dennis Mol, Director Technology and Competence Development, Imtech Marine. ?We can now conduct regular health checks on SAILOR systems from shore, enabling us to conduct preventative maintenance and reduce the time and cost of visiting a vessel for manual servicing. We can also prepare SAILOR products for annual servicing from shore, reducing the time needed on board by up to 75%.?The Imtech Marine GTAC is now able to view in real-time the status of SAIL-OR systems that are running the Thrane Management Application (TMA). The TMA is a software service made pos- sible by Cobham SATCOM?s Thrane- LINK network protocol. It is already widely in use as the single-point-of-entry for SAILOR products. GTAC can also carry out health checks on Cobham SATCOM?s SAILOR 900 VSAT and the SAILOR FleetBroadband family. The integration of SAILOR prod-ucts and the TMA with GTAC is a joint project between Cobham SATCOM and Imtech Marine, whose iShare@Sea phi-losophy generates optimal network to-pology to support ship-shore data man-agement through GTAC. MR #8 (26-33).indd 29MR #8 (26-33).indd 298/1/2013 9:27:49 AM8/1/2013 9:27:49 AM