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Suite EDT

Sedicom's WinEDT Suite is based on an interactive environment intended to land management, analysis and verification of radio-electric fields generated by transmitters and low frequency electromagnetic fields produced by electrical distribution lines. The solid modeling environment on which the suite is based allows to flexibly and quickly assess the alleged environmental impact by indicating the level of intensity of the produced field, inherently managing three-dimensional, real information, using activable pre-defined levels (representation of the elevation model, administrative boundaries, toponymy, etc.). The WinEDT Suite allows to enhance the information content managing geo-referenced raster data (orthophotos, thematic maps), vector data (shapefile, kml, polylines, fix points, etc.).
WinEDT Suite together with its software modules can support:
  • Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land
  • Regional/Provincial Agencies (Arpa/Appa)
  • Engineering companies or similar organizations involved in developing studies and opinions on environmental impact
  • Agencies which design and develop web sites for radio communications
  • Agencies which design and develop power lines and underground cables
  • Electricity transmission and distribution companies
  • Fixed and mobile telephony operators
  • Radio/TV broadcasting operators
  • Data networks operators
  • Service companies
WinEDT Suite can support developers to:
  • Manage and store data on electricity distribution lines, as well as on different types of radio transmitters;
  • Calculate e.m. fields of transmitters in near and far radiative fields, as well as magnetic induction generated by one or more high-voltage lines;
  • Create guard zones for power lines;
  • Bring into conformity radio installations according to DPCM 8//2003;
  • Export network elements and field values in different formats: vector (.shp), Google Earth (.kml) and as geo-referenced (.bmw) image (.bmp).
  • Generate reports according to different formats and types to better describe the work that has been performed;
  • And much more...

WinEDT Suite has a basic core allowing to perform several general-purpose functions, as well as to manage territorial data.

WinEDT Suite is a modular solution allowing customers to choose only those modules meeting their actual needs.

Other applications are available outside WinEDT Suite, complementing those tools used by designers to perform their activities and share relevant results. In particular, APR allows to recognize antenna diagrams from a Bitmap to be imported into SEDICOM software.

Key Features

All the modules in the WinEDT Suite show several features and use some general functions that allow to perform commonly used activities such as:

  • File management;
  • Work environment management (save/read);
  • Management of LOG files (according to different criteria for the application monitoring);
  • Management of document printing, according to different formats;
  • Setting up a working window;
  • Management of territorial matrix, vector and raster data ... (import/export, display and management of transparency, management of the representation scale, ...);
  • Management of clutter levels, editing of associated values (color, elevation, ...);
  • Management of advanced shading to represent altimetry;
  • Detailed management of ISTAT administrative levels for Italy;
  • Setting up and management of a reference system (list of key reference systems supported: WGS84, GSE, GSI, Roma 40, U.T.M.-WGS84, U.T.M.-ED50, Gauss-Boaga, Corrego Alegre (Brazil), Pulkovo 1942, Polish System 1992, HGRS87, EGSA87.
  • Coordinate conversion (interactive/batch);
  • Geo-coding (interactive and batch);
  • Shapefile generation;
  • Editing of an elevation model and extraction of a subpart of it;
  • Management of local reference systems;
  • Management of import/export for Fix Points and Polylines in .KML format;
  • Management of import / export and 2D/3D display for polylineZ, polygonZ e pointZ shapefiles;
  • Automatic display of cartographic layers according to a nominal scale;
  • Assignment of translucency values on each cartographic layer for superimposed display;
  • Selection of colors that should be transparent in cartographic layers;
  • Management of file import/export (SHP, MIF, DXF, XML);
  • Connection of a GPS device with data acquisition, display, storage and processing;
  • Free generation of SQL queries.
Main Functions
  • Full coordinates conversion and management in different references (WGS84, ED50, Pulkovo 1942, Corrego Alegre, HGRS87, Greenwich Italian System, Rome40, U.T.M. WGS84, U.T.M. ED50, EGSA87, U.T.M. km, Gauss Boaga, etc.);
  • Current point info (coordinates, elevation, land use and population): Max and min surrounding elevation, altitude distribution;
  • Geographical and plane grids;
  • Maps extraction, model extraction, DEM editing and interpolation;
  • 3D display and navigation;
  • Raster, vector and DEM management;
  • Google Earth interfacing;
  • Cross sections and in-sight areas;
  • Polylines management;
  • Geocoding (given a couple of coordinates, it returns address and vice versa).

System Architecture

A client containing the WinRPT Suite can operate according to the following modes:
STAND-ALONE

WinEDT and Data Bases (Access or Oracle of the TECH Modules) reside in the same workstation.

CLIENT-SERVER

WinEDT client is connected via a LAN/WAN network to a centralized Server containing Data Bases of the TECH modules;

Access control (enabling WinRPT license) is performed using LOCAL or SERVER keys.

When a SERVER key is used (centralized access control), it can reside either in the Data Server containing the Data Bases, or in a different server.

Minimal hardware and software

  • CPU 1 GHz
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 50 GB HDD
  • GPU SXGA (1280x1024) True Color (24-bit) with OpenGL support
  • USB Support

Supported OS:

  • Windows Server 2012 or later versions (32-bit/64-bit) with WOW64 support
  • Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit)
  • Windows 8 (32-bit/64-bit)
  • Windows 10 (32-bit/64-bit)
  • OS language: English/Italian

Additional components:

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
  • Microsoft Office 2K

Open the port (for access to USB hardware key HASP NET type):

  • 1947 TCP/UDP (Remote Administrator Connection)
  • 475 TCP/UDP (License Manager Network Connection)

Modules

ELF Module
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Overview

ELF is a multiuser software solution to calculate magnetic induction fields generated by one or more high-voltage lines.

Through the GIS engine, common to all TECH modules contained in the TECH WinEDT Suite, it simulates all the features of power lines, directly based on an integrated territorial environment, rural 3D models, as well as urban and mixed ones, whose resolution is defined by operators.

ELF can represent calculations directly on an orographic model, as well as along vertical and horizontal planes, or on 3D spatial areas.

Documentation required to prepare technical reports can be semi-automatically created in Excel format. Moreover, 3D isolines can be directly exported in shapefile format.

ELF is an ideal solution as a tool for analysis and verification. It is currently used by most regional and provincial agencies for environmental protection (ARPA, APPA), Terna, that is a leading distribution network operator, RFI, that is the domestic rail infrastructure manager, Italferr engineering company of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group, as well as by many other institutional clients such as Province of Rome and Province of Viterbo, and private customers.

ELF allows an efficient management of networks using information relevant the concerned line (supports, conductors, spans, managers) stored in a MS Access Database or in an Oracle Database.

There are several features to meet the requirements of the current regulation, such as calculation of the DPA and guard zones at crossings, parallelisms and deviations.

Thanks to the support received by University of L'Aquila, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, a validation technical report has been prepared (Original document (PDF)) by comparison with results from other experimental measurements and calculations obtained using another simulation program.

Key Features
  • 3D calculation algorithm compliant with IEC 211-4, second edition of September 2008;
  • Punctual simulations of the magnetic field produced at crossings, portions of interfering lines, parallelisms, deviations;
  • DPA and guard zones calculation;
  • Export of 3D isolines in shapefile format;
  • Management of underground cables;
  • Calculation of magnetic induction fields over large areas;
  • Export to Google Earth;
  • Detailed reports in Excel format.
Main Functions
  • Loading of an entire power line using .xls sheets relevant to supports and spans;
  • Data entry and editing derived from information relating to operators, power lines, trunks, sections, spans and supports;
  • Display of geo-referenced images /cartographies (.ecw, .tif+.tfw, geotiff, after conversion using Sedicom's WinCEM tool);
  • Representation of position and shape of conductors in space (catenary line);
  • Storage and implementation of libraries for different kinds of support;
  • Import/Export and 2D/3D display for polylineZ, polygonZ and pointZ shapefiles;
  • Reconstruction of catenary lines without tensioning parameter;
  • Local reference systems;
  • Automatic display of cartographic layers according to a nominal scale;
  • Assignment of translucency values to each cartographic layer for superimposed display;
  • Automatic calculation of multi-elevation isolines;
  • Management of features such as "Snap".
Benefits
  • High reliability thanks to approximately 20 years' experience in assessing environmental impact;
  • Proven experience confirmed by the use of Sedicom's products by operators, as well as by institutional bodies and control agencies;
  • Continuous updates guaranteed by a ceaseless technological growth of previously acquired products through an upgrade policy, included in our purchase or lease conditions;
  • Reduced working time, inter alia thanks to the ability to store and reproduce already performed simulations, reproducing them as necessary, without additional work.
  • Reduction in workload thanks to a consistent and intuitive interface, the ability to massively import power lines and the automatic generation of components, such as graphs and reports, needed to prepare technical reports;
  • Multiuser;
  • Analysis environment also distributed with local data server;
  • Modes: stand-alone; client-server;
  • Operator-definable reports.
VICREM Module
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Overview

Vicrem is the multi-user software solution to simulate and analyze e.m. fields of transmitters in near and far radiative fields; such transmitters can also be inhomogeneous among them, (e.g.: composite transmitters for broadcasting).

Vicrem is an ideal tool for analysis and assessment. It is currently used by most of the regional and provincial environmental protection agencies (ARPA, APPA) in TLC industry, as well as in engineering studies for the environmental impact analysis.

Through the GIS engine, common to all TECH modules contained in the WinEDT suite, it simulates all the features of transmitters, directly based on an integrated territorial environment, 3D rural models, as well as urban and mixed ones, with operator-defined resolution.

Vicrem can perform calculations either by sets of points, specifying the contribution of each transmitter, or by area (on the elevation model, on vertical and horizontal planes, for 3D prisms). Documentation required to prepare technical reports can be semi-automatically created in Excel format.

Vicrem allows an efficient management of transmitters storing their features in geo-referenced databases, whose databank can be easily updated.

Key Features
  • Simulation and analysis of e.m. fields both in near and far radiative fields;
  • The software module, for calculating the electromagnetic field radiated in the vicinity of radio frequency transmitters, complies with the standards CEI 211-10 (publication date 2002-04) and 211-10;V1 (publication date 2004-01) (Guide of Radio Base Station to respect the limits of exposure to high frequency electromagnetic fields);
  • Calculation models: Free space (possibly corrected for optical or radio-electric visibility and mitigation due to crossings, Okumura-Hata, Cost 231-Hata, CCIR, CCIR-TCA, Point-to-Point, ITU 1546).
  • Calculation either by sets of points, specifying the contribution of each transmitter, or by area (on the elevation model, on vertical and horizontal planes, for 3D prisms).
  • Capability to bring into conformity according to DPCM 8//2003.
  • Electric field of power density calculation as well as calculation of a 3D-guard zone for different kinds of transmitters such as: radio base stations for mobile telephony, radio links, point-to-multipoint stations and radio-TV transmitters;
  • Representation on geo-referenced maps with 3D and 2D display;
  • Data import/export in Excel format;
  • Iso-intensity maps exportation in formats supported by GIS systems.
Main Functions
  • Loading of tables using .xls sheets;
  • Entry and editing of information relevant to databases;
  • Display of geo-referenced images /cartographies (.ecw, .tif+.tfw, geotiff, after conversion using Sedicom's WinCEM tool);
  • Import /export and 2D/3D display for polylineZ, polygonZ e pointZ shapefiles;
  • Local reference systems;
  • Automatic display of cartographic layers according to a nominal scale;
  • Assignment of translucency values on each cartographic layer for superimposed display;
  • Analytical export in .KML format, directly readable from Google Earth (area of influence and research; coverage of an horizontal plan, according to a surface at a selected altitude, and coverage of the absolute horizontal plan; components - transmitters, links, etc.; 3D guard zone - both analytical and prism-shaped -; prism-shaped near field);
  • Semi-automatic generation of reports in Excel format, including 3D/2D images.
  • Export of 3D isolines in shapefile format.
Benefits
  • High reliability thanks to approximately 20 years' experience in assessing environmental impact;
  • Proven experience confirmed by the use of Sedicom's products by operators as well as by institutional bodies and control agencies;
  • Continuous updates guaranteed by a ceaseless technological growth of previously acquired products through an upgrade policy, included in our purchase or lease conditions;
  • Reduced working time , inter alia thanks to the ability to store and reproduce already performed simulations, reproducing them as necessary, without additional work.
  • Reduction in workload thanks to a consistent and intuitive interface, the ability to massively import power lines and the automatic generation of components, such as graphs and reports, needed to prepare technical reports;
  • Multiuser;
  • Analysis environment also distributed through local data servers;
  • Modes: stand-alone; client-server;
  • Operator-definable reports.