Moritz Octoplex™

Intelligence on the Sea

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The Moritz Aerospace Octoplex™ Multiplexed Power Management and Monitoring System affords heretofore unavailable advantages in managing AC and DC power and monitoring vessel functions. It does so with extreme reliability and safety.

The Octoplex™ system is comprehensive, flexible, and easily expandable. This system not only provides the operator complete visibility and control of the vessel’s electrical system from any control screen, but also provides him or her with remote monitoring of alarm functions, battery, engine and generator data, and even electronic instrumentation such as depth sounders, GPS units, electronic compasses, and multiple additional electronics.

Subsequent to vessel installation, the system may be easily expanded with additional features and software upgrades. The Moritz Octoplex™ System places the captain in control; it increases access and interactivity with the ship’s vital systems, and, most importantly, it increases vessel safety!

With the Octoplex™ System there is no more lack of awareness when a circuit breaker trips and a freezer unknowingly is shut down! Audible alarms may be assigned to circuit breakers as desired. There is no more burn out of a compressor pump because of a brown-out low voltage situation, since the system can be programmed to turn off designated circuit breakers in the event of a brown-out, and then turn them back on when voltage has recovered! There is no more frustration from tripping of the dockside circuit breakers due to overloading. Load shedding and automatic placement back online can be programmed into the system both for AC and DC should current usage reach higher than desired levels. The ability to reset a tripped AC or DC circuit breaker is immediate. The possibilities and benefits in power management and monitoring are virtually endless.

The Octoplex™ System enables substantial savings in ship’s construction as a result of significant reductions in vessel wiring complexity. The builder is provided with the unique flexibility of being able to locate circuit breaker panels remotely without normal access and environmental considerations, thereby saving space and enabling the use of the most direct and efficient wiring schemes. The results are lower wire harnessing costs, lower labor installation costs, and significant weight savings.

The Octoplex™ platform provides protection from obsolescence as the capabilities of the system may be subsequently enhanced with future software updating and installation of new NMEA 2000 components as they become available.

Capabilities
The Moritz Aerospace Octoplex™ System remotely monitors and controls all AC and DC power distribution and circuit protection, and monitors the ship’s operating functions. The system employs NMEA 2000 communications protocol and provides:

• Immediate remote visual and audible identification of AC and DC circuit breaker tripping
• Remote activation of AC and DC circuit breakers
• Remote switching of all DC connected components
• Accurate monitoring of current flow to every DC load
• Programmable dimming functions for DC lighting
• Immediate recognition of no-load situations for activated DC loads
• Remote monitoring of vessel shore and generator power
• Programmable automatic load shedding and re-activation at selectable current levels
• Programmable automatic low-voltage brownout protection for operator selected loads
• Monitoring of generator and engine operating parameters
• Monitoring of Battery voltages, current usage, temperatures, and state-of-charge
• Monitoring of fuel, alarm functions, and equipment activity, with complete bilge pump operations monitoring
• Access to NMEA 2000 compliant electronics connected to the communication bus