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MSS (Mission Support System) |
Respond to fault reports and software change requests, originating from the users (the RAF), and develop and test solutions. Both UNIX (Tru64) and OpenVMS plaforms were used, along with Oracle RDB and C, SQL, DCL and UNIX shell script. |
Dec 2001 |
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SMSC (Short Message Service Centre) |
Code and test enhancements for Sema’s SMSC v8.1 and v9.0, incorporating support for GPRS &c. Customers include Vodafone. Used SMS protocols (USSD, OIS, SMPP), Intelligent Networks (IN) and DEC SS7. |
Oct 2000 |
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On-site support, testing and upgrades |
System support for ESKOM (the main electricity company in South Africa): plan, prepare, liaise with customer, installation test site in Pretoria and test software fixes and upgrades of Schneider PM's Milenium 8501 system. Finally install and test the accepted new release of the software at ESKOM's control centres at Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg, Cape Town and Witbank. |
Nov 1999 |
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Y2K test programme |
Year 2000 test programme for ENDESA (the main electricity supplier in Spain) and UNELCO (the main electricity supplier in the Canary Islands): developing the test plan, agreeing it with the customer, building a replica system and organising the test team. |
Jun 1999 |
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Y2K test programme and customer system support |
System support for Yorkshire Electricity, Eastern Electricity and ENDESA. Developed and organised the Eastern Electricity Year 2000 test programme. |
Jul 1998 |
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Software development |
Software development project to upgrade the WESDAC32 SCADA platform for Schneider PM. |
Jan 1997 |
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Customer system support and on-site upgrades |
System support for Eastern Electricity, ENDESA, and UNELCO. Planned, developed, installed, and tested software fixes and upgrades on the operational systems on site, while helping to build the customer's confidence in the system. Other customers included MTRC, (the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Company), OPA (the Oil Pipeline Agency in the U.K.) and the Tyne & Wear Metro in Newcastle. |
Jul 1994 |
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Major SCADA system development project |
Software development of a large SCADA system for Eastern Electricity, using the WESDAC32 and HABITAT platform. This was a major 5 year project, which included supervision, the preparation of design specifications to the customer's requirements, software coding, factory acceptance testing, installation of the system on site, site acceptance testing, live commissioning and cut over and the installation of additional facilities. This project was a major technical challenge because of the unprecedented size of the telemetry database,and the quick response times required by the system. It required the building of a solid relationship with the customer in order to specify and deliver an acceptable system. |
Mar 1989 |
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Language compiler |
Software development project to produce a pensions calculations language for UPS International Ltd, including a language compiler and run-time support system. Environment: MS-DOS, VMS and INGRES, C (Microsoft C and VAX C). |
Apr 1988 |
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Device drivers |
Modification of RSX11M device drivers for image processing for Crosfield Electronics. |
Jan 1988 |
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Device drivers |
Development of a VMS device driver to emulate theUNIX pipe driver, and for emulating UNIX file access under VMS for British Telecom Research Laboratories, Martlesham Heath. |
Jun 1987 |
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X.25 Communications sub-system and device drivers |
Development of the communications software for an Urban Traffic Control (UTC) system running on distributed processors for Kent County Council. It required full duplex X.25 communications between 4 PDP 11/84s and 5 DEC Professional Workstations by serial line. This was done for Plessey Controls Limited, Poole. |
Jun 1986 |
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