Cloud Computing and PowerPlay?
Knowledge Base
The PowerPlay™ web accessible power conditioners, as well as the PowerPack™ UPS , use ultra modern Cloud Computing to manage, control and communicate with every PowerPlay unit in the field.
Cloud Computing is fundamentally different than the way all other web and network accessible power conditioners work.
A tradional network accessible power conditioner, like those from Panamax™, APC™ and Richard Gray™, rely on a built in web page for each power conditioner in the field. All the control, features and functions available to the power conditioner or UPS are embedded into the unit’s inernal web page.
To communicate and control the power conditioner or UPS in this classic scheme, a fixed or static IP address is required and the router must be configured to open the correct port to access the internal web page in the power conditioner or UPS.
To communicate, the installer or dealer must enter in the specific IP address of the equipment. This creates a direct link to the unit’s internal web page, through the assigned port, which appears on the client’s browser and the unit can be controlled. In some cases, it is necessary to install additional control software on the accessing client for this system to work.
PS Audio’s PowerPlay line of web accessible power conditioners relies on a far superior system known as Cloud Computing.
In this system, an internet connected remote server (PS GlobalNet™), operated by PS Audio, has all the software and communication access located in the central server. The power conditioners are controlled by Global Net rather than their internal web pages. Access to the power conditioners does not require a fixed or static IP address and can be controlled from any web browser anywhere in the world.
The advantages of GlobalNet for this system are many:
- No static or fixed IP required
- Location of the power conditioner can be changed at any time without notification
- No software required
- Unlimited control levels are achieved due to the power of the server
- Not limited to an internal web page
- Updates to both equipment and the Cloud happen instantly
- Power quality data accessible on the Cloud for years
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