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Enlit Africa 2025 Exhibition – See you there!

Join Alectrix (Pty) Ltd and HV Test Group (Pty) Ltd next week at #EnlitAfrica 2025! We are thrilled to announce that Alectrix will be participating with HV Test at this

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OMI­CRON OT Vul­ner­a­bil­ity Re­port 2024

The OMICRON OT Vulnerability Report 2024 provides an in-depth analysis of security vulnerabilities affecting industrial control systems (ICS). By examining thousands of vulnerabilities from the past decade, the report highlights

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The Importance of Calibration

Ensuring Accuracy and Reliability in Power System Testing In the world of power system testing, the accuracy and reliability of your testing equipment are paramount. Calibration plays a crucial role

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Alectrix Five Year Extended Warranty for OMICRON Products

Alectrix is offering a five year extended warranty on any OMICRON products purchased since January 1, 2010. The goal of this offer is to underline the high reliability of OMICRON

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Test equipment safety at OMICRON

Safety, right from the start Safety plays a key role that begins in the development phase, when every new product undergoes a Product Safety Risk Assessment (PSRA). This ongoing process

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1st CMC 500 order worldwide!

A celebration of firsts! 1st CMC 500 order worldwide! – – – 1st CMC 500 order in Africa! – – – 1st CMC 500 in South Africa! Alectrix (Pty) Ltd

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Unlocking New Business Opportunities with OMICRON electronics – Monitoring Solutions!

At Alectrix (Pty) Ltd, we are always looking ahead—anticipating industry needs and bringing world-class solutions to our market. That’s why we’re thrilled to expand our partnership with OMICRON, a global

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Ready for the CMC 500: Test Universe v5.00, RelaySimTest, EnerLyzer and CMC Swift

  We are pleased to announce software updates for Test Universe, RelaySimTest, EnerLyzer and CMC Swift. The updates include support for our new CMC 500 test set. In addition, there are

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FRANEO 800 PQlyzer for Instrument Transformers – now available

FRANEO 800 PQlyzer for Instrument Transformers – our new solution for wideband testing of instrument transformers for power quality Power quality (PQ) measurements are an important element of maintaining grid

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The all new OMICRON CMC 500!

  We’re thrilled to unveil the CMC 500, a game-changing modular, multi-phase protection relay test set and commissioning tool. This cutting-edge solution is designed to tackle modern challenges in protection

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How Efficient are Your Testing Processes?

Use Objective Indicators to Measure Your Testing Efficiency One of the most pressing questions that many companies in the energy sector are grappling with is how to deal with increasing

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Useful Knowledge: Tips for Wiring and Polarity Tests with CPOL3

Using the CPOL3 with one of our test devices, such as the CPC 100, COMPANO 100, CMC 353, or CMC 356, provides a wide range of wiring and polarity testing options. The new functions of the CPOL3 offer even greater

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New Protection Test Templates in PTL 4.70 available

The OMICRON software technology including the OMICRON Control Center, XRIO, and LinkToXRIO enables users to create specific test templates which adapt automatically to the actual relay settings. This functionality is

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B-BBEE Level 1 has been renewed!

Alectrix is pleased to announce that we have renewed our status as a B-BBEE Compliant Level 1 company. For all our current clients and users you will still have the

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StationScout Navigates New Waters

Latest article from OMICRON electronics: StationScout Navigates New Waters and Support for IEC 104 RTU/Gateway Testing It can be tough to make sure that data transmission within substations, and from

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Firewalls Under Attack – How to Protect Your IT/OT Systems

Latest article from OMICRON electronics on Fire­wal­ls Un­der At­tack  – How to Protect Your IT and OT Systems Firewalls are the first line of defense in protecting critical infrastructures in

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Our Cybersecurity Solutions Found a New Home

OMICRON is happy to announce the launch of their new OMICRON Cybersecurity website, where they can provide you with a detailed understanding of all our intrusion detection, asset inventory, vulnerability

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Eskom Transmission invests into Substation Commissioning and Maintenance Test Equipment!

Eskom Transmission invests into Substation Commissioning and Maintenance Test Equipment! The five-year frame agreement with Alectrix includes the supply of State-of-the-Art Digital Substation Communications Test Equipment, Secondary Injection Test Sets

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New PD monitoring solution for GIS/GIL – PARADIMO 100

Partial Discharge Monitoring Solution for Gas-Insulated Switchgear Partial discharge (PD) in gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) and gas-insulated lines (GIL) is a leading indicator that a fault will occur in the insulation,

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Test Universe 4.40 – Configure your hardware easily

Test Universe is our most powerful and convenient software tool for settings-based testing of protection relays. Function-specific test modules graphically display relay characteristics, allowing you to easily check settings and

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New Protection Test Templates in PTL 4.60 available

The OMICRON software technology including the OMICRON Control Center, XRIO, and LinkToXRIO enables users to create specific test templates which adapt automatically to the actual relay settings. This functionality is

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