Products

You can see and download the documentation for the various modules that compose the CATS system, and for the packages that offer a quick start solution for small configurations.

You can also see some sample end user product sheets.

Modules

ATP Acquisition, Dispatcher	Acquisition module, connects to a position analyzer.
ATP dual input	Second acquisition module, allows to connect to 2 position analyzers and dynamically select the "best" one.
LDB Lightning Data Base	Stores sensor data and localized solutions, includes Lightning Query Language and API.
GDB Geographic Data Base	Stores all geographic information required to draw maps and locate cities, include a map builder.
CDB Customer Data Base	Stores all customer related information, used to control access to and usage of the various services.

SITE errors	Computes site error corrections for ALDF and IMPACT sensors.
Network monitor	Monitors sensor status in real time and control communication links.

CATS View	Page composer to prepare maps by combining geographic maps, flashes, scale, logo, ...
CATS Router	Software router to ease sensor data sharing among various networks.

Observation light	Provides one display and analysis tool for lightning data.
Observation server	Provides end users with a complete display and analysis tool.
Observation client license	Additional end user license for the Observation server.
Obs WEB	Offers real time lightning data display with wide availability.

Alarm	Warn users when lightning activity threatens their assets.

Cartography	Produces maps and list of flashes for a particular area and time period.
Expert WEB	Allow remote clients to acces the server and check lightning activity for a given day and location.
CATSTAT Statistics	Perform statistical analysis of lightning data, displays grids, isocurves, histograms to show results.
CATSMAP	Allows to automatically realize any existing product for subscribers.

Packages

CATStart	Provides the lightning data administrator with storage, analysis and display tools to help him monitor the network.
CATSWEB	Offers an access to lightning data over the WEB for the mass market or through an Intranet.
CATStation	Offers to a "power user" all the data analysis tools available within CATS.
CATS Prod	Contains all the tools required to produce lightning cartograpies and statistics in an automated manner.
Network analysis	Provides all the tools to study network performance at the sensor level and at the flash location level.

End user product sheets

Early threat warning	Sends a warning message to a customer when a storm approaches or leaves its location.
Observation real time	Observation and dynamic analysis of lightning activity.
Observation - Expertise	Displays and analysis of lightning situation.
Observation - Statistics	Displays and analysis of lightning data over a long time period.
Cartography - Expertise	Produces a lightning certificate for a given period and location.
Ligtning statistics	Draws statistical maps of lightning activity over a region.

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