September 2014 marked a significant milestone for Cybernetica's marine Aid to Navigation (AtoN) systems team, as a TelFiCon™ AtoN telematics module was deployed in the High Arctic on Svalbard island – near Longyearbyen, the world's northernmost town.
Following the ongoing trials of vibration profiling on other AtoN structures at the Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket), this deployment has a remarkable host: a revolutionary compact composite lighthouse Litus Lux with integrated solar power system designed at Kystverket.
Cybernetica's TelFiCon™ units are engineered for triaxial acceleration measurement, collision detection, and inclination angle calculation, alongside standard AtoN remote control and monitoring. In this mission, the module's primary role is structural health monitoring through vibration analysis. Server-side spectral analysis of uploaded acceleration data enables real-time assessment of structural integrity and incident wind speeds. Online reconfiguration and browser-based visualisation of calculated parameters, including power system voltage graphs, have proven especially practical for smartphone users in the field.
This application of AtoN telematics for structural health monitoring represents a compelling added value for the global marine navigation safety community, supporting structural failure prevention and navigational signalling quality assurance.