Werner Labs Incorporated is a small business engaged in the design, development, and manufacture of electronic products.

Werner Labs was incorporated in 1988 and has developed many fine electronic products, both for commercial and government applications. We support the OEM community with consulting, prototype, and small quantity production services.

Our most recent product is the Chatty Beetle, a small portable terminal for use with the Iridium SBD network. It enables people to send and receive e-mail anywhere in the world via the Iridium satellites.
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Chatty Beetle: A Rugged Iridium Satellite Terminal for Short Burst Data (SBD) sevice.
(SBD is a mechanism used to deliver short data messages to & from the Internet over the Iridium satellite network.)


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FEATURES: The Chatty Beetle is a rugged portable satellite terminal that operates through the Iridium gateway to the Internet. This offers the user the capability of transmitting and receiving e-mail messages anywhere in the world. The unit is housed in an almost indestructible plastic case, and, with the lid closed and latched, it will float. It is capable of operation on a wide variety of the world’s AC power lines (100 to 240 volts, 50/60 Hz), from 12 volts DC, or from its internal batteries. When fully charged, the internal batteries will power the unit from 1 to 3 days depending upon the amount of time messages are transmitted (uploaded to the satellite). The batteries are of the Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) technology and are approved for transport on airplanes (DOT, IATA, FAA, and CAB). An "AUXILIARY" connector is provided for remote monitoring.

The display is an LCD viewable in the dark (backlit) as well as direct sunlight, and is configured as 4 lines of 40 characters. The maximum length of a single message is 159 characters. However, the unit has memory for 10 messages to be stored so that more than one message may be sent at one time. As new messages are received, the oldest one is erased.

When a new message(s) is received the “ALARM” light will flash to provide a visual indication. Also, an audible indication may be heard depending upon the priority of the message.

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Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about our products, or if you wish to have a custom product designed for you.

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