DRDaniel Roberts
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NISPi

Generation two: the field edge, built on NISMagic’s encrypted database (QuadGen RAN group, post-acquisition).

An encrypted Raspberry Pi + React field tool that runs on the network and connects to NISMagic’s encrypted database, letting unskilled crews perform high-level integrations from the device.

The NISPi Raspberry Pi 7-inch touchscreen field device
4h → 1hintegration time
2 → 0specialist site visits
~75%engineer productivity gain
$2M/yrprojected savings
Problem

Skilled work, scarce hands

  • High-level integrations required skilled engineers on site.
  • Multiple site visits needed per job.
  • Extended four-hour integration times per site.
  • Increased costs for telecom companies: at $225 per truck roll, every avoidable visit added up.
Approach

Put the expertise in the device

  • A Raspberry Pi-based device with touchscreen, synced to a mobile app for remote management.
  • An end-to-end encrypted React application (Python, Java, Node.js) with automated script execution.
  • Connects over the network to NISMagic’s encrypted database (the platform’s second-generation design).
  • Secure script download/execution, user authentication, OTA updates, Bluetooth local comms, encrypted storage.
Results

Unskilled crew, skilled outcome

  • Integration time cut from 4 hours to 1 hour per site.
  • Specialist engineer site visits reduced from 2 to 0.
  • RAN-engineer productivity up ~75% per integration.
  • Projected annual savings of ~$2 million.
Hand-drawn wireframes of the NISPi mobile app flow
App-flow wireframes
Before/after charts: integration time, site visits, and engineer productivity
Measured impact

Source: NISPi deck.