About Us
The Ranger is distributed in North America by Synergy Systems, Inc. Synergy Systems was given the opportunity from Outram Research Ltd in 2003 to be in charge of sales, marketing, and support in North America. Synergy Systems origin dates back to the Ranger 1 and they recruited individuals that had a long Ranger history to help with that support. Today, if you call for support you will probably talk with someone with over 20 years of experience with the Ranger line.
History of the Ranger:
Ranger data loggers began life in Southern England in 1984. A small, handheld, 4 channel, data logger, was licensed to Gulton Graphic Instruments Inc of Rhode Island, owners of the Rustrak paper chart recorders.
The name Ranger (from the much loved character, The Lone Ranger) was chosen for the logger and the accompanying software was called Pronto (nearly the same as Tonto, the Lone Ranger’s trusty Indian companion). Early advertisements encouraged customers to buy by declaring, “save a lot of silver too.” (The Lone Ranger’s horse was Silver).
The original (Rustrak) Ranger (RR400) with a whooping 8kb of memory was one of the first electronic, graphing, logging devices and replaced the paper chart recorders which recorded temperature primarily, but also 4-20 mA and 0-2 Volts. Much thought went into the design of the user interface, culminating in a very simple, two button, selection operation. The DOS based software Pronto managed the data and was appreciated by customers for its ease of use, clarity and reliability. (and it could be ran without a hard drive which was important in those days).
A Hercules Monochrome Graphics card enabled the computer to show the Pronto graphs on screen. A unique feature of the firmware in the logger, incorporated from the start, was the Adaptive Store storage technique. Customers haven’t always understood how it works but even then they enjoyed the detailed results they saw on their Pronto graphs and in their reports. What made this unit stand out was the ability to achieve a resolution down to 640ms resolution on events even over a one week recording (a task our competitors are still trying to understand)
After Ranger 1 came Ranger II, retaining the same essence as this first Ranger. In addition it had more channels and was very versatile, offering a range of pods for different applications. Gradually power quality measurement capability appeared and indeed started to take over. The Ranger II series measured power parameters. It soon became clear that this was a market on which to concentrate as it requires a high level of expertise.
The Ranger technical team thrive on difficult challenges. The first instrument dedicated to power quality measurement was the Power Logger, then came the Harmonic Analyzer the HA5000 and finally, still under license, the PM6000. Adaptive Store delighted customers with the increasing detail it provided as its techniques and the instruments evolved. Pronto became Pronto for Windows.
In 2003 Outram Research Ltd (ORL), the Ranger design house, negotiated back the sole rights to the Intellectual Property for the brand and is now able to focus fully on Ranger’s destiny. The culmination of its years of experience in the data logger market is a state of the art, extended family of Ranger Power Quality Analyzers. Each member of the family is described on this website.
ORL made the excellent decision of recruiting their most successful distributor to head sales, marketing, and support for the America's, Synergy Systems Inc. Synergy Systems origin dates back to the Ranger I and they recruited individuals that had a long Ranger history to help with that support. Today, if you call for support you will probably talk with someone with over 20 years of experience with the "Rustrak" Ranger line.
Today, Synergy Systems supports users around the clock with the top notch support you can only get from that amount of experience. Not only are customers supported daily from the USA, repairs are also performed by our experienced staff, here in the USA.
History of the Ranger:
Ranger data loggers began life in Southern England in 1984. A small, handheld, 4 channel, data logger, was licensed to Gulton Graphic Instruments Inc of Rhode Island, owners of the Rustrak paper chart recorders.
The name Ranger (from the much loved character, The Lone Ranger) was chosen for the logger and the accompanying software was called Pronto (nearly the same as Tonto, the Lone Ranger’s trusty Indian companion). Early advertisements encouraged customers to buy by declaring, “save a lot of silver too.” (The Lone Ranger’s horse was Silver).
The original (Rustrak) Ranger (RR400) with a whooping 8kb of memory was one of the first electronic, graphing, logging devices and replaced the paper chart recorders which recorded temperature primarily, but also 4-20 mA and 0-2 Volts. Much thought went into the design of the user interface, culminating in a very simple, two button, selection operation. The DOS based software Pronto managed the data and was appreciated by customers for its ease of use, clarity and reliability. (and it could be ran without a hard drive which was important in those days).
A Hercules Monochrome Graphics card enabled the computer to show the Pronto graphs on screen. A unique feature of the firmware in the logger, incorporated from the start, was the Adaptive Store storage technique. Customers haven’t always understood how it works but even then they enjoyed the detailed results they saw on their Pronto graphs and in their reports. What made this unit stand out was the ability to achieve a resolution down to 640ms resolution on events even over a one week recording (a task our competitors are still trying to understand)
After Ranger 1 came Ranger II, retaining the same essence as this first Ranger. In addition it had more channels and was very versatile, offering a range of pods for different applications. Gradually power quality measurement capability appeared and indeed started to take over. The Ranger II series measured power parameters. It soon became clear that this was a market on which to concentrate as it requires a high level of expertise.
The Ranger technical team thrive on difficult challenges. The first instrument dedicated to power quality measurement was the Power Logger, then came the Harmonic Analyzer the HA5000 and finally, still under license, the PM6000. Adaptive Store delighted customers with the increasing detail it provided as its techniques and the instruments evolved. Pronto became Pronto for Windows.
In 2003 Outram Research Ltd (ORL), the Ranger design house, negotiated back the sole rights to the Intellectual Property for the brand and is now able to focus fully on Ranger’s destiny. The culmination of its years of experience in the data logger market is a state of the art, extended family of Ranger Power Quality Analyzers. Each member of the family is described on this website.
ORL made the excellent decision of recruiting their most successful distributor to head sales, marketing, and support for the America's, Synergy Systems Inc. Synergy Systems origin dates back to the Ranger I and they recruited individuals that had a long Ranger history to help with that support. Today, if you call for support you will probably talk with someone with over 20 years of experience with the "Rustrak" Ranger line.
Today, Synergy Systems supports users around the clock with the top notch support you can only get from that amount of experience. Not only are customers supported daily from the USA, repairs are also performed by our experienced staff, here in the USA.
