About Davidge Controls

Davidge Controls started business as Davidge Corporation in 1982 making CP/M computers at the Sierra Vista Company commercial-industrial center in Mountain View, California. When the IBM PC made the CP/M operating system obsolete, the company transferred its technology base to process control systems that it made for a variety of OEM customers. It also moved nearly 300 miles south to the heart of the Santa Barbara County wine country.

In 1990, Davidge Corporation formed a joint venture with Separate Systems, Inc. and produced access control systems under the SSI Access Controls name. One of the products made under the SSI name was an electric meter reading system that read old style meters that open and close a switch for every kilowatt hour of power used. While the system worked, it was expensive to install and maintain. An additional problem was keeping the meter readings synchronized; the pulses the meters sent to the mechanical counters sometimes failed to increment the counter while the computer read the switch closure as another kilowatt hour used. An awkward situation then developed when the customer compared the reading on his bill with the mechanical counter reading at the meter. There had to be a better way.

Davidge Controls now produces a line of inexpensive watt hour meters designed for marinas, RV parks and time-share condo developments. These meters can be read directly by a personal computer using one of two installation technologies: directly wired to the computer or using the power lines themselves to transmit the data.

Davidge Controls
583 N Refugio Rd
Santa Ynez, CA 93460-9701

Santa Ynez is located about 130 miles up the coast from Los Angeles in the Santa Barbara County wine country.  Visit our associated company at http://www.kalyrawinery.com/.

Dean Davidge, President