Prepaid Smart Gas Meters
Prepaid CardLess BLE NBIoT
System Overview
- The AMR (Automatic Meter Read)System, provides the utility with the ability to read a meter without entering the home. Based on Narrow Band IoT technology, the Wave FN AMR solution gives the energy supplier fast, reliable meter readings.
- This data can be used by the energy supplier to provide accurate upto date billing, removing the need for estimated readings on the occasions when access to the meter is not available.
- The Wave FN AMR module can be retrofitted to various brands of diaphragm gas meter apart from Raychem RPG brand, allowing the meter owner the possibility to implement AMR at a point in time after the meter has been installed.
- By utilizing up to date existing Telecom Network the transmission distances are long. This usually determines that the meter reader can read whole apartment blocks without the need to enter the building. The data can be downloaded from the Wave FN AMR module into CLOUD/Central Server.
- Alerts & Alarms also be sent in the event of a Wave FN AMR module having a low battery, or if a tamper is thought to have taken place. Once that data is received to the Cloud Database or server based at Customer Server Room via NBIoT. Having reached the Cloud data base the utility now has the option to use the Wave operating software to produce information for generating bills, send customer SMS's, Customer e mails, and generally manage their customer data base.
- The meter pulse sensor fits directly onto the meter index. It collects the pulses generated by index, passes to external AMR, where AMR monitors the energy count stores and supplies information to the server and the server provides Alerts/Alarming to authorized person along Billing dates for verification.
- The AMR supports two types of Pulse sensing, based utility needs:
- Magnetic Pulse
- Inductive Pulse
The Advantages of Fixed Network for the Utility
- Meter reading without entering the property
- Reliable reads removing possible reading errors
- Secure reads preventing fraud
- Fast – a 96 apartment building in 5 minutes
- Reduced back office staff as there are no estimated reads
- A green solution
The Advantages of Fixed Network for the Customer
- Secure – no third party entering the house
- Reliable – no meter reader mistakes
- Paperless
- SMS/e mail updates
- A green solution
