Automatic Meter Reading System

AUTOMATIC METER
READING SYSTEM
Contents
• Issues with stand alone metering
• Smart Metering and IT: An opportunity to Leapfrog
• Critical Benefits from AMRS
• Definition
• AMR network architecture
– PLCC based Communication
• Primary components
• PLCC Modem
• Inbound Outbound Dialing
• Advantages
Issues with Stand-alone meter reading
• Highly Person dependant.

• Human errors cannot be avoided.
• Accessibility of meters in rural/ Agricultural zones.
• Energy Audits performed based on bill collection which is
highly inaccurate.
• Billing done mainly on estimated/ monthly average basis
• Inability to monitor and control discrete loads
• Billing cycle requires excessive time.
• Meter data used only for billing, cannot help in analysis like
demand analysis, energy audit, pinpointing losses, etc.
Smart Metering and IT: An opportunity to Leapfrog
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL
 Low Accuracy
 Control – NIL
PAST  Communications - Expensive
 Theft Detection – Poor
DIGITAL SOLID STATE

 High Accuracy
 Control – LIMITED
CURRENT  Communications – External through Retrofit
 Theft Detection – Node only
NEXT GEN SMART METER & IT SYSTEM

 Very High Accuracy
 Control – FULL
 Communications – Built in (on chip / PCB)
LEAPFROG  Theft Detection – High (Network level)
Critical Benefits from AMRS
 Ability to detect tamper events and outage occurrences.

 Remotely Connect/ Dis-connect power supply through meter.
 Calculate transformer loading and sizing from interval data
 15 minute interval data gives accurate load information for supply
scheduling, switching operations, planning etc
 Monitor voltage at each premise to know conditions when to
operate capacitor switches or regulators
 Consistent and granular data for improved accuracy
Definition
• AMR
– Automatic Remote Meter Reading .
– Automating the process of measurement through digital
communication techniques.
– Bring “intelligence” into the revenue cycle and manage
it:
Metering Billing Operations Customer Service
Automatic Metering
Automatic Pre-
Meter payment
Reading
Outage
Manage
ment
Automatic
Metering Active
Load
Control
Sub-
Revenue
Metering
Protection
AMR NETWORK
ARCHITECTURE
A M R ARCHITECTURE
Central Office
Host Computer
Station.
RF/ PSTN / Modem RF/PSTN / Modem
Distribution Distribution Distribution

Transformer 1. Transformer 2. Transformer 3.
Data Cocentrator Data Cocentrator Data Cocentrator

Unit DCU 1 Unit DCU 2 Unit DCU 3
Meter 1 Meter 1 Meter 1
PLCC
PLCC
PLCC
M eter 2 Meter 2 Meter 2

er 4
Meter 4 Me ter 4 Met
Meter n Meter n Meter n

PRIMARY COMPONENTS:
• Meter Interface Module

• Communication System
• Central Office Equipment
Meter interface module
– The AMR system starts at the meter. Some means of
translating readings from rotating meter dials, or
cyclometer style meter dials, into digital form is
necessary in order to send digital metering data from
the customer site to a central point.
– Electro - optical interface
– Signal Processing Electronics
– RAM & Program Memory
PLCC Communication
Power Line Carrier Communications
• Most economically viable technology for transferring

Meter data to DCU.
• Uses the technique of communicating the data over
existing Electrical Lines which carry LT power to the
site.
• Employs an ASIC, which accepts digital data &
converts it into FSK modulation and transmits it over
the power line by sensing a zero crossing of 220V sine
wave.
• Typical frequency used for frequency modulation is
132KHz.
PLC
Schematics
Communications systems
– Used for the transmission, or telemetry, of data and

control send signals between the meter interface units
and the central office.
• Power Line
Why Power Line / Hybrid
Communication?
• PLCC Best Suited for LT 440 V network for
detecting outages, tamper events and performing
remote disconnect
• Uses same power lines as communication media,
so ideally suited for rural/ agricultural
connections
• Communication on HT side can be implemented via
a choice of GSM, CDMA, RF or PSTN
Central office systems
• Central office systems equipment includes:

– Modems
– Central server
– Client Software for data acquisition and data analysis
Advantages
ELECTRIC COMPANY BENEFITS
 Smart automated processes instead of manual work

 Accurate information from the network
load to optimise maintenance and investments
 Customized rates and billing dates.
 Streamlined high bill investigations.
 Detection of tampering of Meters.
 Accurate measurement of transmission losses.
 Better network performance and cost efficiency.
 Demand and distribution management.
• More intelligence to business planning.
Better company credibility.
CUSTOMER BENEFITS
 Precise consumption information

 Clear and accurate billing
 Automatic outage information faster
and recovery
 Better and faster customer service
 Flag potential high before
consumption customer gets a high
bill.
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AUTOMATIC METER

• Highly Person dependant.

DIGITAL SOLID STATE

NEXT GEN SMART METER & IT SYSTEM

 Ability to detect tamper events and outage occurrences.

RF/ PSTN / Modem RF/PSTN / Modem

Distribution Distribution Distribution

Data Cocentrator Data Cocentrator Data Cocentrator

Meter 1 Meter 1 Meter 1

M eter 2 Meter 2 Meter 2

Meter 5 Meter 5 Meter 5

Meter n Meter n Meter n

• Meter Interface Module

• Most economically viable technology for transferring

– Used for the transmission, or telemetry, of data and

• Central office systems equipment includes:

 Smart automated processes instead of manual work

 Precise consumption information

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