Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Indigenizes Remote Electricity Meter
“The TM-100 is a telecommunication modem with 2G/4G communication coverage which is connected to the digital electricity meters in the meter board through the RS485 port and it can be used for reading the electricity meters remotely,” said Arash Qeylav, the managing director of the knowledge-based company stationed at the Science and Technology Park of the University of Tehran.
Noting that by using this device, the agents do not need to be present at the place to read the meter which reduces human errors in reading, he said, “Also controlling the customer’s electricity consumption is possible by using this method.”
“The exchange of modem information with the central management software is carried out in the standard format of the electricity industry and securely, and its adjustment is possible locally and remotely,” Qeylav said.
He described stable connection with electricity meters, removal of antenna blind spots with external antenna and data authentication and encryption as the advantages of the product.
In a relevant development last year, another knowledge-based company in Iran facilitated the time-consuming process of reading water, electricity and gas meters by development of special software and hardware which not only saves time but also needs less human and financial resources.
“For years, water, electricity and gas companies have been sending agents to take notes from the meters installed at homes which had a high possibility of human errors,” said Morteza Maqsoudi, the managing director of a knowledge-based company.
He noted that development of the software and hardware has helped narrowing down time-consuming procedure, adding that his company’s product is now used in several Iranian provinces.
“The hardware can easily read numbers on the meter, and the software which is installed on the agent’s cellphone receives information from the device and transfers it to the phone and the central server of the operator company without human intervention,” Maqsoudi said.
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