Smart Meter Reading Renovation Solution for Residential Remote Water Meters
The replacement of residential water meters with remote meter readings is a major trend in realizing intelligent hydropower management. The traditional meter reading method in the old community makes it very inconvenient to read and manage water meters and sell energy, and the work efficiency is not high and labor costs are consumed. To realize remote reading of water meters, the meter reading speed is fast, and the data will be more accurate. At the same time, water consumption data, payment data, and abnormal data can be viewed in real-time. And intelligent water management such as remote payment, valve control, monitoring, etc. can be performed through computers and mobile phones, which greatly improves work efficiency and saves costs.
Which meter reading scheme is suitable for residential water meter reconstruction?
The choice the residential water meter remote meter reading scheme needs to be selected according to the installation characteristics of the rebuilt residential water meter in order to achieve the best application experience.
1. M-BUS transfer carrier meter reading scheme
Applicable scenarios: It is suitable for environments where water meters can be centrally installed in a small area and there is no large power consumption load in the power grid in the area. Such as ordinary residential quarters, and school dormitory buildings.
Features of the solution: No long-distance communication line is required, just connect the water meter and the carrier converter, and then connect the converter to the mains to realize communication with the concentrator. The use of water meters does not require built-in expensive communication modules, shared converters can be centrally installed, and each converter supports 30 water meters. However, high power consumption loads cannot be configured, and hardware cannot be configured for failure. The circuit distance between the carrier converter and the carrier concentrator should be controlled within 300 meters.
2. M-BUS to RS-485-meter reading solution
Applicable scenarios: It is suitable for application environments with few water meters and concentrated installations, such as rental houses and hotel apartments.
The solution features: There is no need for built-in expensive communication modules to use water meters, shared converters can be centrally installed, and each converter supports 32 water meters. One RS485 concentrator can manage 256 water meters, but the distance between the concentrator, converter, and water meter should not be too long, otherwise, it will increase the communication wire and construction cost.
3. Lora wireless meter reading solution
Applicable scenarios: It is suitable for environments with scattered owners, long distances, and high requirements for real-time data, such as large villas.
Program features
Fast communication speed, high transmission rate, and long communication distance. The straight-line communication distance between the meter and the concentrator can reach 1Km, the construction is simple, and there is no need for communication lines. And the water meter is powered by a built-in battery, without a power cord, and with our intelligent debugging module, you can communicate when you hang the meter.
