Utility meter emulation mode system and method

    公开(公告)号:US09733104B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-15

    申请号:US14139157

    申请日:2013-12-23

    申请人: Aclara Meters LLC

    IPC分类号: G08B23/00 G01D4/00

    摘要: One embodiment describes a utility metering system that includes metering infrastructure that facilitates data communication within the utility metering system in accordance with an expected metering platform, and a utility meter communicatively coupled to the metering infrastructure. The utility meter operates in a native mode when a native metering platform is compatible with the expected metering platform, in which the utility meter operates in a first manner in accordance with the native metering platform. The utility meter operates in an emulation mode when the native metering platform is not compatible with the expected metering platform and an emulation metering platform is compatible with the expected metering platform, in which the utility meter operates in a second manner in accordance with the emulation metering.

    Systems and methods for estimating conservation allocation with partial AMI

    公开(公告)号:US09702730B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-11

    申请号:US14454561

    申请日:2014-08-07

    申请人: Utilidata, Inc.

    发明人: David Gordon Bell

    IPC分类号: G01D4/00 G08C19/02 H02J13/00

    摘要: This disclosure is directed to a system and method of allocating energy provided by a power source. The system includes a computing device that receives, from meters, observations of energy delivered by the power source to sites. The device classifies the sites into consumption classes, where a first consumption class has complete coverage and a second consumption class has incomplete coverage. The device determines a metric for a characteristic of energy for the first class. The device determines a first demand for the first class based on the metric for the characteristic of energy for the first class. The device generates a sampling distribution of the metric for the characteristic for the second class and determines a second demand for the second class based on the sampling distribution. The device determines a dissipation metric based on the first and second demands.

    Method And A System For Test And Calibration Of Wireless Consumption Meters

    公开(公告)号:US20170160124A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-08

    申请号:US15327291

    申请日:2014-07-18

    IPC分类号: G01F25/00 G01F1/66

    摘要: A wireless consumption meter, such as an ultrasonic flow meter, and a test and calibration system; the wireless consumption meter including a test mode which changes the wireless communication parameters to transmit less data, with less power, faster and more often, than in a normal operating mode. The test and calibration system includes test boxes arranged to receive measurement data from the consumption meters under the test mode circumstances and a common control unit arranged to control the start and stop of the testing and to establish a test or calibration result based on the received measurements from the consumption meters and by comparing with a reference value from a reference device. Further, methods performed by the consumption meter and the test and calibration system are disclosed.

    System and method for support of one-way endpoints in two-way wireless networks

    公开(公告)号:US09644991B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-09

    申请号:US14043440

    申请日:2013-10-01

    IPC分类号: G08B23/00 G01D4/00 H04W84/18

    摘要: A sensor data collection system includes a plurality of sensors operatively coupled to a corresponding set of endpoints, the endpoints configured to communicate sensor data to a central data collection point via a data communication protocol. A proxy service-enabled endpoint facilitates interoperability with the data collection system for the benefit of endpoints that are otherwise incompatible with the data communication protocol. The endpoint includes a remote endpoint interface module configured to receive communications from at least one of the incompatible endpoints containing incompatible endpoint sensor data. A remote endpoint virtualization module operatively coupled to the remote endpoint interface module and associated with the at least one of the incompatible endpoints. The remote endpoint virtualization module is uniquely addressable according to a corresponding virtual endpoint address, and configured to store the incompatible endpoint sensor data and to communicate that data to the central data collection point via the data communication protocol.

    Optimized data collection in a wireless fixed network metering system

    公开(公告)号:US09612132B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-04

    申请号:US12344015

    申请日:2008-12-24

    IPC分类号: G01D4/00

    摘要: Methods and systems regarding an electricity meter in a wireless network are disclosed. The network may comprise a collector and a plurality of electricity meters that measure consumption of electricity and that bi-directionally communicate wirelessly with the collector. The electricity meter may have an established association with at least one battery-powered meter that measures consumption of a commodity other than electricity. The electricity meter may receive information about measured consumption of the other commodity from the battery-powered meter and store the received information. The electricity meter may transmit both information about consumption of electricity measured by the electricity meter and the information about consumption of the other commodity received from the associated battery-powered meter to the collector via the wireless network and also to a remotely located display associated with the electricity meter.

    METER WITH COMMUNICATION FUNCTION
    19.
    发明申请
    METER WITH COMMUNICATION FUNCTION 有权
    具有通讯功能的仪表

    公开(公告)号:US20170003331A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-05

    申请号:US15057527

    申请日:2016-03-01

    发明人: Koichi Sato

    IPC分类号: G01R22/06 G01R22/10

    摘要: According to one embodiment, a meter with a communication function includes a terminal block, boards and an antenna. The terminal block, to which a power line is connected, is disposed at a predetermined position of an installation portion. The boards are disposed to be stacked on the terminal block to keep a distance in a direction away from the installation portion. The antenna is formed on a plate substrate disposed in a direction intersecting with the boards.

    摘要翻译: 根据一个实施例,具有通信功能的仪表包括端子块,电路板和天线。 连接有电力线的端子块设置在安装部的预定位置。 这些板被布置成堆叠在接线端子上以保持远离安装部分的方向的距离。 天线形成在与板相交的方向上设置的板基板上。