Where Are Smart Meters Used?
Smart meters are used wherever a utility wants to collect consumption data without visiting each meter by hand. That includes electricity distribution, and also water and gas utilities.
Different utilities, similar idea
Electricity, water and gas utilities all read meters to bill customers and understand demand. Smart metering applies the same principle across them: record consumption and communicate it. The equipment and communication choices differ, but the purpose is shared.
Different environments
Meters sit in many kinds of location — dense urban areas, spread-out rural networks, and everything in between. The layout of the meters influences how they are best connected: closely-spaced meters may suit short-range radio that relays between devices, while spread-out meters may suit cellular connections that reach each meter directly.
How AmbiPower supports these settings
AmbiPower’s products cover more than one situation: a cellular module for reading meters remotely, and a mobile app for reading meters over their optical port where a technician visits. This lets a utility match the approach to the site.