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Automated Meter Reading
Presented by: L. Anderson
October 2014
Introduction A brief History of meter reading at
SCWA AMR How does it work / equipment Demo video AMR & Health AMR Change-Out Project - brief
overview Live Demo of Meter Shop Inventory Questions?
Meter Reading – A brief history
Meter Books Dial Meters & Straight reads Cellar sets Meter vaults
Can you read this meter?
Touch Read Meters – 1984
Meter Reading – A brief history
Automatic Reading & Billing Meters (ARB) – 1964
Multi-Vendor Reading System (MVRS)- 1994
How does it work? Endpoint: Encoder Receiver
Transmitter (ERT)
Receiver: Mobile Collector (MC-3.0)
Laptop Computer & Software: File processing & GIS mapping
Automatic Meter Reading AMR
Mobile Reading Video http://www.scwa.com/videos/water_technology_in_the_21st_century/
AMR & Health
AMR
AMR & Health Transmitter frequencies: 910 – 920
MHz Limited time on the air (milliseconds) Extremely Low Power (10 milliwatts =
1/100th of a watt) Limited human exposure
Questions? 3,600
1
Total Bubble-Up Transmission Time per Hour Seconds per Hour Total ERT Transmission Time
AMR Project
Total AMR saturation as of 9/30/14 was:
244,747 installs
(63%) 142,160
remaining (37%)
244,747 ,
63%
142,160 , 37%
AMR Installations to September 30th, 2014
Installed Remaining
AMR Project
Total AMR saturation as of 9/30/14 was:
SCWA installs:
67,030 (27%) Contractor
installs: 177,717 (73%)
177,717
73%
67,030 27%
Total AMR Installations to September 30th 2014
244,747 Contractor SCWA
Installation Projection
Projected quantities as of September, 2014: Remaining 142,160 Approximately 4 years to completion
(2018)
Engineering
Customer Service
Finance
Administration
Human Resources
Construction & Maintenance
Communications
Teamwork!
Production Control
Meter Shop – Repair Group
Meter Department
Information Technology
Telecommunications
Stores
Risk Management
Purchasing
Transportation
General Services - Facilities
Management
AMR: How is it done?
Legal Internal Audit
Live Mobile Reading Demo
Dial Meter Reading
Q: Can you read this meter?
A: Reading is: 441290 (fixed zero)
Questions?