SMART METER READING APP

APK Third-party integration

  • SANDS shall provide DLMS smart meter reading application in the form of callable application, the customer main / parent application shall integrate the SANDS callable application with required callable parameters to carry out the meter reading.
  • Using this callable APK integration the utility / customer data is very much secured, No Need to share the-
    • Meter passwords / Keys to any third party agency
    • Server credentials for data uploading
    • Customer Master data information etc
  • Downloaded meter data locally available in mobile folder in the Json string format.

Third-party APK integration process flow

SMART METER READING APPLICATION


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The DLMS smart meter reading application runs on Android mobile devices. It is an effective and efficient meter reading solution for DLMS meters (IS15959-Part1 & IS15959-Part2). This application supports DLMS conventional & smart meter reading, Real-time viewing of field meter profiles, data view, programming the meter and smart meters connect/disconnect. This is also a solution to address the last mile connectivity issues - where the AMR and AMI networks may fail due to network problems.




  
meter reading app

LOGIN SCREEN

meter reading app - METER SELECTION

METER SELECTION

smart meter reading app - INSTANT PROFILE

INSTANT PROFILE

dlms meter reading app - PHASOR VIEW

PHASOR VIEW

meter reading app - BILLING PROFILE

BILLING PROFILE

smart meter reading app - BILLING PROFILE

BILLING PROFILE

dlms meter reading app - BLOCK LOAD PROFILE

BLOCK LOAD PROFILE

smart meter reading - TAMPER PROFILE

TAMPER PROFILE


How does the DLMS smart meter reading application work?

  • The communication between smart meter and mobile device is bi-directional, through the below options:
    • BLUETOOTH Optical probe,
    • USB optical probe + OTG cable,
    • Remote Meter Reading using GPRS with VPN SIM.
  • The application collects the meter data based on user input and stores the data in the device’s memory.
  • Mobile to server communication for uploading/downloading the data is conducted through secure API based web services using HTTPS, file transfer based FTP services.
  • Note: Based on the solution chosen by the customer the relevant features would be available. Please take a moment to fill out the request quote form for the desired package

KEY FEATURES

  • SANDS DLMS smart meter reading application is an effective solution for reading, configuring, and controlling DLMS meters.
  • Simple and user-friendly GUI.
  • Supports all leading manufacturers' DLMS conventional & smart meters (Tested with 30+ makes of both single-phase and three-phase meters).
  • Real-time data profile viewing, using compact BCS supports both graphical and tabular report formats.
  • On-field instantaneous analysis, using compact BCS, supports the following profiles, by selecting the data files from internal/external storage:
    • Nameplate and programmable
    • Instantaneous data and phasor view
    • Billing (Present and history data with TOD values)
    • Load survey (Tabular and Graphical view)
    • Tamper events
    • Transactions
  • Secured server communication for
    • License registration and version updates.
    • Login authentication.
    • HTTPS API / FTP service based data dumping to HES/MDAS/MDM servers.
    • Downloading/uploading of meter, customer information for smart meter connects/disconnect features.
    • Passwords / Key information
  • Compatible with the Android versions 6.0 to 14.0
  • Protocols Supported for data upload/download:
    • TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MQTT(Optional)
  • Data formats supported:
    • JSON, TXT, CSV
  • GPS locations of smart meters are recorded automatically while reading the smart meters (Optional).
  • Compliant to IS-15959 – Part 1, Part 2, IEC 62056-21 standards.
  • Supports both online and offline mode (Poor network connectivity and network unavailable instances) – data shall be stored in the device memory, user can upload the offline data when the network connection resumes.
  • Supported hardware for communication –
    • Bluetooth Optical Probe,
    • USB optical probe + OTG cable.

Additional Features based on the user requirements

  • Provision for capturing manual meter reading.
  • Provision for capturing Survey data.
  • Provision for capturing meter kWh, kVAh display reading photos for cross verification upon mismatches.
  • Provision for downloading USERID based binder allocated data, which is very useful for meter reading agency / contractors for handling meter reading projects.