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Electronic Water Meters Technologies

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IOT (Internet of Things) compliant compliant metering metering solutions. solutions. Prepaid metering solutions with with alternative charging methods to smart cards and GPRS communication (STS, Bluetooth, Wifi) Low Cost Fixed network network metering solutions alternative alternative to GPRS and Ethernet communication (Lora)

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AMR water meter with built built in Lora Lora Module Module (Integrated and Compact solution, no need to additional retrofittable amr modules) Implementing UM1-Lora UM1-Lora Modules Modules for AMR-ready water water meters.

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New mathematical models for ultrasonic time of flight measurement, reducing cost and power consumption. Ultrasonic - Digital processing of Transmitted & reflected reflected sound signals, increasing the resolution of the time measurement to 20 picoseconds. Eliminating the requirement for discrete Analog Front Front End and and additional high cost electronic components, resulting a lower cost c ost for  ultrasonic water meters.

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Wireless MBUS (Using FSK, Traditional Traditional RF principle principle for short range communication) Lora (Long Range  Chirp Spread Spectrum fully customizable low power communication network and meters, with lowest almost-no communication costs. –

Sigfox (Long Range  Ultra Narrow Band low power communication network and meters, needs investment for sigfox infrastructure by local operators, communication costs will be defined by operators in a similar way like GSM and GPRS.) –

NbIOT (Similar solution solution like Sigfox, Sigfox, which which requires infrastructur infrastructure e and pricing by local network operators. Hardware similar like GPRS module)

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Bluetooth (Short range open protocol  mainly used as HMI for data entering to and/or reading from water meter. meter. Secure only if it is supported by additional security algorithms such as STS ST S and AES) –

GPRS (internet connection to the meters from the server, server, directly or  over gateways. In case of direct connection, each meter must have a built-in Gprs module and a sim card.)

Wifi (In case of meters meters are installed installed within the coverage of a WiFi network : Access Points, ADSL modems etc) Communication costs may vary depending on internet service supplier.

Electroni Electr onic c Me Meter ter Technologies Prepaid Meters

RF Solutions

AK111

Ultrasonic Meters

AMR Meters

AK11 RF

IoT

AK311

LORA AK311 GPRS

AK211

AK311 RF

Wired Solutions

GPRS Solutions

AK411 RF

AK411 LORA

AK311

AK411 RF

UW LORA

AK 411

UW RF

WOLTMAN LORA

UW GPRS

UW RF

WOLTMAN GPRS

UW GPRS

IRRIGATION WOLTMAN

WOLTMAN RF

ULTRASONIC

RF AMR MODUL

AK311 SIGFOX *

RF UV1 VALVE

AK311 NB-IoT *

LORA AMR MODUL

M BUS

MOD BUS

UW MBUS

UW MOD BUS

*At design stage

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LoRa Water Meter Technology

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GPRS GPRS Wate Waterr Mete Meterr Tech Techno nolo logy gy

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Basically the system has two types of reading method. Reading the meters via a handheld computer (PDA) with a staff staff,, or a computer computer based based system system in a vehicle. vehicle.

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These mobile remote reading devices collect meter readings and save them to local memory. In the municipal water autho uthori ritty cent center er,, the the readings are transferred to main system from the handheld terminal. Right after the successful transm transmiss ission ion proces process, s, the billing procedure starts.

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As a summary, the system consists of three main parts: Water meter, Mobile Reading Device and the System Software. The AMR Mobile System utilizes only RF (Radio Frequency) communication. (No (N o need need to a GSM GSM/GPR /GPRS S operator)

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System includes AMR Meters, Collectors (RF and GPRS) and Manage Manageme ment nt Softwa Software re via Inter Internet net.. Fixed Fixed Network Network Syste System m remotely collects meter data by using RF (Radio Frequency) and sends sends them to Central Central Compute Computerr System System via GPRS. GPRS.

Receiving the meter readings Transmitting readings to central system Customer access via internet connection Remote control of valves according to latest payment/debt states Billing the consumption •

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Each water meter has its own serial number in ele electro ctroni nic c unit unit.. Colle llecte cted data data loa loaded ded to centr entral al syst syste em com compute puterr according to this serial number .

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Automatic meter reading with RF (Radio Frequency).

Works in EU Works EU approv approved ed 868 868 Mhz ISM/SR ISM/SRD D freque frequency ncy.. Great saving from time, fast and reliable solution. Detects illegal interventions and records by date. To get past data with optical interfacev.

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With RF (Radio Frequency) it is possible to open open and and close close the the valve valve automatically Works Wo rks in in EU approv approved ed 868 868 Mhz Mhz ISM/SRD frequency. Automatic opening and closing the valve, no need to enter the customer’s house Real time clock (IEC 61038 approved) Easy inst instal alla lati tion on and and opera perati tio on.

OPERATING FREQUENCY

868

MODULATION

GFSK

OUTPUT POWER

+14

dB

DATA RATE

1,2 - 250

Kbps

COMMUNICATION

BIDIRECTIONAL

POWE POWER R SUPP SUPPLY LY

3,6 V (DC) LITYUM BATTERY

BATTERY LIFE

10

MHz

YEARS

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Fixed Network System remotely collects meter data by using RF (Radio Frequency) and send them to Central Computer System via GPRS. The module utilizes the license free ISM band of 868 MHZ frequency.

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Each user has a separate separate login defined defined by his own own username username and password, specifically configuring the system according to dedicat dedicated ed authorizat authorization ion level level.. Users manage the whole system as well as meter states, statistics. Several rich content reports and analysis graphics are  provided by the system.

Cap Capable able of Openi penin ng or Clos Closin ing g valv valvees rem remotely tely..

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Easi Easily ly watc watchi hing ng the the consu onsum mer consumption data instantly or daily with system database.

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Customers can manage their own consumption records such as invoice, debts, payment etc. from internet with their passwords.

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System is cost competitive when compared to other AMR technologies. Water meter states may be observed everywhere regardless of current location.

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RF Wat Water Meter ter Tec Technol hnolog ogy y

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GPRS GPRS Wate Waterr Mete Meterr Tech Techno nolo logy gy

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Developed by Semtech Corporation Corporation (http://www.semtech. (http://www.semtech.com/) com/) Chirped-FM Chirped-FM Processing gain= increased receive sensitivity Enables longer range at expense of lower data rate

• Europe: 868 MHz Band • Network channels can be freely attributed by the network operator • Three mandatory channels that all gateways should constantly receive:

Lora

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868.10 868.30 868.50

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