Head End Metering Protocols

The Head End component handles the two-way communication with the meter asset.  It consists of the following:

• Communication Method Adapters
  
• Meter Protocol Adapters
  

The path of information flowing between a specific type of meter and the Meter Data Management component is defined as the combination of a Communication Method Adapter and a Meter Protocol Adapter.
Communication method adapters handle the physical information flow to the meter asset.  The following methods are supported:

• SMS
• GPRS
• GSM/Data
• Power Line Carrier
• PSTN
• LAN

Meter Protocol adapters handle the translation between business events (e.g. request ad-hoc meter reading) and the native language understood by the firmware of the meter.  B-Smart™ Converge currently supports in excess of 80 different meter types from many different manufacturers, and more are being added all the time.


Our meter data management is part of B-Smart™ Converge, please click here to view more information

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