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Integrated solutions for electricity, gas, water and heat metering.

Main advantages of ADDAX IMS:

  • Direct, two-way communications based on PLC
  • DLMS/COSEM over TCP/IP
  • Operation in prepayment/ credit modes without the use of additional means (cards, keys, tokens)
  • Possibility to choose between all the existing communication media (PLC, RF, GSM/GPRS, CDMA, Wires etc)
  • DSM integrated into the meter (additional channel)
  • Multi-tariff operation
  • Low installation costs and operational expenses

 

 
 

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Articles

    Prepayment Meters

    The situation of the eighties, in which political protest, social pressure and township unrest resulted in problems and risks with reading the meters of billed customers, led Eskom, the South African national utility, to take the bold decision to get local industry to develop a basic, no-frills prepayment metering system.

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    Are You Ready To Meet The Future? AMI: Future Is Around You

    So what are the basic elements of the broad AMI concept? We will try to explain our vision concerning this development in general terms. The cornerstone of AMI is undoubtedly data exchange between different components of the system.

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    The evolution of Smart IMS - Step by step Part 1

    ADD Grup’s AMR system – Smart IMS – has evolved as customer requests have been fulfilled, and as a consequence the system continues to attract new users.

    Smart IMS is constantly being developed in three interconnected directions – the meter, the communication environment and the general structure of the system. This article looks at developments involving the meter in more detail.


    Evolution of smart IMS - step by step Part 2

    Our previous article about Smart IMS (Metering International 4/2002) was devoted to the evolution of our electric energy meter. This time we want to discuss communication – the cornerstone of the AMR concept. What communication methods exist for automatic meter reading? Why did we prefer PLC technology? What are the characteristic features of our approach to communication using an AMR system? In this article we try to answer these questions.


    A new view on AMR

    In the past AMR systems and meters were separated – and this prevented all the potential communication opportunities between the meter and the utility from being realized. ADD GRUP has been able to combine accurate metering and information transmission into one device, and as a result has developed a system with high performance capabilities at a competitive cost.