It can read all meters, regardless of manufacturer and/or gauge and its location, using equipment that allows the data to be sent reliably and robustly from the meter to the Data Control centre.
The AquaCity system consists of software and fixed network equipment that send data and provide coverage to all water system sectors. It is available 100% of the time and means immediate readings can be made on demand when needed.
The equipment to create the AquaCity private network is reduced to a Gateway and repeater line devices known as GOTAs. The Gateway radio communications coverage to the GOTAs. These are responsible for interacting directly with the meters. These small items of equipment are installed camouflaged into the environment with minimal visual impact.
To manage the network based on the data obtained, there is a web interface operational 100% of the time. It can display data trends in an intuitive manner to analyse the supply network and provide immediate remote access, at any time, to any meter.
Arson Metering has its own servers capable of hosting all the software, temporarily or permanently, offering the customer greater peace of mind and lower cost in system maintenance.
All major smart meter manufacturers working nationally or internationally use one of the protocols currently integrated into AquaCity: Wavenis, WMBus, WMBus OMS and UNE82326, as well as the emerging communications technologies LoRaWAN, Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT).
The system evolves and adapts to new technologies. It allows for remote reading with the current protocols and, when LoRaWAN meters are available, for example, these can be integrated into the system using a special LoRaWAN Metering Gateway. The same system can read previous, current and future meters.
Implementation takes place according to the study and design by Arson Metering’s engineering team and involves the following steps:
Geolocation of the meters.
To study system requirements, the location of all the meters needs to be known. To obtain this information with ease and precision, there is a meter geolocation tool, the AquaCity GPS App.
Information analysis and theoretical coverage study.
Once the meters have been installed and geolocated, this study will lead to the installation plan and the equipment needed.
Installation tools and commissioning.
Once the plan has been established and the terrain analysed, it only remains to deploy the fixed network with the aid of installation tools intended for that purpose.
Three reasons for choosing AquaCity for smart water management.
