AggreGate Platform plays the role of Meter Data Management (MDM) software, but it also shares collected data with other systems.

Remote data collection saves the expense of periodic trips to each physical location to read a meter. Another advantage is that billing can be based on near real time consumption rather than on estimates based on previous or predicted consumption. Analysis of logged meter readings can help to optimize consumption and production of water, gas and electricity.

The Automatic Meter Reading solution is based on AggreGate SCADA/HMI box product which, in its turn, is built atop of AggreGate Platform.

Implementing AMR with AggreGate

The architecture of AggreGate IoT Platform allows to set up the centralized data logging for different meter types with minimal efforts:

• Meters which use standard communication protocols (Modbus, Meter-Bus, DLMS/COSEM, OPC, SNMP, etc.) are supported directly
• Other meters may be connected through hardware procotol converters (Agents) of custom software drivers
• Meter readings can be imported from other AMR systems via web services (SOAP) or external database connectivity (SQL)
• Meter readings are seamlessly stored in the server database
• Flexible meter polling rules and customizable reading history storage
• Integrated alerting, reporting, charting, and data querying for reading data
• Long term correlation-based trending and trend prediction allows to warn operators in advance if growing consumption is going to cross the Service Level Agreement (SLA) threshold
• Detailed peak usage analysis
• Manual export of readings into multiple formats
• Open-source APIs for integration with billing/analytics systems and delivering information to customers, suppliers and service providers
• Customization and rebranding options for meter manufacturers