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Title: Data Collection System For Reading Meters
Author: Daniel R. Fulton
Source: American Gas Association 1985
Year Published: 1985
Abstract: Reading meters by automatic means has been the dream of utility managers and executives tor a long, long time. Over the years a number of programs were proposed -and some have been developed - that permit the utility to read a meter remotely and/or automatically. Some of the systems use telephone lines, radio signals, or, in the ease of electric utilities, the power lines themselves tor data transmission from the meter to a central computer. Other schemes involve collecting data on magnetic tape at the meter site and ihen translating the tape at a central location. Domestic meter readings are entered into a hand-held data collection unit containing the tape cassette, while commercial and industrial meters feed data into on-site tape recorders that can produce rates of consumption, demand, and total usage when translated. Other technologies use a mobile van or an airplane to read all the meters within a specified area by means of radio. Even cable television has been proposed as a possible means of bringing the meter reading back to the utility. All of these methods represent efforts to reduce the cost of meter reading and to accelerate cash flow for the utility.

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