District Heat

M3 Meter Reading, Monitoring, Management
The challenges of modern district heating are complex. Multiple measurements are required from thousands of buildings and single-family homes that must be delivered in near-real time and on-demand when necessary.
M3 from Miltel offers:
- The lowest Total Cost of Ownership of any comparable solution
- Does not rely on costly cellular connectivity
- Works with almost any meter brand, so different meters can be integrated into a single network
- Allows individual building metering as well as unit-level submetering.
At Miltel we understand that District Heating, the so-called "fourth utility" has specific metering, monitoring, and management needs: Metering the delivery of heat to residences depends on multiple factors beyond just temperature; market demands and governmental regulation often dictate real time and/or synchronized reads across large areas. A simple metering solution will not suffice; it must address larger managerial needs like maintenance and service dispatch.
Highlights of the Solution
- Connectivity with industrial and residential energy meters
- Scheduled and on-demand reads
- 2-way radio from local energy center to each building or home
- WAN communications (TCP/IP) from/to main office
- Software for remote monitoring from energy company offices.
Radio System Main Features
- 1 Watt transmission power to antenna
- GFSK Modulation at 9,600 b/s data rate
- -100 dBm receiver sensitivity
- High gain antenna, omni-directional, utilizes solution's base stations and repeaters to achieve exceptional coverage
- Meets CE radio standard requirements
Endpoint Features
- External antenna for coverage extension
- Auto-identification of meter model
- On-line monitoring of steam leakage using sensor detector
- On-line monitoring and reporting of basement door intrusion
- On-line AC power monitoring and reporting of outages
- Easy installation using a standard laptop
- Internal log file for failure analysis and maintenance
- 'Last gasp' transmission on power failures
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