ABSTRACT

AMR (Automatically Meter Reading) is basically capturing data from

remotely located electronic Energy meters. Such data pulled from meters is
dumped into the server in scheduled intervals of time. It is basically a
windows based application software for dialing, reading meters and
aggregation of data to generate meaningful MIS reports viz.
1. Feeder breakdowns and interruptions
2. Supply status monitoring on feeders especially Agricultural feeders
The timely (instantaneous) information coupled with analysis can help
both utility (APCPDCL) and also customers for better control, the use and
production of Electric Energy.
At present APCPDCL has been executing the AMR project in its
jurisdiction(Hyderabad,Rangareddy,Medak,Nalgonda,Kurnool,Mahaboobna
gar,Ananthapur)and scope covers for 11 KV Feeders & HT services only. In
future the project may be extended to all LT Services by which tampering
can be reduced through which company losses can be reduced & revenue
can be increased.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
AMR hardware consists of GPRS/GSM modems, sim cards data
concentrator/multiplexer and intelligent modems. The modem is capable of
4 MB memory storage. The GPRS enabled simcards are provided by M/S
BSNL
BASIC WORKING:
The AMR unit (modem) is physically connected to the meter, the data being
transferred from meter to the modem and it is dumped to the server in
scheduled time interval through GPRS.