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AMI system

AMI promises better user experience,quality,and operating efficiency

DONSUN AMI Solution empowers utilities to manage routine and cretical data collection system and operations,offloading the burden of day-to-day management tasks and freeing utility staff to focus on gaining more benefits and capabilities from their systems.

Characteristics

High Availability

Donsum AMI system is designed to help utilities to fully leverage meter data, this innovative highly available system can provide uninterrupted operation in any transaction, which help to simplify the operations that are critical to improved perfomance and productivity.

High Availability

Scalability

Interoperability

Theoretical Introduction

The AMI system developed by DONSUN considers the benefit for both the utility company and the end user which promises better user experience,quality,and operating efficiency thile reducing comsumption,and operating costs.

The system integrates

Bidirectional communication

Electricity control (switch off / on)

Postpaid or prepaid metering

Automatic bill collection

DOMSUN AMI system offers both prepaid and postpaid billing solution. The data management system will provide the data exchange interface to the electricity bill system. In postpaid billing system, electricity providing company can detect user whose bill is dut, and the system will alse remind the user to pay bill on time automatically if the bill is in due. The automated system will remotely switch off the electricity through AMI system when it finds out the bill is in due,and will switch on the electricity when the bill is paid.

Architecture

DONSUN AMI system consists of Smart meter, communication modules, DCU (Data Concentrator Unit), Head End System (MDCS), Meter Data Management System (MDMS), Database, and Server.
For communication module, DONSUN has now 4 solutions
1. GSM-GPRS only
2. G3-PLC communication module with DCU (GSM-GPRS)
3. Wi-Fi / BLE mesh with GSM-GPRS module
4. LoRa
DONSUN provides communication module according to client requirement.
In GSM only option all the meters connect to the HES directly by GSM-GPRS technology. This solution is ideal for places where the cellular network is strong.
In LoRa RF network, up to 1000 meter within 2 KM open space can be connected to LoRa gateway and from LoRa gateway, 1000 meters data can be sent to HES/MDMS system using GSM or Ethernet or optical line.
All these solutions offer Ad-hoc capability. With this capability, a new meter can be installed within a quick time lapse and with ease.