Re: Automatic power metering - existing products and new functions

Noen wrote:
> This would be added to each home. Today the meter readings are
> collected manually. The new equipment I'm talking about is not just
> for the sole purpose of invoicing power consumption, but also adding
> functionality such as remote control, burglar alarms, telephony, high
> speed internet etc. Imagine inside a private home there's a burglar
> alarm already installed by another company (with known function). The
> power company has the communications infrastructure that makes it
> possible to interact with the burglar alarm from a remote location, if
> only there was an easy way of connecting the two together. This is
> just one example, and not a particularly good one, but I think you can
> appreciate why I don't want to reveal too much of my plans to the
> public. The thing I am interested in is the interface, and if there
> already is something out there that I can use, it would save a lot of
> development costs - and time.

My KWh meter here in Italy was changed to an electronic version last year
and is read out via the mains supply line, where are you living?
--
ciao Ban
Bordighera, Italy


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