New technology turns all meters into smart meters
July 12th 2007

New technology which converts existing gas, water or electricity meters into smart meters to enable businesses to better manage utilities usage, will be unveiled by C+G Management at the Energy Event, held at the National Motorcycle Museum, September 12th – 13th.

Meter-Mimic, a new quad band GPRS wireless data logging system for non-invasive meter monitoring, features an advanced ferro-magnetic detection technology which senses the fluctuations in the Earth’s magnetic field caused by the rotation of internal magnets in mechanical meters.

Using this technology, Meter-Mimic enables meters to be read without using any physical connection. The process is controlled by advanced software algorithms.

The Meter-Mimic system is also able to collect readings from all types of electricity meters, including rotating disc meters and electronic meters via its optical input port. The collected data is then transmitted via Meter-Mimic’s internal GPRS modem to a central server database which then analyses and organises the data. Subscribers to the system can interrogate the data via a secure web-based system.

Speaking about the launch of Meter-Mimic, Matthew Middleton, Managing Director of C+G Management, said; “We have been developing the Meter-Mimic system for three years and are delighted to be able to offer this technology at a time when energy and water conservation are becoming critical issues. We have applied experience and knowledge gained over a long period of time in the conservation industry to develop this effective and advanced system.”

Meter-Mimic can transmit much more data than a conventional GSM/SMS text based system as it sends data as an email as opposed to an SMS text message. As a consequence, much larger payloads of data can be sent for high resolution energy and water management purposes.

Alternatively, data can be held on the Meter-Mimic’s internal multimedia card and sent at less frequent periods, thus reducing the costs of the system even further but without loss of data resolution.

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