Our application is on DOCSIS network... Closed network...
Works well for the roughly 125k devices on it...
Auto polling for mapping is about every 90 seconds -
refreshing the map manually causes a manual poll which
takes about 10 seconds to complete.
Worst case we're looking at about
Are you certain that the smart power meters are BPL? Things I've been
reading is that they are mesh-based in the Part 15 900MHz ISM band.
-Brian / KF4ZWZ
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Kris Kirby k...@catonic.us wrote:
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Eric Lemmon wrote:
It's quite simple: when the
Reverse the logic - if it's a non-responder (no telemetry
after n minutes), it shows up on the map as a customer out.
OK, but it can't be practical in this application (by the sheer
number of units in service) to poll individual specific locations
within n-minutes... and and that amount of
Brian Raker wrote:
Are you certain that the smart power meters are BPL? Things I've been
reading is that they are mesh-based in the Part 15 900MHz ISM band.
Out here PGE has a fair number operating in the 450-470 MHz band as
well. And the electric and gas meter networks are separate.
Skipp...
Our application is on DOCSIS network... Closed network... Works well for the
roughly 125k devices on it...
Auto polling for mapping is about every 90 seconds - refreshing the map
manually causes a manual poll which takes about 10 seconds to complete.
Worst case we're looking at about a
Look on the bright side: The smart meters allow
the electric utility company to immediately identify
a power outage and identify the areas affected,
If the meter's radio data transceiver operates on
electricity, which may be missing/out... how does the
dead radio notify the mother
Missing beacons. Same way you know that your repeater is off the air
(well, not that they beacon, but they are not there when you try to key
them up). Although, I know many that do beacon.
Or, they might have cells or capacitors that will power it long enough
to say
Reverse the logic - if it's a non-responder (no telemetry after n minutes),
it shows up on the map as a customer out.
We currently have a Google maps-based outage tracking system that places a
green dot for working modem, yellow for modem syncing and red for offline...
Since we have SNMP
At 01:38 PM 1/11/2010, skipp025 wrote:
If the meter's radio data transceiver operates on
electricity, which may be missing/out... how does the
dead radio notify the mother ship once the supply goes
away?
You'll be able to tell because that phantom signal you hear on
your repeater input or
I can already see opportunities for this smart technology to be abused.
Like the meter scaling so that only half or a quarter of the power consumed
is measured or drive down the street transmitting the right signal and black
out a neighborhood.
About as likely as someone driving down the street, transmitting on your
input, and it triggering the code to shut your repeater off.
At least I hope so if they've implemented even the most basic security
measures such as coded access.
Of course, it does introduce a new level of hacking.
Joe
@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Those PGE Smart Meters (again)
Look on the bright side: The smart meters allow
the electric utility company to immediately identify
a power outage and identify the areas affected,
If the meter's radio data transceiver operates
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Eric Lemmon wrote:
It's quite simple: when the signal goes away, the meter must have
lost power.
When the HF bands are clear, the BPL network must be down?
--
Kris Kirby, KE4AHR
Disinformation Analyst
And the Agent told me they can easily track energy
consumption with time of day.
i have always had a problem with this. it eventually leads prices based on the
time of day you use energy.
as if they don't gouge you enough already they want more for usage during
certain times of the day.
At 02:51 PM 1/10/2010, kc8gpd wrote:
And the Agent told me they can easily track energy
consumption with time of day.
i have always had a problem with this. it eventually leads prices
based on the time of day you use energy.
as if they don't gouge you enough already they want more for usage
:51 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Those PGE Smart Meters (again)
And the Agent told me they can easily track energy
consumption with time of day.
i have always had a problem with this. it eventually leads prices based on
the time of day you use
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