Data concentrators for Smart Metering

The product series MUC.easy^plus and MUC500 are a family of data loggers for Smart Metering. They are offering a quick and easy commissioning even without expert knowledge regarding the operation and the characteristics of M-Bus communication. The devices come with an integrated and easy to use configuration web page, without need of external software. Only a few settings might be changed before starting the scan procedure for finding the meters. After that, the read-out procedure and the data processing is completely automated.

The devices are collecting the data on their own, no matter which type of meter and which type of medium is involved. The stored data then gets standardised by the data loggers and is provided to other systems. It is like Plug and Play, saving time and saving effort.

The MUC.easy^plus has an integrated M-Bus interface according to EN 13757. On top of that, they come with three S0 pulse inputs and a serial interface (RS-485). This enables the user to read out further meters directly or by using an optical probe.

For wireless communication with meters, there is an wM-Bus interface according to the OMS standard (Open Metering Systems).

One major component of our data loggers is the integrated and very powerful communication software. It is responsible for all the data processing and meter recognition. Its universal operation follows the EN 13757 without basing on meter libraries. This omits the time-consuming maintenance of such libraries. In the same breath, it allows to read-out all the meters in the market, independent which manufacturer and which medium it is. All the values, units and also the metadata is recognised and represented on the device. In addition there is an extra data field “User label” for entering unique identifiers relating to your data collection system. These systems can be connected via Ethernet and in some variants also via mobile communication. It is your choice.

A so-called system meter offers monitoring or logging system states in addition to the other meter values. For a better fault analysis, the time of the last readout is visualised, and the export interface has been extended by a scripting system. This allows the customer to use a versatile tool to individualise the data export even more and to make it more flexible.

With the feature Extended Maintenance logged communication history and system events, such as status messages of reports, error codes and user logins, can be analysed. This means that the customer can do the failure mode analysis on his own and resolve the issue more easily. Additionally, there is a filter function and a file export.
Furthermore, our MUC.easy^plus offers a Multi-Channel-Reporting (MCR). It is possible to set up 10 different configurations for sending meter data, which are executed in parallel.

The products of the family MUC500 are specialised data loggers. They are focused on only one physical interface and are addressing huge meter installations. The performance of the physical layer and the CPU is respectively high.

Handling is the same like above. An integrated web server offers a smart configuration web page. Meters are allocated by simply scanning the M-Bus.

Regarding wired M-Bus communication the MUC500 M offers up to 500 unit loads on the bus lines. For the wireless M-Bus there are up to two receivers integrated in the MUC500 W. This enables the parallel usage of different modes like S, T, C and C/T on the same frequency or even different frequencies with the same device. Besides the common 868 MHz there are also solutions for 433 MHz and 169 MHz. Other frequencies are possible on request.

In addition, the MUC500 W comes with an integrated RS-232 interface. So, an external level converter can be used for reading out wired and wireless infrastructures at once.

All devices solve the challenges in huge installations and are able to handle more than 5000 meters logically.

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