1. City of Cape Town surfs the radio waves
Automatic Meter Reading
City of Cape Town surfs the radio waves
Presented by
Heinrich Mostert

2. Project Justification
Formation of Regional Electricity Distributors (REDs)
New revenue income and profitability challenges
Pro-active decision to explore benefits of AMR with a pilot project

3. Normal meter reading and access related problems
Project Justification
Normal meter reading and access related problems

4. Normal meter reading and access related problems
Project Justification
Normal meter reading and access related problems

5. Procurement Process Product and System demonstrations
Emphasis on compatibility with existing infrastructure
Quotations for supply, installations and commissioning

6. Emeris Automatic Metering Reading System (Walk-by)
Procurement Process
Project was awarded
Emeris Automatic Metering Reading System (Walk-by)

7. Project Area
Stikland-Industrial & Commercial area in Bellville, Cape Town
10 Consumers with mixture of Helix 4000, Helix 3000 and Combination meters

8. Implementation & Installation
Route Master Africa (RMA) Management software installed on stand-alone PC
Customer and meter info captured manually into database

9. Meter reading route downloaded to Radix FW60 handheld computer
Implementation & Installation
Meter reading route downloaded to Radix FW handheld computer

10. All meters fitted with Reed switches and RF Meter Interface Unit (MIU)
Implementation & Installation
All meters fitted with Reed switches and RF Meter Interface Unit (MIU)

11. Implementation & Installation
Actual meter reading and RF MIU pulse count captured for synchronization
Data uploaded into RMA and actual pulse count synchronized with meter pulse weight

12. System Operation 1. ROUTES CREATED ON CUSTOMER BILLING SYSTEM
7. ROUTES UPLOADED BACK TO CUSTOMER BILLING SYSTEM
2. ROUTES DOWNLOADED TO ROUTEMASTER AFRICA AND ALOCATED TO METER READERS
4. METER READING
3. ROUTES DOWNLOADED TO WALK-BY METER READING EQUIPMENT
5. ROUTES UPLOADED BACK TO ROUTE MASTER AFRICA
6. REPORTS

13. Conclusion Project is still underway
Cost Benefit Analysis to be performed
Management and Budget approval strategy