Contact: Ballard Asare-Bediako, Lectoraat Meet-en Regeltechniek, ballard.asarebediako@han.nl; 0655240904.
Context
The Smart meter is an electronic measuring device of electrical energy, with no mechanical parts. The Dutch smart meters have four communication ports P0, P1, P2, and P3. The P0 is used for communication with external devices during meter installation, or maintenance of the smart meter and hand held devices that energy utilities use to extract data through RF communication. The roll-out of smart meters is one of the important steps toward encouraging the participation of residential customers in the energy supply system. It is expected that residential customers will have access to their energy consumption data via the P1 port of the smart meter. However, accessing the smart meter data requires extra hardware and a good knowledge of data processing. P1 port is a read-only RJ11 interface that links the meter with auxiliary equipment. This port is accessible by customers, and it is intended to provide insight regarding householders’ energy consumption, and for retrieval of external information (signals) from the grid.
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