Energy monitoring systems have become an essential feature of efficiency conscious homes.
How to connect energy meter to plc.
You can also study an article on how to design a 3 phase smart energy meter using arduino here.
To find your gas supplier you can contact the meter point reference line formerly national grid on 0870 608 1524.
Currently i work in plant which switch yard got 11 siemens breaker and 11 energy meter including 2 pm750 schneider electric and 9 pcs.
Power off the simatic before connecting it with energy meter.
If that doesn t work your meter may be struggling to connect to the network.
These two wires need to be connected to the 2 and 1 pins of x30 com port of simatic as described in below table.
Energy meter online user interface.
This is a known issue that the energy industry are working hard to try and fix.
You can find your local mpas office number from directory enquiries.
Conzerv em 6400 which connect to allen bradley micrologix 1400 but due to some issue i want to change plc system what is your best suggestion about plc i can use to transmit data to an hmi or pc scada.
A smart meter is a digital energy meter that measures the consumption of electrical energy and provides other additional information as compared to the traditional energy meter.
First we have to set communication parameters like address baud rate parity etc.
Restart the ihd by using the power button and wait for the data to appear.
Houses or apartments with an egauge have a window to their energy performance.
Connecting modbus energy meter to simatic.
The above articles will give you step by step details towards the designing of smart energy meter here in this article the focus is on how to connect some wi fi module with the above designed smart energy meters.
This article presents a programmable energy meter using gsm technology that enables energy supplier companies to read the energy meter reading frequently without the person visiting each house.
Automatic meter reading amr technology is used for remote monitoring control domestic energy meter and also to reduce the power thievery.
If you re unsure of who your current electricity supplier is then you can contact the meter point administration service mpas for your area.
Consider modbus protocol supported energy meter and display the readings in the plc.
The modbus energy meter consist of two wires ve and ve.
In plc modbus instructions are used to read the energy meter parameters.