User's Manual

COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL
RF-TWACS Based AMR System DCSI CUSTOMER PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
May 30, 2003 Application Notes – Rev. 1 5
Figure 5a Figure 5b
Figures 5a and 5b – a) Rear view of the RMTR without cover showing the battery. b) RMTR board
showing the RF circuitry, folded dipole, microcontroller and reed relay.
Finally at the bottom of the hierarchy is the remote metering device (gas or water) from
which data is obtained. None of the meters are DCSI devices, however it is possible that
certain instances of EMA integration may cause DCSI to supply some of the services for
the electric meter (such as hosting the LCD). Please see Figure 6 for a better
understanding of the naming convention adopted for the hardware units.
Transponder “RCE” type equipment made
by DCSI
Radio Transceivers
( ( ( ) ) )
Figure 6 – EMA, EMTR, and RMTR Hardware Modules
This product includes a Schlumberger Centron Solid-State Electric Meter, outfitted with
our EMT-3C-MP EMA module, and the optional EMTR plug-in RF board, all under the
same meter canopy. The RMTR connects to a gas or water metering device which is
Electric Meter
EMA
EMTR
RMTR
Water or Gas Meter
with Pulser or Dial
-
encoder