ITTIA Meter Smart Automation

A smart grid delivers electricity from suppliers to consumers using two-way digital communications to save energy, reduce costs and increase reliability and transparency. Meter maintenance and testing is a critical task to ensure accuracy in billing and, for electric utilities, efficient distribution of power. MSA centralizes the collection of meter maintenance and testing history (for both gas and electric,) so that faulty meters and misconfigured AMI modules can be identified before they are released into service.

ITTIA Meter Smart Automation (MSA) is a software solution for management, tracking, and maintenance of metering device assets. Natural gas and electrical utilities depend on ITTIA MSA to collect meter information, enforce business rules, and act on exceptional cases using each meter's complete history.

MSA Data Sheet

• Meter location tracking, individually or on pallets
• Capture readings and other AMI data
• Sort meters automatically for retirement, retrofit, etc.
• Validate calibration before releasing meters to service
• Automatic and manual data export
• Reports and monitoring
• Statistical analysis for meter test data samples
• Bar code scanner input and bar code label printing

MSA provides a collection of predefined tasks that can capture information, such as the current meter reading, or enforce business rules, such as retirement of specific meter models. Using these tasks, you define a process workflow that follows your business rules.

Data collection is unobtrusive, replacing cumbersome manual processes. Similar meters are automatically grouped together on pallets when moved from one maintenance process to the next. The MSA software can be operated with or without a bar code scanner. Sophisticated reporting built into MSA makes it easy to both identify high-level trends and scrutinize individual meters.

Supported meter test equipment includes SNAP (Sonic Nozzle Auto Prover), Dresser brand gas meter Provers, and RFL Meter Calibration Test Boards.