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Design of an Intelligent SMS based

Remote Metering System


Md. Wasi-ur-Rahman,
Mohammad Tanvir Rahman,
Tareq Hasan Khan and S.M. Lutful Kabir
Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT),
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET),

Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE


International Conference on Information and Automation
June 22 -25, 2009, Zhuhai/Macau, China
Multiprotocol routing for automatic remote electricity meter
reading using GSM carrier systems

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION:

Title of the project : Multiprotocol routing for automatic remote electricity

meter reading using GSM carrier systems

Domain : Embedded Systems, Power Electronics

Software : Embedded C, Keil, Flash Magic

Microcontroller : LPC2148 controller

Power Supply : +5V, 500mA Regulated Power Supply

Display : a) LCD b) GSM Mobile Phone

LCD : HD44780 16-character, 2-line (16X2)

Energy Meter : Prototype with 12VDC

Applications : Electricity Boards

Crystal : 12MHz

Developed By : M/S Wine Yard Technologies

Phone : 040-6464 6363, www.WineYard.in


Abstract:
The advantages of remote meter reading and spot billing are well recognized by the
various electricity boards in the country today. Not only does spot billing lead to much greater
revenue-collection efficiency and better decision systems, it also brings intangibles like
transparency and better customer service to the system. Though there exist various devices in the
market that aid in spot-meter billing, none has become either an industry standard or widely
prevalent. The reasons range from limited computing power and lack of customizability to high
price and absence of local technical support.

Remote electricity billing is a unique concept, in which the electricity board can collect
the consumed units data from consumer on mobile phone using GSM network. Each consumer is
provided with a unique energy meter, which is having a GSM modem, microcontroller unit and a
display unit internally. A SIM card is required for communication. Whenever this system
receives an SMS from electricity board, it calculates the number of units consumed and billing
amount on slab rate, displays on LCD for user interface. This system also sends the same
message to the electricity board for departmental information and database.

The unique feature of this system is, the electricity board can disconnect or reconnect the
connection from remote place through the mobile phone. As this project works on GSM network,
the system can be controlled from any part of the world.

ARM7TDMI is an advanced version of microprocessors and forms the heart of the


system. The LPC2148 are based on a 16/32 bit ARM7TDMI-S™ CPU with real-time emulation
and embedded trace support, together with 128/512 kilobytes of embedded high speed flash
memory.
A 128-bit wide memory interface and unique accelerator architecture enable 32-bit code
execution at maximum clock rate. For critical code size applications, the alternative 16-bit
Thumb Mode reduces code by more than 30% with minimal performance penalty. With their
compact 64 pin package, low power consumption, various 32-bit timers, 4- channel 10-bit ADC,
USB PORT,PWM channels and 46 GPIO lines with up to 9 external interrupt pins these
microcontrollers are particularly suitable for industrial control, medical systems, access control
and point-of-sale. With a wide range of serial communications interfaces, they are also very well
suited for communication gateways, protocol converters and embedded soft modems as well as
many other general-purpose applications.

This project uses two power supplies, one is regulated 5V for modules and other one is
3.3V for LPC2148. 7805 three terminal voltage regulator is used for voltage regulation. Bridge
type full wave rectifier is used to rectify the ac out put of secondary of 230/12V step down
transformer.
Block Diagram
Power
Supply Contrast
Load Bank

16X2 LCD

Energy ARM7 TDMI MAX 232


Meter
LPC2148

MCU GSM
Modem

Current
Relay driver

Current
Driver
EEPROM

DC Buzzer

Mains Voltage

Step Bridge Filter


Down Regulator
Rectifier Circuit
T/F Power supply to all sections

Advantages:
Billing Automation

Revenue Collection Efficiency

Transparency in distribution

Better customer Service

Zero man-made errors

Scopes for Advancements:

 This system is developed for only one consumer. If the consumers are more, the electricity board
also should have a separate GSM modem with PC interface to receive various SMS and store all
the details in system database.
 Special software can be developed to monitor all bill payments and to disconnect the electricity
for default consumers.

Applications:

Electricity Department, Organization staff quarters

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