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From Electric Meters to Smart Meters

Rugged Tablets is the Step Further

Real-time data is valuable asset and has been widely recognized by many industries. Smart meters that come with many intricate benefits is the trend worth behold for electricity suppliers. Real-time data transfer through smart meters surpasses the restriction of electricity supply, making supply adjustment as flexible as possible no matter it is for industrial facilities consumption cycles or for streetlight outage and repairs temporary suspension. However, with security concern still looming over the future of smart meters, rugged tablets can come into the play before the smooth transition.

Data Security Matters

Running on Windows 10 with TPM 2.0, rugged tablet lays the groundwork for an impenetrable security network by preventing electricity service providers from most offline physical attacks and boot sector malware. Such tablet unlocks the possibility of data transfer pathways through different mechanisms. Installed with a Bluetooth coupler, electricity waste and consumption of various time periods can be recorded and analyzed prior to manual USB data transfer. With complete communication technologies available, on-duty electricity technicians away from dispatch centers can be notified of abnormalities and report such records to regional workstations via their secured network for maintenance dispatch deployment.

Looking Forward

As technologies continue to advance, Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) further paves the way for an even secured network, making migration to smart meters for real-time data transfer between client ends and central system possible. Rugged tablets, on the other hand, still reliably deliver real-time communication between central system and on-duty electricity technicians, making the communication among smart meters, central system, and technicians as seamless as possible.

Smart meters’ intricate benefits are fairly self-explanatory. Event logging for prevention of roadside accidental power downs and resulting electricity shock, or household smart grids establishment through secured and reliable solar inverters and Gigabit Ethernet protocol—ensures flexible and real-time electricity suspension or insight of load profile, time of use, and avoided costs etc.

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  • Yating Chan

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