BestGAS

Pikobytes

CustomerUtilities sector
SectorEnergy, Infrastructure
TagsIoT, Connectivity, Sensor networks, Data monitoring

Adaptation of gas meters for the smart meter infrastructure

This project was co-funded by the European Union.

The BestGAS project is developing a communication adapter for large gas installations that connects standard interfaces to smart meter gateways (SMGw). This allows operators and suppliers to integrate existing installations into the secure SMGw infrastructure with minimal effort. The adapter also ensures the future viability of the entire product portfolio of gas measurement technology manufacturers, as internationally standardized and widely used interfaces for their meters and measuring devices can be retained.

PIKOBYTES is responsible for the design and development of a software solution for the inventory, configuration, and monitoring of the communication adapters and the connected inventory meters. This tool supports distribution network operators and utilities, particularly in asset management and installation and maintenance tasks.

Project contents

The respective hardware interfaces are connected to a central system via highly efficient hardware-oriented interface drivers. This system is then designed to offer a flexible software architecture in which highly specialized data-processing subsystems can be anchored and connected to the interface drivers. This will enable more complex tasks such as long-term storage, recoding, decryption or encryption, measurement calculation, and much more to be carried out in addition to the pure transport of data, even after the end of the project. This ensures that it will be possible to respond flexibly to emerging market requirements and updates to regulations.

SMGw Inventory

A software solution is being developed for device management and monitoring that can be operated both in the cloud and on-premise and supports the following activities in the area of operation and maintenance:

Installation and hyperlocal device localization
Device installation and maintenance at indoor locations with poor or no radio coverage (through the provision of offline-capable apps)
Remote configuration of the SMGw, including software updates
Remote monitoring of devices
Forwarding of unregulated or weakly regulated metering data to the utility's service and planning departments
Provision of interfaces for linking to other asset management systems (ERP, GIS)

Technology

We rely on a sophisticated combination of proven methods and innovative technologies to not only implement projects, but to make them successful in the long term. Our strength lies in the intelligent combination of experience and progress – from established standards to state-of-the-art digital solutions.We use the following methods and technologies for BestGAS:

ReactJS

Material UI

PKI

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