Issy-les-Moulineaux, France and Hong Kong, China-November 04, 2004 Wavecom SA (NASDAQ: WVCM; Euronext Nouveau March Euronext: AVM; ISIN: FR), a leader in pre-packaged wireless communications solutions for automotive, industrial and mobile professional applications, today announced that its GSM/GPRS M2M module solution has been incorporated into a new AMR (Automated Meter Reading) system from EDMI Limited (Singapore Exchange: SSESDAQ: EDMI). EDMI Ltd., headquartered in Singapore, has chosen a modem from Wavecom’s Australian distributor InterCEL to integrate with its advanced MK10 electronic revenue meter to provide a wireless AMR solution for BGlobal Metering in the UK. BGlobal, is the first meter data collection provider to introduce this technology and will supply the complete AMR package to independent electricity suppliers in the UK such as Economy Power. The initial order for 60,000 Wavecom modules will be integrated into utility meters and will include EDMI's meter management and data retrieval software, Eziview and Multidriv, which target industrial, commercial and small businesses end-users. This market, in the UK alone, is estimated to be in the order of two million users.
The meters are designed to meet the requirements of the recently deregulated utility market in the UK where actual, rather than estimated, regular monthly reading will soon become mandatory. In addition to meeting these new requirements, the meters will also provide much more value-added information to enable users to manage better their energy consumption, thereby saving costs and helping with environmental conservation. The Wavecom modules are expected to be delivered over a period of more than 12 months, depending on the rate of installation.
“AMR is a rapidly growing M2M market segment, primarily driven by the deregulation of the energy utility markets around the world”, said Gerry Weatherall, General Manager of EDMI Australia and CTO of EDMI Ltd. “The UK market has been undergoing this transition for the past several years and with increased competition comes the need to rationalize operating costs. Automating the revenue collection in both developing and developed countries is one such area where significant savings can be realized.” At the heart of the wireless communications metering system is Wavecom’s Q2403A GSM/GPRS module which provides connection to the GPRS cellular network and related M2M services which are provided by Orange in the UK.
Sang Vu, Technical Director of InterCEL Australia explained, “Because the wireless part of this project is such a critical ingredient in the success of the entire system, InterCEL chose the Wavecom Q2403A module, a product that has already proven its reliability.” “Wavecom is seeing global growth in many of its industrial market segments and AMR has been identified as one of the key areas of focus.” said Jamie Garroch, Marketing Manager at Wavecom’s Asia Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong. “We expect to continue to take applications of this type one step further by utilizing our mature Open ATTM software development environment to bring design flexibility and significant cost reductions to our customers’ products.” About EDMI EDMI is a modern international company that designs, manufactures and sells innovative and technologically advanced electronic Energy Meters, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) Systems and Metering System Software. EDMI has an extensive range of products for use in revenue applications across the Generation, Transmission and Distribution sectors of the electricity market as well as for Sub-metering and Energy Management applications. The Company was incorporated under the name EDMI (Asia) Pte Ltd on 15 March 1997 in Singapore as a private limited company. On September 12, 2003, the Company was converted into a public company, changed its name to EDMI Limited and is listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
Company revenues have shown continual growth from S$10,585,000 in the year 2000 to S$25,744,000 in 2003.EDMI has offices in Singapore, Australia, China, Malaysia and the UK and has appointed sales agents in other regions including Europe, ASEAN, the Middle East and Africa. Rb25det greddy intake manifold installation.
Eziview Software
EziView Tutorial This EziView Tutorial This section is a tutorial on using EziView. Along the way it covers all of the information you need to know about the basic use of EziView. You should have a meter connected directly to the computer using an Optical head or an RS-232 link to complete this tutorial. These types of connections are described in Chapter 2. CD Keys EziView uses a system of CD keys to control use of the software.
When EziView is first run the following screen will be displayed (Figure 3-1). Figure 3-1 EziView welcome screen. Clicking OK will display the CD Key entry dialog (Figure 3-2). Figure 3-2 EziView CD Key entry dialog. CD keys may be provided with the CD packaging, on a separate disk or via email. CD keys may either be typed into the Enter CD Key field, or if they are in a file the Load CD Keys From File button may be used. Depending on your area you should have one or more CD keys.
Each key is a series of 26 letters or numbers, followed by a customer name. The customer name must be the EDMI Atlas User Guide 3-2 EziView Tutorial same for all keys in use. New keys may be added after the first run of EziView by using the Tools → CD Key option. To see what CD keys are in use, change to the View Keys tab (Figure 3-3). The keys that have been entered will be listed in the Keys section. The Status indicator shows whether the currently selected key is valid and active or not.
The Save CD Keys to File button may be used to save all the installed CD keys to a file. Figure 3-3 EziView CD Key information. The Meters pane displays any restrictions on what meters the CD keys may be used on.
The Features pane displays what EziView features are enabled (shown in Bold) by the CD keys. EziView Basics 3-3.
Home product solutions software SCADA/HMI EZ Data Logger product EZ Data Logger Version 4.6.4 (last update at 2016/07/26) EZDataLogger Data logger software EZ Data Logger is a small data logger software. It can be applied to small remote I/O system. With its user-friendly interface, users can quickly and easily build a data logger software without any programming skill. Support DCON, Modbus RTU, Modbus Ascii, Modbus TCP(support IP and Domain name) protocols.
Support mutiple COM Ports and TCP/IP connections. Support Virtual Channel definition.
User can operate the data into the virtual channel by channel tag names easily. For example: VC3 = (AI2 + AI3) / 2.
Support Control Logic (VB Script) User can edit the script to set the output values or to caculate data into virtual channels. You can get/set the channel values by channel tag names.
For example: If AI2 50 Then DO3 = 1. Support Alarm Notifier (by sending SMS or E-Mail) User can set the engineer's cell phone number and email address. When the channel value over the alarm value or back to normal, the contact messanger will send a message by SMS (using GSM Modem with PDU mode supported) or by E-Mail(using ethernet). Flexible module configuration Each module and I/O point can have different description and color. Flexible workgroup configuration Each channel can be assigned to any workgroup. Real time data trend (with zoom in and zoom out) Each trend line can store more than 86400 records.
Layout view User can set back picture and drag-drop I/O points to the mapping place. User can also change the channel layout object as Linear Gauge, Angular Gauge, Toggle, Number LED. IP Camera Viewer User can add an IP camera's web address, and then add it to group. Then the layout display will show the web page in a sub window. Access database supported The database also can be exported to Excel file or CVS file. Support Remote SQL Server and MySQL Users can log data to the SQL Server or MySQL. People can query the data on an aspx page by IE browser.
The shows how to program a ASP.NET page to query the SQL Server data. Reporter Can print the trend line or data from the database. High/Low alarm with audio warning Each AI channel can have its own high/low limitation. Once the AI value over high limitation or below low limitation, the alarm light will be triggered with audio. The alarm status will keep warning till users switch off the alarm light. Can search for DCON modules and M7000 serial modules For DCON modules,7000, 87K, 8000 modules can be searched.
For Modbus RTU modules,M7000 serial modules can be searched and automatic setting the gain and offset. Value scaling Set gain and offset can scal analog values from volt or amp unit to another physical measurement unit. Include calculating function( given 2 points to calculate the gain and offset). For example: rpm for rotation, kg for weight. Support 3 level account. ● ● allowed ○ not allowed. Programming skill needless All operation are done by click mouse and enter value.
Supported Module:. DCON modules (I-7000, I-87K, I-8000 series). Modbus/TCP (, ). Modbus/RTU. M2M RTU /. USB I/O. Devices with Modbus RTU, Modbus Ascii, Modbus TCP protocols Limitation:.
Most 32 channels for each work group. One ICPDAS Modbus device to active all modbus drivers (see. ). Supported OS:Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 Q & A Q1.How do I display the analog values in another unit, for example kg?
Set Gain and Offset can scale the values to any unit you want. To obtain the exact Gain and Offset, you have to get two values first, and then use following method to get the final result. Set 'Gain' and 'Offset' in 'Group setup'. Q2.How to active Modbus driver? When you install Modbus drivers, you have to connect at least one ICP DAS Modbus device to active all the Modbus drivers.
Then the Modbus drivers can access other Modbus devices, such like PLC. The following ICPDAS device can be connected to active all the Modbus driver., (, ) Q3. What should I do to support remote SQL Server? EZ Data Logger can log data to a remote SQL Server.
You have to enable remote connection on SQL Server. Please refer to the document for the detail: Q4. How to connect to the M2M devices? Is a 3G/GSM wireless solution. EZ Data Logger can get the M2M devices’ data from the software “RTU Center”.
You have to configure RTU Center correctly. Please refer to the document for the detail: FAQ Chapter 1 - Top How to edit the language file?
How to set the sound alarm of computer? How to set alarm notifies by sending E-mail? How to set alarm notifies by sending SMS? How to customize the layout component? How to set user level? How to export data to EXCEL from local database? How to set and log data to a remote SQL Server?
Chapter 2 - Virtual Channel Application How to use VC to do count operation? How to use VC to do operations? Chapter 3 - Control Logic Application How to use the time parameter to set switch? How to set the DO alarm?
How to record the previous value to VC? Chapter 4 - Solution WISE module solution. USB-2000 module solution.
EDMI EDMI Atlas User Guide Intentionally Left Blank 2-16 C h a p t e r 3 Chapter 3 EziView Basics EziView is a 32 bit Windows application written by EDMI. EziView is used to configure and retrieve data in a user-friendly manner from EDMI energy meters. It can keep track of multiple meters spread across multiple sites. This chapter covers the installation of EziView and configuring EziView to connect to your meters. Installation EziView version 3.32 or later is required to access the meter. System Requirements.
486, Pentium, or above based personal computer. Microsoft Windows 98/ME or Windows NT4/2000/XP. (Win3.1 is not supported). At least 15 MB of HDD space, plus space for retrieved meter data. To install EziView 1.
Edmi Eziview Software
Close all active applications. Insert the EziView software CD in the CD ROM drive, or download EziView from the EDMI web site.
Run the setup.exe program from the install package. The EziView Installer dialogue box appears. Follow the instructions on the screen to progress through the installation. 3-1 EDMI Atlas User Guide.
. EDMI is engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of electronic revenue meters, mainly for use by utility companies involved in the generation, distribution and supply of electricity.
The company was founded when John Flood and Neil Gibson, then electrical engineers with the Southern Electricity Authority of Queensland, Australia, established EDMIA – formerly known as Electronic Design and Manufacturing Queensland Pty Ltd. Today Flood is the company’s technical director; Gibson retired in 2001. The foray into electronic revenue meters began in 1990, when EDMIA won a contract from the State Electricity Commission of Victoria to develop an electronic revenue meter according to their specifications. This first meter was named the Mark 1.
In 1994 EDMIA was awarded another contract by Sydney Electricity (now known as Energy Australia) to design and manufacture an electronic revenue meter, which led to the development of the Mark 2. MEETING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS Having recognised the potential of electronic revenue meters, EDMIA embarked on the development of its first electronic meter targeted to meet the general requirements of the market in 1995. The Mark 3 meter was the company’s first electronic revenue meter designed to meet internationally recognised standards. The Mark 6 followed in 1996. It was designed as a more generic electronic revenue meter targeted at a broader market segment. That same year EDMIA expanded its sales of electronic revenue meters to overseas markets, with sales to customers in the People’s Republic of China and Malaysia.
Shortly thereafter the company took advantage of the lower production costs in Singapore and established a 2,500 sq. Factory-cum-office in Senoko. Today the company operates from larger facilities – production capacity has increased by 230%, from 20,000 revenue meters per year in 2000 to 66,000 per year in 2002.
Its latest model, the Mark 10, will be launched in 2004. METERING PYRAMID The use of EDMI’s meters in the electricity utilities industry is shown in Figure 1. Participants in the higher rungs of the metering pyramid typically transmit large amounts of electricity, and therefore require revenue meters with higher accuracy such as Class 0.2 or Class 0.5. They also call for meters with more features, such as power quality measurement and communication abilities.
The volume of meters used increases towards the lower rungs of the pyramid, as the number of participants increases. EDMI’s meters are type tested to conform to IEC standards for aspects such as electromagnetic compatibility, metering accuracy and safety in electrical and electronic products. Meter designs are based on specialised microprocessors, which allow information on consumer usage patterns and power quality characteristics to be obtained through the use of proprietary operating systems.
Customers are also able to download EDMI’s proprietary software programmes and scripts for easy meter reconfiguration. The scripts allow customers to incorporate changes in tariff structures, or configure the meter to perform new functions. They are written using EDMI’s proprietary Windows-based software, EziView, which is also used as an interface for its meters.
EDMI’s meters feature a range of communication options such as computer modems, fibre optics connectivity and GPRS for automatic meter reading. AMR allows utilities to obtain frequent and accurate meter readings at a reduced cost and with improved efficiency. In addition, utilities are able to build databases to assist with analysis and forecasts, thanks to the regular flow of information on their consumers’ usage patterns and power quality characteristics. MOD CENTRES FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE EDMI established the concept of mod centres in 2002. These mod (or modification) centres are where the company calibrates, customises and repairs its meters for improved customer service. Two centres have been established, in Australia and Malaysia. They are also used to establish contacts and to showcase the company’s meters to prospective customers.
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING LAUNCHED In October 2003 EDMI launched its Initial Public Offering (IPO) as the first step towards listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange SGX SESDAQ. The invitation is in respect of 59,400,000 ordinary shares of five cents each at an issue price of 26 cents per share, comprising 37,600,000 new shares and 21,800,000 vendor shares. Of the 59,400,000 invitation shares, 6 million will be offered to the public. The remaining shares are placement shares, including 13 million reserved shares for directors and employees of the EDMI Group and related corporations, business associates and those who have contributed to the group’s success. Based on the issue price of 26 cents and FY2002 historical earnings per share of 2.59 cents, the shares are priced at a historical price:earnings ratio of ten times. EDMI will have a market capitalisation of $48.9 million upon listing, and will be the first metering company listed on the SGX.
Managing director Lee Kwang Mong says: “We are a niche player in the global market for microprocessor-based electronic revenue meters. EDMI’s listing on a globally respected stock market such as the SGX will enhance its standing and credibility. This will help establish a strong corporate identity for EDMI, while facilitating our expansion to new markets across Europe and the Middle East.” Today the EDMI Group manufactures its meters in Singapore and conducts its research and development activities out of Australia. EDMI meters have been installed in over 14 countries across ASEAN, Asia, Australasia and Europe.
Net proceeds from the issue of the shares will be used for the production, launch and marketing of the new Mark 10 meter; to expand the group’s geographical network of appointed sales agents and mod centres; and to strengthen the group’s R&D capabilities. “Electricity consumption will continue on the up trend in both developed and developing economies,” says Lee. “This is driven by growth in population and economic development, industries shifting from labour-intensive to capital-intensive processes utilising automated machinery, and our modern lifestyles, all of which require more electricity. “The growth of the electric utilities industry, coupled with increased deregulation and technological advancements, would tend to accelerate the replacement of traditional electromechanical revenue meters with electronic revenue meters, such as those produced by EDMI. The use of technology in our meters, backed by our commitment to customer support, are the main reasons why we are able to compete against our European competitors.”.
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