Greentech Lead America: Kamstrup has launched a new smart
grid platform called the OMNIA Suite, encompassing network communication, meter
data management, smart grid applications, and smart meters.
The smart grid-ready solution focuses on openness, security
and meter reading performance in order to present the most innovative and
capable tool for grid optimization.
The OMNIA Suite features communication with external devices
in the smart home. It features smart home-ability via a transparent
communication channel. A communication module such as ZigBee can be installed
in the meters so price signals and text messages can be sent to smart
home-equipment.
in the smart home. It features smart home-ability via a transparent
communication channel. A communication module such as ZigBee can be installed
in the meters so price signals and text messages can be sent to smart
home-equipment.
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Security is becoming a still more acute topic as smart meters are being
distributed in homes worldwide. The OMNIA-system has been designed with a
defence-in-depth strategy towards minimizing the impact of a single breach.
distributed in homes worldwide. The OMNIA-system has been designed with a
defence-in-depth strategy towards minimizing the impact of a single breach.
“We consider it our finest job to make the complex energy
infrastructure manageable and secure. It is therefore only natural that we now
present a fully matured smart grid-system based on proven wireless technology,
open standards and the latest security technologies,” said Kamstrup
Division director, Lars Bo Kristensen.
“We know that data quality and data frequency are the most
basic prerequisites for a well functioning Smart Grid. This is why we have been
focusing especially on a stable, high performing system. Our previous projects
confirm that wireless technology provides an extremely high success rate on
meter readings without any conditions in small letters regarding noisy
environments. This is why we continue with wireless technology in the
OMNIA-system: It simply works.”
basic prerequisites for a well functioning Smart Grid. This is why we have been
focusing especially on a stable, high performing system. Our previous projects
confirm that wireless technology provides an extremely high success rate on
meter readings without any conditions in small letters regarding noisy
environments. This is why we continue with wireless technology in the
OMNIA-system: It simply works.”
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Kamstrup will unveil the OMNIA-suite at Metering Europe in Amsterdam October
9-11 2012.
9-11 2012.
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