Landis+Gyr E460

Description:

The E460 smart prepayment meter solution is designed for open standard prepayment and smart metering communication needs. The portfolio includes advanced, single phase (DIN Rail and BS) and three phase, multi-function, STS keypad based, G3 PLC smart prepayment meter solutions.

The metering solution consists of the E460 smart prepayment meter and the P160 Customer Interface Unit.

The E460 meter’s account can be configured as prepayment or post-payment and the meters can be configured to operate as a stand-alone split prepayment meter solution, or as part of an end-to-end smart prepayment AMI solution, comprising of meters, data concentrators, remote data acquisition and data evaluation systems at a central station; all based on field-proven Landis+Gyr technology.

In addition to G3-PLC communication between the meters and the DC450 Data Concentrator and Head end System, the E460 1ph BS and E460 3ph S2 meter also support an RS485 port and under cover modems for point-to-point communications. This extends the use of the E460 meters in high density urban installations where the Data Concentrator is typically employed, as well as low density urban or rural installations where the under-cover modem is used if the number of meters on the transformer does not yet justify the use of a Data Concentrator.

P160 Customer Interface Unit (CIU)

The split metering solution consists of two parts, the E460 meter and the P160 customer interface unit. Communication between the meter and the customer interface unit is by means of G3-PLC Power Line Carrier, using existing household wiring; no additional communication wires are required.

The P160 Customer Interface Unit is compact with a user-friendly keypad and display. It may be installed in any convenient location in the consumer’s home where there is an electrical socket outlet. An easily replaceable battery is provided for communicating in the absence of AC mains power e.g., when the meter is out of credit.