Kenda Metering - Tariff Software
MDCS - Metering Data Collection System
The MDCS (Metering Data Collection System) suite of applications
are Windows based and primarily consist of the following applications:
The COLLECT application interrogates standard Meteor
outstations using up to 4 communication ports simultaneously
collecting the halfhour demand data values. Communications can
be instigated using modems or a direct link to a Meteor Data
Concentrator.
The data can then be printed in the form of user-defined daily
reports or exported in various formats using the ODBC export
module (e.g. .xls .mdb .txt) to network servers. The data collection
can be manually initiated or start automatically at user-defined
times.
The HALFHOUR application is basically the same as the
Collect task, except that it will automatically poll outstations
every half hour.
The ANALOGUE application can collect and summate the
Meteor rolling average values and ouput them to a 12-bit DAC
PC card (giving 8 4-20mA or 0-5V outputs).
The DIALS application can display and summate the Meteor
rolling average values to the screen.
The ARCHIVE application will archive all collected
data to a tape backup system or over a network. This task is
able to restore any archived data for future analysis or disaster
recovery.
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