Observant supports a wide range of water meter monitoring applications from farm scale to landscape scale. Solar powered, self contained field units can capture high resolution metering data and transmit it over large distances from very remote locations.
Flow Meter Monitoring
Observant field units are capable of monitoring data from all major brands of electromagnetic flow meters including:
- MACE
- Siemens
- TYCO
- ABB
- Any pulse counter output meter
Using a serial or other direct connection, the following information can be collected and displayed on the user’s computer or hand held device:
- Meter ID. Each flow meter has a unique identity. This enables flow data to be assigned with accuracy to the correct meter or irrigator.
- Flow rate. Current flow rate, expressed as litres/minute, is kept current with each refreshed connection to the Observant field unit
- Total flow. Total flow for a selected period. This can be configured according to the users requirements to show total water flow over a given period.
- Meter health. Depending on the meter, information such as battery health, solar voltage or any error flags can be displayed on the user’s software.
Flow meter data can be securely shared to more than one user if required. Properly authorised users can download data directly, view it on a secure web site, with syndicate portions of the data on to third-party web sites.