Ethiopia STS Compliant Split Keypad Water Meter with RF Communication Battery Operated

The water service providers in the entire world are suffering from inefficient revenue collection and non-revenue water as well as leakage. Prepayment metering is the key to most less developed infrastructure countries and regions. Calin as the pioneer of STS prepayment metering, has successfully migrated from the electric meter to water and gas metering section. STS (standard transfer specification) was established in 1990s in South Africa and has now been the most popular prepayment standard in the world.

CA568 is a multi-jet wet / Dry type, latest desgin of STS compliant prepaid water meter. The meter works with a low power motor driven valve and shuts down for zero credit or tamper. CA568 series assure you of continuously good metrology and revenue protection at the same time.The meter is built with split CIU( customer interface unit) keypad. CIU is mounted within customer's house and the meter is locked away. Customer purchase 20 digits token code from the vendor and enter rechage via the keypad of CIU in home. Customer can check the meter's data credit status and historical usage date from the LCD of CIU. This design will greatly prevent the meter from being tampered and damaged.

Supporting various payment solution such as credit card, mobile money, online banking is another feature of STS prepaid meter.

Features

a) Size diversity from DN15, 20 and 25 up to DN100 on request

b) Operates with codes

c) Tamper prevention

d) Wireless connection between CIU and meter

e) LCD and Counter register dual display

f) IP56 protection against water splashes

g) Low credit , low battery alarm shut down

h) Replacable battery

i) Over 10 years’ data retention for battery lifespan

j) Rf communication ready for AMR operations

Key benefits

1) Easy to install and retroffit

2) Flexible tariff setting on vending system end

3) Supporting mobile payment, online payment and any 3rd party payment

4) Free water, debt collection, overdraft settings

5) Drive-by reading and AMR

6) Remote valve control on / off

7) Reduced operational and inventory cost

Specifications:

Maximum Permission Error (MPE)

Q1≦Q≦,Q2 MPE =+ 5% Q2≦Q≦Q4, MPE= + 2% (For hot water metering, MPE=+ 3%)

Dimensions and diagram