Overview

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We were approached by Titan Group to look at a project in Stratford which was midway through completion. The site consisted of 180 apartments which needed the MBUS heat meters reinstated and network brought into operation with a local head end.

Titan were experiencing many issues with their network and were unable to rectify the problems faced.

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Background

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Upon inspection of the site the following issues were noticed and needed to be actioned:

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• Batteries on meters were very low or failing

• The MBUS needed re-caballing to allow data to transmit back to the master

• The hardware addressing of the meters themselves would not allow data to freely transmit and also caused network crashes

• Some meters or probes needed reinstallation to allow the meter to operate

• Some Meters were not sealed

• No head end in place and needed to be installed and set up

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Solution

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• First of all we needed to put a plan in place to logically address the problems with the meters and network which had to work in the following order:

• Batteries needed to be replaced

• The addressing needed to be reinstated according to our MBUS re-addressing plan

• Probes and flow sections need to be checked and rectified

• Meters then needed to be checked commissioned and sealed

• The master unit needed to be fitted into the basement to allow reading of the meters

• Set up of head end on local PC (this is generally not advised due to the potential of data loss) but was insisted on by the client

• Commissioning, handover and training of the system

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Cost Benefits

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​The client now has the means to bill all the tenants within the development to accumulate a revenue in excess of £80,000 per annum with a reliable and fault free system.​

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