MC3 utilizes vehicles equipped with radio transceivers to read meters via radio without accessing the meter. Mobile AMR with MC3 dramatically improves off-cycle and cycle-based meter reading efficiency.
Mobile AMR is ideally suited for high-density areas, as well as areas with difficult-to-access, or hazardous-to-read meters and can dramatically improve meter reading. A single MC3 is capable of reading up to 100,000 meters in a day, whether reading a single route or reading multiple routes simultaneously. The potential savings are substantial when compared to the few hundred meters read per day on a typical walking route.
SRead radio technology offers increased receiver sensitivity and simultaneously listens and acquires readings over 80 channels for improvement in reading times and range. The MC3 supports an optional directional antenna for added read performance and is small enough to be easily moved from vehicle to vehicle.
With mobile AMR, route information is downloaded from the utility billing system and loaded into the radio transceiver. Capable of operating in either wake-up or bubble-up mode, the MC3 reads all meter endpoints. The MC3 can further optimize route drive times and distances with a sophisticated mapping application. The GPS Mapping System provides a visual indication of endpoint locations and read confirmation. This virtually eliminates the need for re-reads or collecting skipped reads, thereby reducing meter reading times and fuel consumption, and improving worker productivity. In addition, MC3 supports advanced AMR features such as mobile demand reset for electric meters and more with Eka AMR technology.
When you deploy MC3 from Itron, you can:
Increase operational efficiencies by reading more meters in a shorter amount of time
Initiate mobile demand resets and time-of-use register collection for commercial accounts
Eliminate the high operational costs associated with hard-to-read meters or skipped meter reads
Boost customer satisfaction by eliminating intrusive meter reading visits and providing
accurate and up-to-date billing data
Improve employee and customer safety
Enhance the quality of your billing data by eliminating manual data entry errors
Identify energy theft and revenue loss due to meter tamper
Meet performance-based rate (PBR) criteria
