What is DRC-004G?
The DRC-004G is engineered to transform conventional energy meters (specifically Landis+Gyr models) into advanced digital smart meters with rapid project delivery. This innovative solution empowers utilities with real-time data monitoring, anomaly detection, and power quality optimization, driving operational efficiency and grid reliability.
With our user-friendly management system, Distribution Remote System (DRS), operators can solve meter-related problems efficiently from the control room, eliminating the need for physical interventions.
A Landis+Gyr Energy Meter
A Landis+Gyr Energy Meter is a high-precision device designed to measure and monitor electricity consumption in residential, commercial, and industrial settings. It provides accurate data on energy usage, helping utilities and consumers track consumption patterns, manage costs, and improve energy efficiency.
The DRC-004G is a green data-driven solution designed to manage energy meters by improving efficiency, and shifting from manual to fully digital operations.
DRC-004G Integration with Landis+Gyr Energy Meter
The DRC-004G seamlessly integrates with Landis+Gyr meters, enabling efficient monitoring of import/export power flows for downstream consumers. It provides instant access to power quality data, helping reduce OPEX costs, enhance preventive maintenance, enable better decision making, and optimize resource planning for energy meter management.
Getting to Know How the DRC-004G Works
The DRC-004G functions as an intelligent monitoring and control unit that connects directly with Landis+Gyr energy meters. It continuously collects, processes, and transmits real-time data from the meter to utility management systems such as Distribution Remote System (DRS) or the PLUM App.
The device also detects and reports events like meter error, loss of phase, CT or VT broken, low current, or door tampering through alarms or notifications.
DRS
Distribution Remote System (DRS) is an advanced metering management system designed to manage the DRC-004G and DRC-012G. This intuitive system provides comprehensive information from energy meters, simplifying energy management by fully overseeing every status of the energy meter, effectively preventing issues and anomalies.
PLUM App
PLUM (Power Line Utility Management) is a mobile ecosystem application designed to optimize grid management. Utilities can monitor remotely, receive instant alarm notifications, and access real-time data for fast decision-making—anywhere and at any time.
Getting to Know How the DRC-004G Works
The DRC-004G functions as an intelligent monitoring and control unit that connects directly with Landis+Gyr energy meters. It continuously collects, processes, and transmits real-time data from the meter to utility management systems such as Distribution Remote System (DRS) or the PLUM App.
The device also detects and reports events like meter error, loss of phase, CT or VT broken, low current, or door tampering through alarms or notifications.
DRS
Distribution Remote System (DRS) is an advanced metering management system designed to manage the DRC-004G and DRC-012G. This intuitive system provides comprehensive information from energy meters, simplifying energy management by fully overseeing every status of the energy meter, effectively preventing issues and anomalies.
PLUM App
PLUM (Power Line Utility Management) is a mobile ecosystem application designed to optimize grid management. Utilities can monitor remotely, receive instant alarm notifications, and access real-time data for fast decision-making—anywhere and at any time.
Take a look at our DRC-004G. With the length of 122mm, height of 88mm, and width of 30mm covered in a silver box. Down here are the side functions of our DRC-004G.
Features & Applicability
1. Real-Time Data Monitoring
The DRC-004G enables utilities to monitor real-time data from energy meters, including phase balance, voltage drops, phase loss, peak consumption per consumer, and other critical metrics. This capability is key to enhancing power quality, reducing energy losses, and improving energy efficiency.
2. Alarm & Notification
The DRC-004G sends alarms & notifications in the event of a source supply off, loss of phase, low current warning, door open, and communication lost. This feature is essential not only for operational purposes but also for safeguarding the meters against potential harm.
3. Abnormal Detection
The DRC-004G reports some crucial issues of the meters including meter errors, CT or VT broken, and maintenance alerts that utilities can know before the huge issues escalate. With the DRC-004G, utilities do not need to worry about any failures that occur with energy meters anymore. It is like having the bodyguard to protect and alert everything happening with your energy meters 24/7.
4. Data History & Reporting
This outstanding feature saved various reports in every event that occurred for analysis and allowed the operators to create a prompt decision making to improve the network management.
5. Map
Map function pinpoints the exact location of DRC-004G to swiftly identify in the event of faults, enhancing the efficiency and convenience of network management.
Compared to Your Traditional Methods
Fast Abnormal Detection
Having the DRC-004G is like having a 24 hour bodyguard to protect and report any anomalies that occur on your energy meters. This creative solution helps to reduce energy losses, slash operational costs, enhance efficiency, and make the energy meter management more reliable and sustainable.
5x Times Faster
Plug and Play Solution
Integrating the DRC-004G with an energy meter (Landis + Gyr) takes around 30 minutes, saving significant time and operational costs. This modernization process not only provides cost efficiency by transforming aging meters into smarter ones, but this robust solution also acts as a vigilant reporter that informs you every second of the overall status of the energy meters which enhances energy management more efficiently.
5X Times Faster
User-Friendly System
At VP.Start, user experience is our priority. We do not create solutions that only make impacts to our customers, but also offer convenience, comfort, and confidence every time they are using our solution.
The management of energy meters with the DRC-004G can be done in three simple ways: using our DRS for the full control room system, using our PLUM app on your smartphone, and simply making a call to monitor the status of your energy meters. That’s so convenient for utilities.
User-Friendly
Fast Return on Investment
The creative idea of VP.Start is to create a solution that makes an impact for utilities. Based on the assessment of one of the utilities in Cambodia, we observed that the potential business revenue loss from managing 150 selected energy meters before implementing technology is $122,969.4 per year. This includes annual sale energy loss due to outages, total annual operational expense, and meter errors. After adopting VP.Start’s DRC-004G for those 150 locations, the potential total business revenue loss minimizes to only $12,450 per year that saved $110,519.4 for annual revenue of the utility company.
2 Months
Guaranteed Benefit
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