Authorised TouchStar partner, Athelia Solutions has developed a solution based on meter identification by RFID tags, in order to optimise the data capture management and to make a strict control of the tasks and presence of the technicians in charge of reading and inspection activities of those meters. The technicians are equipped with a handheld computer with an integrated RFID tag reader. The software application included in the handheld allows the management of reading and

inspection activities of any installation with a meter.

All data are send and received in the handheld, either by batch or by GSM/GPRS communications. All information generated by the system is incorporated in the ERP of the company.

The components of the GasMeter solution are:

• Read/write RFID tags, encapsulated and fixed to the meter.
  
• Ergonomic handheld computer with integrated RFID readers. Some models have the ATEX certification for explosive environments.
  
• Management software GasMeter embedded in the handheld computer.
  
• SQL Server or Oracle data base, and the interface with the ERP of the company.
  

The key benefits this solution offers are:

• Reliability in the association process with the carried out reading.
  
• Control of technicians presence on-site.
  
• Monitoring of data captured and comparison with previous readings.
  
• Improvement in the reading processes and automatic data capture.
  
• Decrease of administrative mistakes and clients’ claims, with the consequent saving of administrative costs and customer satisfaction.
  
• Planning preventive maintenance of each installation.
  
• Paperless registry system.