Coherent Research

Coherent Research provides a complete hardware and software solution for internet based aM&T.

Coherent Research manufactures a range of Internet appliances for the collection of metering data. These Internet Data Collectors (IDCs) connect to an Ethernet network and establish a secure internet or intranet connection to Coherent's server software.

The Coherent IDCs read all types of electricity, gas, water, heat and steam meters through Ethernet connections. Coherent also provides a browser based suite of aM&T software providing accurate time series data for all meters and on-line access to real time metering data.

All types of meter can be connected to the IDCs, which support multidrop connection to meters through their native protocols, modbus connections, low power radio connections and pulse inputs. Coherent Research also offers a range of modbus solutions for radio and pulse connections, optical meter reading and safety isolation of gas meters.

The Coherent aM&T Solution provides:

• Automatic collection from all types of fiscal and secondary meters via network connections.
• Browser access to database for energy usage and performance data.
• Alarm and exception reports if performance deviates from preset limits or if any equipment malfunctions.