WIRELESS PRODUCT GETS OK.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - A local firm developing a wireless utility meter A utility meter is any of the following metering devices used on utility mains:
Valencia-based ConectiSys Corp. said Wednesday the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. certified the H-Net C1Base - part of its H-Net BaseStation system. The HNet product is implanted in meters, and transmits customer data wirelessly to a central station, where it is distributed to power companies via the Internet. It would allow instant readings from a network center, and end monthly door-to-door checks, the company said. The base is designed to communicate with a network of up to 1,000 meters. Federal regulators granted approval for the company's H-Net 5.0 wireless meter-reading system last December, and officials believe the product is ready to enter the market. ``We believe that the combined FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. approvals of both of our wireless meter reading products have resulted in the ability to establish a new, propriety wireless commercial telecommunications meter reading network on a free public band that is ready for commercialization, deployment and sale,'' Robert Spigno, the company's president and chief executive officer, said in a statement. ``We believe that this is a remarkable development for ConectiSys and for the wireless meter reading industry.'' The company has tested the system through 15 Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. customers in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. and Orange County. More trials will be conducted as utilities consider adopting the technology, officials said. The system uses the 900 megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz. MegaHertz - (MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. free band, the band used for cordless telephones. The company also has been developing an eight-channel hub designed to communicate with up to 10,000 meters per network, and expects to submit it for FCC approval in April. |
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