African Utility Week 2018

DLMS COSEM, Pilots and Tools

Juan Camacho
CEO, ANDREA, France

a) Tips on the development of DLMS/COSEM companion specifications

b) A brief case study on the use of DLMS/COSEM over G3-PLC/LoRa/Wi-SUN/NB-IoT
c) Brief overview of available test tools
 African Utility Week 2018

a) Tips on the development of DLMS/COSEM companion specifications

b) A brief case study on the use of DLMS/COSEM over G3-PLC/LoRa/Wi-SUN/NB-IoT
c) Brief overview of available test tools
Functional Specifications

On the way to an open, standard and interoperable

Smart Metering System

Looking for interoperability at all levels…

Independent pilots and future issues

Specific PLC Solution Specific RF Solution

No remote communication
Specific Prepayment Solution

 Heavy Provider Dependency

 No knowledge about implementations
 No standard solutions and therefore, not interoperable
 Very difficult to impose the technologies and design
 Heavy costs in short, middle and long terms
 Difficult to have a National Smart Metering Strategy
 Getting information and skills

On the way through interoperability…..

 Be aware about what is available in the market

 Be aware about up and coming technology in the near future
 Become an expert team having access to strategic information
 Be aware about worldwide open standards in the smart metering sector
 Write the first version of the functional and interoperable specifications
 Define the smart grid with clear interfaces to get interoperability
 Validate specifications and get experience by means of a pilot with a
well represented multi-technology.
 Be aware about Testing Tools and Certification.
Do not get lost…..
Define your own Smart Grid to get INTEROPERABILITY
 Smart Grid and Interoperability

 A good and flexible design of the system

 Protocols based on open specifications and/or standards
 Interest of other utilities to promote the “same” technology
 Easy evolution and low cost maintenance
 Share risks and costs with providers, utilities and service companies
 In agreement with providers, the utilities impose the rules of the game
 Validation and certification thanks to Standards and accepted tools

 Negotiation with a large number of providers for the same equipment

Results  Low costs because negotiating with a large number of providers
 Growing gradually, because it is clear what the utilities want and how to get it

For this, we need an efficient SMART GRID…..

ANDREA Team

How ANDREA can help?

We can help you to...

 Consolidate your knowledge about new technologies
 Select standards to guarantee interoperability
 Define specific requirements for the National Smart Grid
 Avoid the errors that have been done by utilities in Europe
 Define a realistic and comprehensive Smart Metering Strategy
 Define the General Specifications of the Smart Metering Project
 Implement a pilot to validate the General Specifications
 Define the Conformance and Certification platform
 DLMS COSEM Protocol
A very good option

What is DLMS/COSEM?

- An object model, to view the functionality of the meter, as it is seen at

its interface(s)

- An identification system for all metering data

- A messaging method to communicate with the model and to turn the

data to a series of bytes

- A transporting method to carry the information between the metering

equipment and the data collection system
 Just a suggestion….
Experience in Europe

In the scope of the Utility Growing gradually

Present the solution (specs) A good control of tenders
To define the scope of a and technologies to the Equipment oriented
pilot (pilot V0.1) providers Efficient deployment in the country
Efficient change of physical interfaces
Efficient addition of services
Conclusions and improvements Consortium (pilot-tender)
to the pilot (pilot V0.2) With several providers and
several technologies Tender 1 Tender 3

Pilot
Test and Test and
Multi-technology 8-12 months Conformance 12-20 months Conformance Certification

Tender ….
Conclusions, improve
To implement pilot V0.1 and
specifications Tender 2
get specifications V0.1
Get version V1.0
(National Specifications)

To implement pilot V0.2 and Get impressions ,

get specifications V0.2 conclusions and get
specifications V0.3
 African Utility Week 2018

a) Tips on the development of DLMS/COSEM companion specifications

b) A brief case study on the use of DLMS/COSEM over G3-PLC/LoRa/Wi-SUN/NB-IoT
c) Brief overview of available test tools
Smart Grid, Transport layers and Pegasus

Radio Frequency (RF)

GPRS, NB IoT, Wi-SUN, Zigbee, LoRa, etc

Power Line Communications (PLC)

Prime, G3 PLC, Broadband, etc

Pegasus and G3 PLC

R&D
Pegasus and LoRaWAN

R&D
Pegasus and NB IoT

R&D
Pegasus and Wi-SUN
Andrea: Cost efficient offer for AMR systems
Andrea: Member of…
 African Utility Week 2018

a) Tips on the development of DLMS/COSEM companion specifications

b) A brief case study on the use of DLMS/COSEM over G3-PLC/LoRa/Wi-SUN/NB-IoT
c) Brief overview of available test tools
 Andrea: Products, Tools and Services

 Good skills in Smart Metering Technologies

 Good skills in design, implementation and test of protocols
 Good skills in the implementation and integration of new Technologies The Good
 Reliability and respect of the deadlines in our implementations Partner
 Proposes DLMS COSEM Toolkits to speed up the development of smart equipment.
 Proposes PEGASUS, the modular smart meter to learn and select the right components
 Proposes THUNDER, our mono-chip cost efficient G3 PLC solution for meters.
 Proposes GALAXY (HES) and SPIDER (DC/GW) to implement a cost efficient reading system
 Proposes PHENIX, our Generic Test Tool for testing but also for conformance and certification
 Proposes SMARTHAWK, our DLMS COSEM meter configuration tool
 Proposes COLIBRI, our DLMS COSEM meter installation tool
 Andrea’s team is open to knowledge transfer
Andrea: Products and Services
The Generic and Automatic Test Tool

Complete Test Environment to Validate Communication

Systems
(Functional and Stress)

PHENIX is specified, implemented and distributed under license by Andrea Informatique

 Protocol Life Cycle
(Equipment Implementation)

Protocol Definition
Specification (Manufacturers & Utilities)
and Test Plan

PHENIX Integration & Interoperability

Implementation
Certification Company
(Manufacturers) (Utilities)
 PHENIX: General Exemple

Simulated Part Test Plan

Test Report

System Under Test

(SUT)
Part to be tested (SUT)
PHENIX: Test Platform
Pegasus – Communication modules

Work on progress….
Pegasus FW - Andrea Design
PHENIX (Clip)
PEGASUS (Clip)