Power Management / Energy Conservation
Public utility operations have been revolutionized through the use of automatic meter reading (AMR), government controlled and private public utility organizations are reaping the benefits of up-to-the-minute usage statistics and the ability to monitor and control utility access points remotely.

AMR...saving utility companies
millions of dollars.

According to a recent article published in Electric Light & Power magazine,

"Many of the best-managed utilities in the US are concluding that they cannot afford not to acquire a pervasive AMR ability."

Whether it is electric, natural gas, water or other utilities, AMR systems are being installed across the US, saving utility companies millions of dollars. These tremendous savings are provided by dramatic improvements in usage statistics and reductions in overhead and employee hours as employee meter reading positions are eliminated.

Public utilities can collect meter data wirelessly simply by driving a data collection vehicle through business and residential areas, or the same information can be gathered up-to-the-minute from out in the field when a city deploys a wireless municipal private network.

MaxStream wireless OEM modules can provide AMR devices ranges up to 1/4 mile in business and residential environments. The long range, low power, low cost and advanced networking solutions provided by MaxStream help AMR devices perform better than other RF solutions costing hundreds of dollars more.

MaxStream wireless modules can operate in true peer-to-peer, point-to-point, point-to-multipoint or promiscuous modes to allow for optimum communication configurations needed by AMR applications.

These modules also allow over 65,000 addresses on 7 independent networks utilizing MaxStream's frequency hopping spread spectrum technology. This technology allows for maximum packet throughput and an amazing 70 dB of cell and pager rejection.