Octopus Energy Solving Smart Meter Issues A Handy Guide Taken from the Octopus website A little detail about the complexity of solving smart meter issues How should SMETS2 meters work? SMETS2 meters – the latest generation...

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A Handy Guide Taken from the Octopus website 

A little detail about the complexity of solving smart meter issues

How should SMETS2 meters work?

SMETS2 meters – the latest generation of smart meters – are still pretty new, so the infrastructure is constantly being improved upon. To understand what’s going on – it’s good to know a little about the infrastructure first!

First there’s the meters themselves. There are numerous manufacturers and models, different firmware versions and different communication hub models. Then there are also different types of In-Home-Display (IHDs).

Read more;

https://octopus.energy/blog/solving-smart-meter-issues-octopus-energy/

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Handy Acronyms;

• IHDs – In-Home-Display

• SMETS2 meters – (the Actual meter)

• Wide Area Network – WAN

• Home Area Network – HAN

 

Typical UK Smart Meter Installation,

Ref Octopus;

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