Spire Metering Technology is proud to release their wPrime Series 280 - CI Ultrasonic Water Meter. It is designed for durability, robustness, wide dynamic range and leakage detection capability. Spire's 280W - CI meter stands out among the competition, for the best technology at the best price. The 280W - CI is for applications that need to handle a challenge environment where traditional mechanical water meters fail. The heavy-duty metal enclosure, which is IP68 rated, is suitable for both indoor and outdoor applications where a meter may be submersible.

The 280W - CI provides a new approach to replace your mechanical compound water meter with many more features and options at a great price. No moving parts, dependable ultrasonic performance without maintenance. Using all-digital smart meter technology, the 280W also offers an affordable price tag.

Spire's 280W - CI stands out due to its rugged design and state- of-the-art quad-path technology available in a wide dynamic range, 2"-10". The 280W - CI has several output options for easy AMR/AMI system integration. The benefits of the 280W – CI ultrasonic water meter are:
Exceed ISO4064 Class D.

• Multi-path technology improves accuracy and reduces straight-pipe run requirement
• Electronics, transducers and cables are all encapsulated in a heavy-duty enclosure with
   IP68 rating
• No moving parts. Dependable ultrasonic performance without maintenance
• Not affected by water impurity. Solves the challenges in harsh environments, such as the
   Middle East and Africa
• Bi-directional flow. No strainer required
• Does not measure entrained air in pipe
• Unaffected by magnetic interference
• Low pressure drop
• Cold water or hot water up to 60°C (140°F)
• Tamper-proof design
• AMR/AMI ready with pulse, M-Bus, Modbus, BACnet, or Wireless interface
• Optional SpireCapture AMR/AMI and Billing solution available.

Go online at http://spiremt.com/ultrasonic-water-meters/commercialindustrial-water-meter-280w-ci to download our datasheet or for more information 978-263-7100, sales@spiremt.com.

The world is advancing greatly these days, especially the environmental parameters. All these parameters demand timely monitoring so as to obtain the performance of these parameters. Since many years, most of the researchers are really striving hard to develop technology and instruments to monitor these parameters. All these instruments and devices provide approximate values but to obtain accurate values, it is important to have special kind of tools to monitor these parameters. Monitoring water related parameters are even a bigger challenge because the flow of water is very harsh at times and even the water in rivers and oceans get rough and aggressive.

It has become a necessity to measure and monitor all the environmental data through a wireless technique because reaching at a particular spot for monitoring can be cumbersome. Paying a physical visit to collect water traditionally from a site can be a difficult task. That is why; these days, technology has given an opportunity of monitoring environmental data at real-time that too wirelessly. Moreover, conventional lake monitoring and oceanographic systems may undergo some damages or breakdown due to traffic of boats or even debris. But to tackle all these challenges, researchers have developed a permanent solution to cater to such needs that too in association with the Intelligent Rivers Project.

Be it any kind of weather, harsh climatic conditions or aggressive river movements, the innovative buoy system supports real-time capturing of water and transmitting its quality data even while on long distances. The buoy has greater capacity of withstanding any kind of abuses from floating debris and even boat traffic. The design of buoy somewhat resembles a common marker buoy which makes it sure that the attention of users who curiously access river will also not be withdrawn. To access the buoy, special kind of tool is required to access the inner compartment of the buoy which is not possible as its design is tamperproof. The buoy is in-built with rechargeable lead-acid batteries which can be recharged if the battery drains out completely. The batteries can be charged even on-board and the battery lasts for nearly a month and sometimes even more.

Some of the major applications of buoy are mostly found in monitoring of rivers and to capture sensors from lakes and stream because of its capability of floating in water and withstanding any harsh weather or sea conditions. It can be easily installed in water or in rivers with the help of anchors and fasten it to obtain the real-time data. Some of the benefits of using buoy are it is very cost-effective, it is a system which is wireless and is real-time transmission of data, and lastly, its extended usage or usage while being on long distances. It has great durability in even fast flowing waters. Most of the oceanographic researchers have widely adopted installing and using buoy because of its unique capabilities and benefits.

Security is of huge concern nowadays. You got to protect your home, offices, institutions and there are tools that offer and ensure this security. You constantly buy things throughout life for your personal use, but what's the use when there is nothing to protect yourself? When you know you are safe, you have peace of mind. Security systems not only protect you, but your family, friends, kiths and kins, near and dear ones, etc.

keep you safe from intruders at home and wary you of smoke by smokdetectors. Following are the advantages of such wireless security tools -

1. Ease of use:

Security cameras play a major role in providing safety to your home or workplace. Home owners in Massachusetts can connect such systems as wirless cameras can cover a broad area. Wired systems do not allow you enough room to be flexible, and involves a lot of inconvenience. On the other hand, wirless security cameras make sure that do more in less time.

2. Ease of Installation:

Installations is way more easier than you can even imagine. It's simple and cost effective as compared to hard wired systems. We're sure you don't want your your home to be digged with holes everywhere around to put such cameras. Hence, it's easier when done wireless.

3. Remote Monitoring:

When you are at home, you can keep a watch on activites taking place nearby. But what when you're not home or out of town for sometime? Your place becomes vulnerable to theft and other dangers. In such cases, security cameras enable you to monitor your home from anywhere with a secure Internet connection.

What's more, if by any chance the power goes off, even then these wireless telemetry systems are able to generate signals to authorities and raise an alarm.

A lot has been done for saving electricity and other resources but Smart Meters has set a milestone in managing the electricity. Now with these modernized meters; the electricity bill is under your control. They have been accepted by many countries to save electricity and manage it. With time many new meters are coming up with smart technology to make it more efficient and reliable. For better control on the distribution and automation on the power supply; these meters are fitted with advanced distribution automation programs

A smart meter is an electricity meter which reads the consumption of electricity in the similar manner as a normal meter but has the capability of two way communication between the meter and the centralized system. It can also be monitored remotely to change the mode of payment or for tariff -information. An in home display is also provided with these meters which display the information to the consumer about the amount of consumption of electricity in units as well as pounds. With the implementation of these smart meters, people will know about the operation of power industry and how they consume energy.

This advanced technology has not only helped the country or the power grid to save and manage energy but they have been a huge success with the benefits it provides to the consumers. People will have the benefit of having access to up to date information about the tariffs, real time usage of electricity in units as well as in amount. Consumers can manage their budgets properly by saving electricity and money. This technology also helps in getting accurate bills as the manual meter reading will be replaced. This automotive distribution technique will help in accurate distribution of energy and efficient management and generation of power supply. Smart metering is cost effective and helps in more use of low carbon generation power. One can easily switch the energy suppliers with the data the consumers are accessible to. The meter is designed in such a manner that it is suitable to all energy suppliers.

Implementing such a change in the society is not an easy task, a lot of planning and studies are still going to make this more effective and to integrate these smart meters installations and distribution automation programs. By end of 2020, this technique will make a remarkable change in the power industry and will cover up most of the homes. A lot of articles and writings are floating on the internet to educate and create awareness among people for the advantage and benefits of smart metering and how to reduce the consumption of electricity and less carbon emission. Different slots are allotted as off peak, mid peak and on peak where the rates of the energy consumption are different. Consumers can use the electricity during off peak hours and save electricity and in turn money also.

This effective technique will not only save electricity but will help people to do a lot for the environment. Smart metering has been widely accepted by the consumers with the number of advantages they get, and it has also marked a great change in the mindset of people in using and saving energy. These smart techniques are said to be launched soon on gas and water supply.