Can I use a smart water meter to control my water usage?

1. Real-time Monitoring: The platform provides water usage curves and accumulated usage, allowing users to view and adjust their water usage at any time.

2. Remote Valve Control: Some smart water meters with two-way communication can receive valve on/off commands from the platform, enabling functions such as water outages for arrears and automatic valve closures for leaks.

Smart water meters are not just metering tools; they can also proactively control water usage through remote valves and platform rules.

How do smart water meters work?

1. Flow Sensing: Ultrasonic or electromagnetic induction sensors are used to convert water flow into electrical signals, achieving high-precision metering.

2. Data Processing: A microprocessor measures and stores the collected signals, generating standardized digital water usage data.

3. Communication and Transmission

Wired methods: RS485 and M-BUS for centralized meter reading;

Wireless methods: LoRa, NB-IoT, GPRS, etc., for uploading data to a cloud platform or local concentrator.

4. Platform Interaction

The cloud platform aggregates and analyzes data, supporting a closed-loop service for remote query, valve control, and abnormality alarms.

The entire process achieves a four-in-one smart water management closed loop: "perception, processing, transmission, and application."