INTEGRATION OF DIASPARK ENERGY AND ITRON TMS CREATES A PLUG-APLAY SOLUTION

Monitoring of solar systems is vital if the owner/O&M provider wants to get the energy production that they paid for. A

monitoring system should have the capability of showing production statistics and alerts in real time. This level of

monitoring will allow solar installations to operate on maximum efficiency.

A key feature of Diaspark Energy is the ability to connect with a variety of web services as well as directly to

monitoring gateways. Diaspark’s partnership with Itron highlights the benefits of this close integration that greatly

reduces the customer’s cost of installing a meter and monitoring the system in real time.

As shown in the figure, Itron configures each Solar Meter to communicate with its Transaction Management Service

(TMS) before shipping it to a customer. Upon installation the device automatically transmits a Diaspark Energy

registration message to Itron without requiring user intervention. This data is then relayed to Diaspark via web

service.

Some of the benefits of such a solution are:

TMS configured to communicate with Diaspark Energy: No cost or setup

Automatically provisioned by Itron: Simplified inventory management for the installer

Immediate alerts sent: The Solar Meter sends immediate notification in case of system failure

Revenue grade meter: The Itron Solar meter collects energy production data at 15 min intervals and transmits a block

once every 24hrs to Diaspark Energy via the TMS.