DX routers deliver secure wireless communications at Eastern Iowa Light & Power

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Eastern Iowa Light & Power’s challenge has been bringing all of its substations online in order to better access information—particularly customer metering data. Prior to this automation project, Eastern Iowa could only collect metering data periodically via meter readers physically going to each customer location. With automated meter reading (AMR), Eastern Iowa will have access to current customer metering data automatically while dramatically cutting meter reading costs.

Eastern Iowa Light & Power selected GarrettCom and its DX800 Serial Device Routers. Eastern Iowa liked the hardened quality of the DX800 units as well as the GUI software, rich with security features. At each of Eastern Iowa substations, the DX800 connects to the substation RTU to receive the SCADA data over one of the DX800’s four serial ports. Another DX800 serial port serves as the configuration port for the RTU. The two remaining DX800 serial ports are used to access the metering data.

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