AMR means “Automatic Meter Reading”. This technology is used to automatically collect consumption, diagnostic, and status data from heat meters or water meters, etc., and transfer this data to a central database for billing, troubleshooting, and analysis.

AMR technology primarily saves utilities the cost of regular trips to each site to read meters.

Setting up an AMR net requires only a few simple steps. As a basic requirement are the actual meters, which must be equipped with wireless MBus radio.

A gateway “data center” collects the wireless MBus data and automatically sends it to a server for analysis.

Since the wireless MBus radio is very power-saving, the transmission ranges are limited, so a repeater may have to be used to increase the transmission ranges of the meters.