Wireless m-bus mesh network solution

enrgyautomation · ‎2017-05-14

Hello 🙂

This is a bit of a generic question and yes I am fishing for ideas!

I have several Com'xs and Modbus gateways on a customer site with PMEv8.2 on a virtual server, all chugging along nicely.

I am trying to collect the energy data from m-bus heat meters installed in 20 AHUs and which are located on a very large flat roof. The challenge is cabling to the AHUs and locations of nearest IP points in relation to the AHUs. In a nutshell, there's no infrastructure nearby and the cost of installing it will be prohibitive.

So the question is does anyone have any suggestions - products, manufacturers - that will allow me set up a wireless mesh network? I have several "solutions" already but they're a bit messy and we all know the simplest solutions are the ones that work best. I don't think Schneider has much to offer in terms of wireless gateways/ networking but correct me if I'm wrong!

FYI - there is direct line of sight to all AHUs and from any point.

Thanks

Brahm