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Abstract

The paper studies the remote upgrade of water meter centralized reading equipment. Due to the harsh application environment and scenarios of water meter centralized reading equipment, it is usually installed in a location that is not easily accessible to users, making remote upgrade and maintenance of centralized reading equipment very difficult. A remote upgrade method based on multiple network communication functions is proposed to address the above problems. The system deploys the remote upgrade server on a cloud server, which is used to save the upgrade program files of the centralized reading equipment, and actively pushes the latest stored upgrade file information to the online centralized reading equipment for updates through various network methods. This method can fully autonomously implement program update and maintenance functions, without the need for maintenance personnel to personally operate the equipment on site. It can effectively alleviate the problem of low efficiency in upgrading water meter centralized reading equipment in existing technologies.

Keywords

centralized reading equipment; remote upgrade; remote communication module; cloud server

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About the authors

Tan Long (1989-), male, Han nationality, from Xixia, Henan, engineer, bachelor's degree, research direction: electronic application technology and development.