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The Wireless M-Bus Stack is the ideal partner for smart metering, sub-metering or smart city applications. In Part 1 of our article, we looked at the stack features, the different standards and the stack offering. Part 2 of the article now focuses on the hardware that can be used to enable devices to communicate with Wireless M-Bus and the options for product certification.

Do you want competitive products that are easy to install and maintain? Then it is time for you to take a closer look at our Wireless M-Bus Protocol Stack. Characterized by low energy consumption and excellent modularity combined with high functionality, the Wireless M-Bus Stack is the ideal partner for Smart Metering, Sub-Metering or Smart City applications.

The field of consumption data measurement can hardly avoid dealing with the topic of Wireless M-Bus (wM-Bus). For more than a decade, wM-Bus has been the standard used to implement remote meter reading of water, electricity, gas or heat meters. With a recognized standard like OMS, projects with wM-Bus can be implemented almost anywhere in the world.

Protocol Stacks have one goal: the automation of previously manually controlled operational processes. Using a microcontroller together with a wireless chip or radio interface, the Protocol Stack is integrated in a meter or sensor to enable it to transmit data via radio. But how exactly does it work to integrate a Protocol Stack into a device and what are the benefits of networking the devices?

Whether in the areas of smart metering, smart farming, smart industry, smart city or smart home – every company will sooner or later deal with the subject of digitalization. With our software solutions (Protocol Stacks), we aim to drive digital transformation for companies of all sizes and industries, and with our standard products we enable a simple and convenient introduction to equip your IoT network with connectivity.

Increasing digitalization is leading to a turning point in the energy industry. Public utilities, water and energy suppliers are facing greater challenges. Not only rising energy prices, scarcity of resources and growing environmental awareness on the part of consumers are driving a transformation, but the legal framework is also changing to more sustainability and transparency. Smart solutions are needed in many areas that make processes more efficient and ensure greater economic efficiency.

Digitalization is also becoming an increasingly important part of agriculture. On-farm processes are to be made more efficient and simpler by means of intelligent systems. Smart Farming means intelligent communication and networking of devices, machines, and systems.

STACKFORCE and badenova subsidiary E-MAKS made another promising step to industry 4.0. In a joint project a solution for the digitalization of data transmission of shaft water meters has been developed and tested over the past months. The result was very successful and can be extended to many other use cases in the future.

Having the worldwide rapidly growing need for data in mind, the number of technologies that are used to reliably and securely transport data with specific requirements is also increasing. Each technology has its special properties and advantages, so it can be useful or even necessary to combine several communication technologies in the same system. Our Integration Kit offers a simple solution for handling all the technologies.

Our proven and popular Wireless M-Bus Stack represents seamless and easy integration of intelligent meters. In addition to the classic version, we now offer it combined with the LPWAN technologies mioty® or LoRaWAN®.