Development of Indigenous Protocol Testing Platform for Smart and Static Energy Meters Adhering Indian Standards

In the present scenario, the deployment of AMI and the smart grid requires smart energy meters with minimum quality and compliance. Since the meters are interoperable and adhere to the open protocol standards, the vital part of the qualification process is the protocol testing to guarantee the meters' compliance. Even though many proprietary and foreign tools are available for conformance and parameter testing, they have limitations such as non-interoperability and lack of economic viability. The suggested smart meter testing tool is an indigenously developed, interoperable, and economically feasible tool for testing the conformance, functionality, communicability, and security of smart energy meters. The features of the indigenously developed smart meter testing tool are described in this paper.