User Instructions

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utility server software shall support multiple sets of independent
databases, one for each utility Innovatec supports.
It shall be the responsibility of the Innovatec Utility Server to
distinguish between sets of databases for different utilities, given an
appropriate utility specification from the various applications.
3.3 Logging
It shall be possible to log events of interest into an internal
database. These events shall include, but are not limited to, message
transmissions and receptions. It shall be possible for users to configure
the number and the age of events to be maintained in the log.
All attempts by a client application to log into the ENICS system or
a remote configuration server to initially contact an ENICS configuration
server or a remote redistribution server to initially contact an ENICS
server should be logged, whether the attempt is successful or not.
3.4 Architectural constraints
It shall be possible to distribute user interface, database and
server functions over multiple machines. It shall be possible for users to
remotely access the interactive utility programs from remote desktop
computers. It shall be possible to site the WAN interface hardware on a
machine that is physically separate from the machine(s) that host the
databases and are generally used for network maintenance and other
functions.
3.5 Server data maintenance
To the extent that is consistent with maintaining the integrity of
the various databases, user visible data shall not be lost if a server or
server machine suffers an ungraceful shutdown.
3.6 External Data Distribution
In addition to interacting with an Innovatec communications
network, it shall be possible for the ENICS system to distribute data to
and/or receive data from another ENICS system. This will allow a utility
that does not actually own the meters for a particular customer to gather
data about a meter from the utility that does own the meter. The
interactions supported in this mode are limited to scheduled reads, on
demand reads, informational alarms, informational alarm configuration
and basic meter status information. Informational alarms include low
flow threshold, prepay alarms and other alarms that indicate usage
violations but that are not associated with a possible physical failure.
Alarms that do indicate a physical failure (such as runaway alarms),
shall not be configurable by an external utility and shall not be
distributed to an external utility.