User Manual

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This document supplies a general organization and partitioning for
the system as well as requirements that apply to all applications. The
requirements for the various components of the system are contained in
their own requirements documents.
3 Primary Requirements
Primary requirements are those that ultimately come from the
customer or are dictated by the basic nature of the application.
Network Configuration
Database
SW/HW Compatability
Database
Network Planning
Database
Alarm Configuration
Database
Logging
Database
Billing
Database
(Legacy)
Utility Physical
Assets Database
(Legacy)
Gateway
Server
Innovatec
Utility
Server
Production
Network
Network
Emulator
Network
Testbed
Field Service
Application
(Interactive)
Network
Configuration
Manager
(Interactive)
Alarm Configuration
Manager
(Interactive)
Field Service
Database
Field Service
Laptop or Handheld
via direct TCP/ IP or
d i al up PPP
Network Planning
and Layout
converter
Billing Application
(Legacy)
Physical Assets
Tracking
(Legacy)
Meter
Reader
(Interactive)
Network
Exerciser
(Autonomous)
Network Health
Monitor
(Autonomous)
Alarm Receiver
(Autonomous)
Figure 1: High level schematic for the Innovatec utility software system