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left to right: SMARTester ready to begin test; SMARTester App showing test as a pass
Cost Saving programmed with specific industry
Geoff Mills, Smart Meter & EV EDF is always looking for ways to tests and guides the gas engineer
Installations Director commented: reduce costs for the bill payer alongside through the process step by step.
“Safety is a key priority at EDF. safe working practices. By introducing Using Bluetooth, the gauge wirelessly
By adopting SMARTester, we are a highly accurate pressure tester, this transmits, at the touch of a button,
equipping our workforce with the results in fewer incidents and therefore live pressure data to the app where
it is recorded and added to the test
less investigations. In many cases,
latest technology to help ensure a safe the engineer in question is not able to certificate. The on-board calibration
gas smart meter installation. This is continue to work until the investigation certificate is unique to each device and
important to EDF because it protects is resolved. Evidence gathered using ensures test authenticity.
our engineers and gives assurance to the SMARTester can provide proof Displayed in an easy-to-read
our customers that each one of our of a competent installation instantly, dashboard, the data is packaged and sent
to the cloud database in seconds. Here,
resolving incidents in a matter of
installations is carried out correctly, minutes, not weeks. monthly statistics and real-time
compliantly and safely.” workforce analytics can be monitored.
How does the SMARTester System Work? GPS position, pressure readings,
It all starts with the SMARTester photographs, date and time along with
Driving competence unit, which houses the stainless-steel calibration information are all stored
EDF has, so far, equipped 350 of its pressure sensor. The robust and within the printable test record.
smart meter engineers with a SMARTester waterproof case has been designed to The dashboard can be connected
for use with its company-issued Android meet the challenges of life in the field to existing enterprise resource
phones. The engineers have been using and comes with a 12-month calibration programmes enabling scheduling and
the highly accurate evidence-gathering certificate, giving the reassurance of task management to be fully integrated.
system that SMARTester offers for over automatic compliance. The device uses Test regimes are easy to edit so that
12 months as part of their essential two standard AA batteries and offers a the latest industry standards are rolled
pressure testing operations performed battery life in excess of a year. out seamlessly ensuring up-to-the-
while installing new smart meters. The SMARTester app is pre- minute conformance.

SMARTester dashboard showing evidence of tests carried out

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