Reviewed Paper Volume 2 Issue 7 March 2015 International Journal of Informative & Futuristic Research ISSN (Online): 2347-1697 GSM Based Water Billing System Paper ID IJIFR/ V2/ E7/ 087 Page No. 2379-2385 Subject Area Electronics & Telecommunication Key Words PIC, GSM, SMS, Smart Card, RF Transmitter, Receivers, Mechanical Meters Abnave Pranita G. 1 Dandage Rajeshwari G. 2 Gawade Anil N. 3 Prof. Minal Deore 4 B.E. Student, B.E. Student, B.E. Student, Professor Abstract This proposed system gives information about the design of a GSM based water billing system. This is achieved by using PIC16F877 and GSM module. This system details the practice for establishing a metering plan to account for usage and loss in the water distribution system. The bill amount will be sent to respective customers. The deployment of the proposed system uses the existing GSM network, where the water meter system can send its readings directly to a server application using a GSM modem. The application itself can notify subscribers of their bills using SMS messages as well. 1. Introduction At present, most of the houses in India have the Traditional Mechanical Meters and the billing system is not fully automated. As we all know today s water billing system involves conventional www.ijifr.com Copyright IJIFR 2015 2379
method in which a person from respective department Comes and takes the photograph in their camera. These meter readings are used for water bill calculation and accordingly it is sent to the consumer s house by post. Sometimes the Image is not clear, company is unable to send bill to respective customer or it has to repeat the entire process. An alternative, more practical, solution consists of reusing existing technologies that are already deployed in other fields, where the results are promising. The main idea is to customize existing solutions to the context of water billing and usage management. In this paper, we propose a system to automate the billing of the consumption of water and the control of the water meters using a blend of both technologies: GSM networks and embedded systems. The proposed system consists of three main components: i. Embedded water meter (E-WATER) system for measurement and control of water consumption. ii. Server application to manage the measurements and prepare invoices and bills. In addition to that, the application performs some predefined control operations that can be transmitted to the embedded water meter. iii. Communication medium that is based on the existing GSM networks. The water billing and control operations will be performed simply using the Short Messaging System service that is available over GSM. For this, no modification or even customization is needed in the networks themselves. 2. Necessity Of Project Figure 2.1: Existing System Limitations of Existing System There is no limit of usable water. System is more complex. Cost of system high. To overcome these limitations we have discussed the necessity of new system.at present, most of the houses in India have the traditional mechanical meters and the billing system is not fully automated. As we all know today s water billing system involves conventional method in which a person from respective department comes and takes the photograph in their camera. These meter readings are used for water bill calculation and accordingly it is sent to the consumer s house by post. Sometimes the image is not clear, company is unable to send bill to respective customer or it has to repeat the entire process. An alternative, more practical, solution consists of reusing existing technologies that are already deployed in other fields, where the results are promising. The main idea 2380
is to customize existing solutions to the context of water billing and usage management. Main purpose of the project is to design of billing machine which will provides bill to the consumers through SMS by using GSM module. A database is created which contains meter number, customer name, mobile number and previous 3 month s readings. Validation can also be done to prevent any malpractices in the existing system. 3. Proposed System 3.1: Block Diagram Flow Meter MEMORY EEPROM REGULATED POWER SUPPLY PIC 16F877A uc LCD DISPLAY GSM MODEM Driver Circuit Mobile VB Software Smart Card PC Figure 3.1: Block Diagram (Proposed System) 3.2: Block Diagram Explanation Liquid Crystal Display LCD is used in a project to visualize the output of the application. We have used 16x2 LCD which indicates 16 columns and 2 rows. So, we can write 16 characters in each line. So, total 32 characters we can display on 16x2 LCD. 2381
LCD can also used in a project to check the output of different modules interfaced with the microcontroller. Thus LCD plays a vital role in a project to see the output and to debug the system module wise in case of system failure in order to rectify the problem. Rs 232: Rs 232 Is A Serial Communication Cable Used In The System. Here, The Rs 232 Provides The Serial Communication Between The Microcontroller And The Outside World Such As Display, Pc Or Mobile Etc. So It Is A Media Used To Communicate Between Microcontroller And The Pc. In Our Project The Rs232 Serves The Function To Transfer The Edited Notice (Or Data) From Pc (Vb Software) To The Microcontroller, For the further operation of the system. Buzzer: buzzers are used in a system to indicate or to grab the attention regarding an emergency situation occurred. Buzzer act as a panic horn which indicates the need of instant attention. GSM Modem: GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) is a digital mobile telephony system. With the help of GSM module interfaced; we can send short text messages to the required authorities as per the application. GSM module is provided by sim uses the mobile service provider and send SMS to the respective authorities as per programmed. This technology enables the system a wireless system with no specified range limits. GSM uses a variation of time division multiple access (TDMA) and is the most widely used of the three digital wireless telephony technologies (TDMA, GSM, and CDMA). GSM digitizes and compresses data, then sends it down a channel with two other streams of user data, each in its own time slot. It operates at either the 900 MHz or 1800 MHz frequency band. PC: We already know about the facility of the mobile, so after receiving data from the GSM Modem we can copy or use the same data in our PC. The PC and Mobile can be interfaced with the help of the data cable DKU-50. We are using the VB software in our PC for the user interface with the system. With the help of this VB software any user can easily make the use of the system. This VB software provides the notice typing and editing facility. Also we can copy the same content as received through mobile in the editing window and call it as a notice. Hence the PC/VB software provides the typing, editing and formatting options to the user. 4. Hardware Specification I. Flow Meter Features Negligible loss of head Simple maintenance Field replaceable measuring unit Hermetically sealed register with glass lens Bearings are constantly flushed during operation to eliminate deposit of solids Optional electrical output: EV (Volume) or EF (Rate of Flow) Compatible with Dialog automatic reading system. Available Sizes 2382
3" - 10 (80mm 250mm) Applications Irrigation and sewerage metering Technical Specifications Maximum Working Pressure 16 bar Maximum Liquid Temperature 60 C Body Polyester coated cast iron body Connection Flanges according to ISO, BS 10, AWWA or others Register M³, U.S. Gallon, cu.ft, ML Central pointer or 3 pointers Figure 4.1: Flow Meter II. Smart Card Features Serial and TTL output. Along with two RFID cards. Excellent read performance without an external circuit. Compact size and cost-effective. Applications Access control Handheld readers Asset management III. RF Transmitter This section transmits the binary data to space in a particular range based on the antenna used. This signal is received by the receiver and it compares the binary code to find the corresponding station name from the database. IV. RF Receiver The RF signal transmitted by the transmitter is detected and received by this section of the receiver. This binary encoder data is sent to the decoder for decoding the original data. Here we use RWS-A. V. SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION Assembly C, VB 6.0, Keil Software 5.10, EPROM Pro Programmer, Proteus ISIS 7.10 2383
5. Final Ready System Figure 5.1: Ready Water billing System Advantages:- Efficient when used on large systems. Robust system Easy to implement Low power requirement Can be operated from a distant place Application: Housing society. Industrial areas. 6. Conclusion & Future scope This proposed system gives information about the design of a GSM based water billing system. The deployment of the proposed system uses the existing GSM network, where the water meter system can send its readings directly to a server application using a GSM modem. The application itself can notify subscribers of their bills using SMS messages as well also it Increase Limit for power supply, and decrease water wastage. 7. References [1] Yogendra P. Joshi, M.B. Tadwalkar, Implementation of GSM based water meter a steps towardsautomation in billing system volume 9,Issue 4, Ver.I (jul-aug 2014), PP 01-04. In (IOSR- JECE) [2] IEEE paper for GSM-based Embedded Water Meter System [3] Ajay V Deshmukh (2008), Microcontrollers (Theory and Applications), Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Limited. 2384
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