Publisher:
Nil
Publication Type:
Conference
Publication Title:
Development Of An SMS - Based Outage Reporting System , 21st CIRED Conference In Frankfurt, Germany
Publication Authors:
B. J. Olufeagba, K. E. Alowolodu, And O. D. Alowolodu
Year Published:
2011
Abstract:
Traditional outage reporting in Nigeria is done by
consumers visiting the service station of the electricity
company and making reports of outages. This presents
many problems such as inaccurate data management, slow
response and uncoordinated outage management among
others. Developed outage reporting system are based on
fixed land lines and these are not very common in Nigeria.
The Global System for Mobile (GSM) has over the past
decade covered most of the country. A real-time outage
reporting system based on the Short Message Service (SMS)
feature of the GSM was developed and implemented. The
solution is a GSM modem interfaced to a computer which
would receive customer originated messages, process them
and update a database and thus alert essential units in the
organization for action in real time while providing the
means of relatively accurate collection of data useful for
planning and other functions. The software was developed
with Microsoft C# and MapWindows which provided a
means of overlaying the faults reported on a digital map of
the coverage area. The system proved to provide a shorter
mean time to repair of faults on the Akure distribution area.
Publisher:
Nil
Publication Type:
Conference
Publication Title:
Development Of An SMS - Based Outage Reporting System , 21st CIRED Conference In Frankfurt, Germany
Publication Authors:
B. J. Olufeagba, K. E. Alowolodu, And O. D. Alowolodu
Year Published:
2011
Abstract:
Traditional outage reporting in Nigeria is done by
consumers visiting the service station of the electricity
company and making reports of outages. This presents
many problems such as inaccurate data management, slow
response and uncoordinated outage management among
others. Developed outage reporting system are based on
fixed land lines and these are not very common in Nigeria.
The Global System for Mobile (GSM) has over the past
decade covered most of the country. A real-time outage
reporting system based on the Short Message Service (SMS)
feature of the GSM was developed and implemented. The
solution is a GSM modem interfaced to a computer which
would receive customer originated messages, process them
and update a database and thus alert essential units in the
organization for action in real time while providing the
means of relatively accurate collection of data useful for
planning and other functions. The software was developed
with Microsoft C# and MapWindows which provided a
means of overlaying the faults reported on a digital map of
the coverage area. The system proved to provide a shorter
mean time to repair of faults on the Akure distribution area.
