Trying to receive message from GE / Silver Spring Networks NIC 314 electric meter.

[st2000]

I have rtlamr set up to the extent I can start it like this:

rtlamr -msgtype=all

...and see my (everyone's) water meter. That's great. But what I really want is to monitor my electric meter. It is a GE / Silver Spring Networks NIC 314. And I can see someone had added this meter back on Jan 7, 2018 to the Google Doc list of meters here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lTeHkk7rwFfq0joMWngrhnJA2nXAk4m82eApVaAKfhw/edit?gid=693015120#gid=693015120

...which is very tantalizing. But I don't know how they were able to configure rtlamr to listen to this electric meter.

I have used the FCC ID ("OWS-NIC514") to look up the meter. Interestingly Itron Inc. appears as the Applicant Name. I suppose this is good news as Itron is supposed to be supported by rtlamr.

However, there are 7 entries. 4 with frequency range 902.3 to 926.9. But 3 with frequency range 2405.8 to 2480.9. I'm thinking that SDR's operate in the 900MHz+ range and this news of a 2405.9 to 2480.9 range meter is ... well, bad news for rtlamr users?

[st2000]

I guess Silver Spring Network radios aren't supported.

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... but if anyone knows better, please speak up!

In the mean time, I think my utility subscribes to the OPower method of distributing real time power usage.