OpenWay Collection Engine

An advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) head-end application used to register, communicate with, and manage utility devices. The Collection Engine is a C12.22-compliant software application that collects meter data and manages, upgrades, and in some cases connects and disconnects meters through remote two-way communications. The Collection Engine passes collected meter data to the meter data management (MDM) system for storage and manipulation at the utility. It stores information related to registered meter configurations, such as cell relay data, communication paths, group assignments, and firmware versions.