A software simulation of an anti prepaid meter bypass, to reduce energy theft
Goal: Build a software that detects when a prepaid meter is bypassed.
Rough Plan: To check if the wires are connected to the prepaid meter, the meter is charged a certain amount of units (made possible by an on-board circuitry) which is returned immediately after verification (this will be done multiple times continously). if the verification is unsuccessful then: 1. the software will alert the system admin of a suspected by-pass 2. send the address of the user who has been suspected of the by-pass.
problems with this system:
- What happens when there's no unit left in the meter? wouldn't that give a false alert?
solution
- There should be a fixed amount of unit that will be allocated to each prepaid, this unit will only be used for the verification process not for supply of electricity to the customer