General
Itron believes that open standards in general, and C12.22 in particular, are fundamental
to advanced metering solutions. Open standards allow for the type of interoperability
required by the development of smart transmission and distribution. Open standards
also help protect the investment that utilities, their ratepayers and shareholders
make in expensive capital systems like advanced metering solutions.
Itron is offering the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) as developed
by Sun Microsystems. This is a fairly common and standard open source license. You
can learn more about CDDL at
http://www.sun.com/cddl/.
The Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) allows a wide range of activities,
including using the open source code covered by the license in commercial products.
Please read the CDDL closely to understand precisely what your rights and obligations
are under the license. You may want to consult a lawyer specializing in intellectual
property and open source products for further guidance.
There are still some areas of the C12.22 standard that are open to interpretation,
and the standard published is a toolkit that requires implementation. Still, adherence
to the standard should provide a high level of interoperability between devices
and networks.
Send email to
storemanager@ansi.org and request a copy of the C12.22 standard.
You can transmit multiple types of data using C12.22 address. For instance, DNP3
data from SCADA systems can be transmitted over a network using C12.22 addressing.