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Abstract

The invention proposes a system for assisting deployment of a fixed remote meter reading network, in which system an access point is to recover measurement data from meters (1) by radio, said data being transmitted via a radio communication module (2) associated with each meter and being relayed to the access point via at least one intermediate collector. The system enables an installer to be equipped with a portable device enabling in situ validation of future positions for intermediate collectors. The device includes a measurement mobile unit (6) for simulating the radio receiver operation of an intermediate collector capable, in an access point/collector mode (M₁), of communicating by radio with a first mobile unit (3) for simulating the operation of the access point in a collector/collector mode (M₂) with a second mobile unit (4) for simulating the operation of the intermediate collector and, in a listening mode (M₃), of intercepting a response radio signal transmitted by a communication module (2) following interrogation by a remote meter reading portable unit (5). In the three modes, the measurement unit measures the intensity of the received or intercepted signal. The modes are triggered by radio from a portable radio control and display unit (7) that displays information relating to the quality of the link based on the measurement.

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