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Centerpoint Energy, Inc (holding Co) — Technical Presentation (June 2009)

22 slides from Centerpoint Energy, Inc (holding Co)'s technical presentation, Jun 30, 2009

  1. Slide 1: Welcome to CenterPoint Energy's Technical Overview of Interim HAN Interfaces

    Welcome to CenterPoint Energy’s Technical Overview of Interim HAN Interfaces Reminder: The audio portion of this session will be covered by conference call Conference Call # : 1-866-642-1665 Password: 536323

  2. Slide 2: Technical Overview of CenterPoint Energy's Interim HAN Interfaces

    Technical Overview of CenterPoint Energy’s Interim HAN Interfaces June 30th 2009

  3. Slide 3: Zigbee Smart Energy Public Profile and Security Requirements

    Zigbee Smart Energy Public Profile and Security Requirements • CenterPoint’s expectation is that the HAN devices being provisioned on the CenterPoint AMS network will have the following security capabilities; otherwise they will not be able to be provisioned on the AMS network. 1. CenterPoint Energy

  4. Slide 4: Zigbee Smart Energy Public Profile HAN Device Install Codes

    Zigbee Smart Energy Public Profile HAN Device Install Codes • Manufacturer creates an install code for each individual device; these codes can be 48, 64, 96, or 128 bits in length • Manufacturers also assign a unique MAC address to each device • Install Code and MAC Address codes are two different t

  5. Slide 5: Example Install Codes and MAC Addresses

    Example Install Codes and MAC Addresses Example Installation Codes CRC 48 Bit 83FED3407A932B70 702B 64 Bit 83FED3407A939738C552 52C5 96 Bit 83FED3407A939723A5C639FF4C12 124C 128 Bit 83FED3407A939723A5C639B26916D505C3B5 B5C3 Note: The Octet order of the CRC code in the printed Installation code is Le

  6. Slide 6: CenterPoint Energy Competitive Retailer Information Portal (CRIP) with Interim HAN GUI

    CenterPoint Energy Competitive Retailer Information Portal (CRIP) with Interim HAN Graphical User Interface Page 5

  7. Slide 7: HAN Graphic User Interfaces – HAN Main Screen

    HAN Graphic User Interfaces – HAN Main Screen Page 6

  8. Slide 8: HAN Graphic User Interfaces – HAN Provisioning Screen

    HAN Graphic User Interfaces – HAN Provisioning Screen Page 7

  9. Slide 9: HAN Graphic User Interfaces – Enter HAN Security Credentials

    HAN Graphic User Interfaces – Enter HAN Security Credentials Page 8

  10. Slide 10: HAN Graphic User Interfaces – New

    HAN Graphic User Interfaces – New Page 9

  11. Slide 11: HAN Graphic User Interfaces – Pending Provisioning

    HAN Graphic User Interfaces – Pending Provisioning Page 10

  12. Slide 12: HAN Graphic User Interfaces – Meter Ready

    HAN Graphic User Interfaces – Meter Ready Page 11

  13. Slide 13: HAN Graphic User Interfaces – Pending De-Provisioning

    HAN Graphic User Interfaces – Pending De-Provisioning Page 12

  14. Slide 14: HAN Graphic User Interfaces – De-Provision Complete

    HAN Graphic User Interfaces – De-Provision Complete Page 13

  15. Slide 15: Interim HAN Interface API's

    Interim HAN Interface API’s Page 14

  16. Slide 16: Interim AMS Services Introduction

    Interim AMS Services Introduction • Send Display Message by Group The Send Display Message by Group service allows the service consumer to send a display message to HAN devices that belong to a meter group. • Send Load Control Event by Group The Send Load Control Event by Group service allows the se

  17. Slide 17: Interim AMS Services Grouping

    Interim AMS Services Grouping • Grouping is created at the DUNS level in the CenterPoint Energy Systems • As devices are provisioned to meters, those meters are moved into the OpenWay Collection Engine (CE) application group. • The OpenWay Collection Engine is optimized for multicasting via applicat

  18. Slide 18: Send Display Message by Group

    Send Display Message by Group Page 17

  19. Slide 19: Send Load Control Event by Group

    Send Load Control Event by Group Page 18

  20. Slide 20: Interim AMS Services Security

    Interim AMS Services Security • AMS Services authentication will be by mutual authentication over Secure Socket Layer (SSL). • A competitive retailer’s consuming application must either: • Provide a certificate in the SSL handshake; or • Sign the message • The competitive retailer is responsible for

  21. Slide 21: Interim AMS Services Timelines and Next Steps

    Interim AMS Services Timelines and Next Steps • Willing to conduct simple provisioning/de-provisioning validation with devices provided by REPs – starting July 1 2009 • Release API Guide, final version and WSDL File upon completion of internal CenterPoint testing – July 2009 • August 1, 2009 – Inter

  22. Slide 22: Questions???

    Questions??? Note: Presentation to be posted under Quick Links on CenterPoint Energy’s website: www.centerpointenergy.com/competitiveretailers Follow-up questions or comments: conniemarie.pena@centerpointenergy.com Page 21

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