Inbound / Outbound Service Configuration

The inbound/outbound message utility allows you to configure your system to receive information from and to send information to external applications using XML. The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway uses one inbound web service to map device events. This is the same inbound web service used by the D1 application.

Inbound Web Services

Inbound web services define the details of how messages are received from an external system, including the inbound communication business object (or business service or service script) to be invoked when the response message is received. As in the case of inbound communication business objects, the set of inbound web services you need to create is based on the types of messages the system is designed to send.

The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for NES uses the following inbound web services to import usage and device events:

Inbound Web Service

Description

D1-DeviceEventSeeder

Used for upload of device events.

The Device Event Seeder business object serves as a means of adding device events both from outside the application and from online. Its pre-processing algorithms determine the device event type - which in turn defines the device event BO that should be used to create the device event.

If a device event type can't be determined, the device event is created using this BO. Such a device event can then be re-processed - and if successful, a new device event is created.

D1-InitialLoadIMD

Used for initial measurement upload.

The IMDSeeder business object is used to determine the type of initial measurement business object to instantiate when receiving usage readings from a head-end system.

The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for NES includes the following inbound web services for receiving communications from the NES:

 Inbound Web Service Name

 Description

D4-ConnectLoadNotification

Connect Load Notification

D4-DecommMeterNotificationXAI

Meter Decommission Notification

D4-DisconnectLoadNotification

Disconnect Load Notification

D4-ReadBDNotificationXAI

Read Billing Data On-Demand Notification

D4-ReadingATMConfigNotification

Get Response Initiate Read By Meter Number

D4-ReadLoadStatusNotification

Read Load Status Notification

D4-ReadLPNotificationXAI

Read Load Profile On-Demand Notification

Message Senders

Message senders define the details of how messages are sent to an external system. As in the case of outbound communication business objects and outbound message types, the set of message senders you need to create is based on the types of messages the system is designed to accept.

The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for NES includes the following message senders:

 Message Sender

 Description

D4-ADDMETREQ

 Add Meter Request

D4-CONLOAD

 Connect Load

D4-DECOMMIS

 Device Decommissioning

D4-DISCONLD

 Disconnect Load

D4-HNLBATEVT

 NES Handle Batch Event

D4-HNLBATUSG

 NES Handle Batch Usage

D4-RDLOADST

Read Load status

D4-READBILLD

NES On-Demand Read (Scalar)(2)

D4-READLP

Read Load Profile

D4-RETMETID

 Retrieve Meter Identifier

D4-RETRIEVE

 Retrieve Meter Information

D4-ReadBill

Read Billing Data

D4-SETATMCFG

 Set ATM Configuration