A taste of things to come? - UK smart meter data access

[jelockwood (John Lockwood)]

@GadgetUK

@borpin

push only USB port that sends serial data

Great idea, in theory, sadly USB by its very nature is a bi-directional protocol, once again ‘we’ are looking at if from a practical use perspective, however there are other that would look to exploit this to their own advantage. USB connections introduce an attack vector for any device. If you look back at all the ‘hacks’ of ISP routers to add features etc, it all starts with a serial port.

I’m 100% in agreement, I’d love to get all the juicy goodness out of my smart meters, for free, without having to buy external hardware to replicate the same functionality. But sadly i’m resigned to the fact it’s not going to happen.

It appears that Dutch Smart meters have a special serial port which is accessed via a matching special USB to serial converter cable and this allows local real time data access. See the following.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kaifa-Dutch-Smart-Meter-ft232r-ISKRA-ME-382-EN-MT3/dp/B07DFM2H6S