9 Scientific and measuring apparatus and instruments, namely, electronic devices, namely, pulse pick-up sensors, meter interface units, repeaters and gateway devices, namely radio frequency mesh networks to Wide Area Network routing devices in which the meter interface units are connected to utility meters and gauging devices, by way of data cables and sensors, for the reading of and transmitting data from and to utility meters such as water meters, electricity meters, gas meters, pressure sensors; temperature sensors, water quality and/or meteorological sensors from remote sites, through wireless transmission, and data storage devices in the nature of electronic devices, namely, pulse pick-up sensors, meter interface units, repeaters and gateway devices, namely radio frequency mesh networks to Wide Area Network routing devices, being system software coded in machine language into the hardware of the devices; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling water, electricity and/or gas for household or business usage, namely electronic devices, communications protocols, firmware being system operations software coded in a high-level computer language, namely, printed circuit boards, radio transceivers and firmware that is protected inside specialized molded housings and proprietary system software located on a remote computer, which provides real-time and historical meter readings in an open-source database, from where it can be exported in table and graph format, to other software programs such as spreadsheets and internet web portals