RE: RE: This from October 2018.24 Nov 2018 10:19
Having a bit of fun poking around this morning:-
"4.19. It was originally envisaged that emulators would only be used in Pre-Integration Testing (PIT), and that they would be procured by the FSPs themselves from their suppliers. It was envisaged that actual meters would be available for System Integration Testing (SIT), provided and supported by meter manufacturers. However,
meters were not available from manufacturers to be used in time for SIT. As a result, an alternative option for testing was needed, so emulators developed for use in SIT had to be used.
4.20. The DCC procured the emulators from System Level Solutions (SLS), Telefonica’s emulator provider, through a single source procurement strategy (Telefonica was the only service provider who had achieved the development of emulators). DCC had also considered procuring the emulators from EDMI, Arqiva’s emulator provider; changing
the CSP contracts to require them to procure the emulators; and producing a specification for the emulators and going out to market to source a new provider. The DCC states that all of these other options would have been more costly and more time consuming. In addition, it was considered that SLS's product has been highly successful to date and that their support had resolved issues rapidly."