Electric meter reading system based on Ethernet networking architecture

The utility model discloses an electric meter reading system based on an Ethernet networking architecture. The electric meter reading system is characterized by comprising a concentrator, a switch, a 485 converting device and electric meters in a residential quarter, wherein the 485 converting device is provided with an Ethernet interface and a 485 interface and is used for converting an Ethernet electric meter reading protocol into a standard 485 protocol, the electric meters are connected with the 485 interface of the 485 converting device through 485 buses to realize near field communication among each electric meters and the corresponding 485 bus, the Ethernet interface of the 485 converting device is connected with a downlink port of the concentrator through the Ethernet and the switch for uploading data of the electric meters to the concentrator to be processed, and an uplink port of the concentrator is connected and communicated with a reading mainframe through the Ethernet for uploading a message to the reading mainframe so as to greatly improve and perfect the bottle neck of electric meter communication and data collection.