The invention provides a meter reading method and a meter reading
system for an electric meter. The method comprises the following steps: building communication connection by an intelligent terminal and a personal reader-writer through a
USB interface; driving the personal reader-writer to transmit a meter reading request
signal by the intelligent terminal; receiving the meter reading request
signal by the intelligent electric meter, and then reading the electric meter according to the meter reading request
signal to obtain meter reading data; demodulating the meter reading data to obtain a meter reading
data signal, and then transmitting the meter reading
data signal; receiving the meter reading
data signal by the personal reader-writer, then demodulating to obtain the meter reading data, and transmitting the meter reading data to the intelligent terminal; and displaying and storing the meter reading data through the intelligent terminal, and simultaneously uploading the meter reading data to a remote monitoring center
server. According to the meter reading method and the meter reading
system for the electric meter provided by the invention, the defects that a handheld meter reading terminal in the meter reading technology is large in size, the stored resource is small, h the cost is low and the meter reading efficiency is low are solved.