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11: Using the I/O Options

Electro 

Industries/GaugeTech

The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions

11.4.1: Pulse Output/RS485 Option Card (485P) Wiring

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Refer to Chapter 5 for RS485 setting instructions.

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Summary of Contents for Shark 100T

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Page 3: ... systems or any future forms of duplication for any purpose other than the purchaser s use without the expressed written permission of Electro Industries GaugeTech 2018 Electro Industries GaugeTech Nexus is a registered trademark of Electro Industries GaugeTech The distinctive shape style and overall appearance of the Nexus 1500 meter is a trademark of Electro Industries GaugeTech Communicator EXT...

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Page 5: ...e will at our option either repair or replace any product that proves to be defective To exercise this warranty fax or call our customer support department You will receive prompt assistance and return instructions Send the instrument transporta tion prepaid to EIG at 1800 Shames Drive Westbury NY 11590 Repairs will be made and the instrument will be returned This warranty does not apply to defect...

Page 6: ...n this publication has been carefully checked for reliability however no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Safety Symbols In this manual this symbol indicates that the operator must refer to an important WARNING or CAUTION in the operating instructions Please see Chapter 4 for important safety information regar...

Page 7: ... Electro Industries GaugeTech changed the face of power monitoring forever with its first breakthrough innovation an affordable easy to use AC power meter More than forty years since its founding Electro Industries GaugeTech the leader in power monitoring and control continues to revolutionize the industry with the highest quality cutting edge power monitoring and control technology on the market ...

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Page 9: ...out Electro Industries GaugeTech EIG v 1 Three Phase Power Measurement 1 1 1 1 Three Phase System Configurations 1 1 1 1 1 Wye Connection 1 1 1 1 2 Delta Connection 1 4 1 1 3 Blondel s Theorem and Three Phase Measurement 1 6 1 2 Power Energy and Demand 1 8 1 3 Reactive Energy and Power Factor 1 12 1 4 Harmonic Distortion 1 14 1 5 Power Quality 1 17 2 Nexus 1500 Meter Overview 2 1 2 1 Meter Feature...

Page 10: ...ttery 3 8 4 Electrical Installation 4 1 4 1 Considerations When Installing Meters 4 1 4 2 Installing Current Transformer Sensors Terminated to Meter 4 5 4 3 Installing Current Transformer Sensors with No Meter Termination Pass Through 4 6 4 4 Quick Connect Crimp on Terminations 4 7 4 5 Nexus 1500 Meter s Monitored Inputs 4 8 4 5 1 Voltage Inputs 4 9 4 5 1 1 Wiring the Voltage Inputs 4 9 4 5 1 2 Fu...

Page 11: ...munication Overview 5 1 5 2 RJ45 and Fiber Ethernet Connections 5 1 5 3 ANSI Optical Port 5 2 5 4 USB Connection 5 3 5 5 RS485 Connections 5 4 5 5 1 Using the Unicom 2500 5 6 5 6 Remote Communication with RS485 5 8 5 7 Programming Modems for Remote Communication 5 9 5 8 Selected Modem Strings 5 10 5 9 High Speed Inputs Connection 5 10 5 10 IRIG B Connections 5 11 5 11 Time Synchronization Alternat...

Page 12: ...ofile 8 3 8 3 TOU Prior Season and Month 8 3 8 4 Updating Retrieving and Replacing the TOU Profile 8 3 8 5 Daylight Savings and Demand 8 4 9 Network Communications 9 1 9 1 Hardware Overview 9 1 9 2 Specifications 9 2 9 3 Network Connection 9 2 9 4 Total Web Solutions 9 4 9 4 1 Viewing Webpages 9 5 10 EN 50160 IEC 61000 4 30 Class A Reporting 10 1 10 1 Overview 10 1 10 2 Flicker Measurement 10 1 10...

Page 13: ...al Input Option Card 16DI1 11 11 11 7 1 Digital Input Option Card 16DI1 Wiring 11 13 11 8 Optional External I O Modules 11 14 11 8 1 Port Overview 11 15 11 8 2 Installing Optional External I O Modules 11 16 11 8 3 Power Source for External I O Modules 11 16 11 8 4 Using PSIO with Multiple I O Modules 11 17 11 8 4 1 Steps for Attaching Multiple I O Modules 11 18 11 8 5 Factory Settings and Reset Bu...

Page 14: ...D Pulse Outputs and Test Mode 12 2 12 2 Test Mode Operation 12 3 12 2 1 Entering Test Mode through Communicator EXTTM Software 12 4 12 2 1 1 Alternative Methods of Updating Meter with Energy Presets 12 9 12 2 2 Entering Test Mode through the Display 12 11 12 2 3 Entering Test Mode through a Communication Port 12 13 12 3 Power LOSS DURING TEST MODE 12 14 12 4 Test Mode Timeout 12 14 12 5 Test Mode ...

Page 15: ...50 Network C 6 C 1 2 1 Elements of an IEC 61850 Network C 7 C 1 3 Steps in Configuring an IEC 61850 Network C 9 C 1 4 Electro Industries IEC 61850 Implementation C 11 C 1 4 1 IEC 61850 Protocol Server C 12 C 1 4 2 GOOSE C 15 C 1 4 3 Nexus 1500 Meter IEC 61850 Server Configuration C 16 C 1 5 Reference Materials C 16 C 1 6 Free Tools for IEC 61850 Start up C 18 C 1 7 Commercial Tools for IEC 61850 I...

Page 16: ...P D 1 D 1 Overview D 1 D 2 Basics of SNMP D 1 D 3 Details of the Nexus 1500 Meter s SNMP Implementation D 3 D 3 1 MIBs D 3 D 3 2 PDUs D 6 D 3 3 Traps D 7 D 4 RFCs D 8 D 5 Modbus Map Location of SNMP Settings D 12 D 6 Setting up SNMP D 14 D 6 1 Configure SNMP for the Meter D 14 D 6 2 Set up SNMP Network D 16 D 6 3 Examples D 21 D 6 3 1 Retrieving a Meter Reading D 21 D 6 3 2 Retrieving Traps D 25 D...

Page 17: ...onnections for three phase power a wye connection or a delta connection Each connection has several different manifestations in actual use When attempting to determine the type of connection in use it is a good practice to follow the circuit back to the transformer that is serving the circuit It is often not possible to conclusively determine the correct circuit connection simply by counting the w...

Page 18: ... 1200 electrically Under balanced load conditions the currents are also separated by 1200 However unbalanced loads and other conditions can cause the currents to depart from the ideal 1200 separation Three phase voltages and currents are usually represented with a phasor diagram A phasor diagram for the typical connected voltages and currents is shown in Figure 1 2 Figure 1 2 Phasor Diagram Showin...

Page 19: ...tied to the ground or center point of the wye refer to Figure 1 1 In many industrial applications the facility will be fed with a four wire wye service but only three wires will be run to individual loads The load is then often referred to as a delta connected load but the service to the facility is still a wye service it contains four wires if you trace the circuit back to its source usually a tr...

Page 20: ...oad connections for a delta service Figure 1 3 Three phase Delta Winding Relationship In this example of a delta service three wires will transmit the power to the load In a true delta service the phase to ground voltage will usually not be balanced because the ground is not at the center of the delta Figure 1 4 shows the phasor relationships between voltage and current on a three phase delta circ...

Page 21: ...common delta connection is the four wire grounded delta used for lighting loads In this connection the center point of one winding is grounded On a 120 240 volt four wire grounded delta service the phase to ground voltage would be 120 volts on two phases and 208 volts on the third phase Figure 1 5 shows the phasor diagram for the voltages in a three phase four wire delta system Figure 1 5 Phasor D...

Page 22: ...ses and adding them together to obtain the total three phase value In older ana log meters this measurement was accomplished using up to three separate elements Each element combined the single phase voltage and current to produce a torque on the meter disk All three elements were arranged around the disk so that the disk was subjected to the combined torque of the three elements As a result the d...

Page 23: ...advantage of simultaneous sampling is the reduction of error introduced due to the difference in time when the samples were taken Figure 1 6 Three Phase Wye Load Illustrating Kirchhoff s Law and Blondel s Theorem Blondel s Theorem is a derivation that results from Kirchhoff s Law Kirchhoff s Law states that the sum of the currents into a node is zero Another way of stating the same thing is that t...

Page 24: ... integration of power over a defined time increment Energy is an important value because almost all electric bills are based in part on the amount of energy used Typically electrical energy is measured in units of kilowatt hours kWh A kilowatt hour represents a constant load of one thousand watts one kilowatt for one hour Stated another way if the power delivered instantaneous watts is measured as...

Page 25: ...ctro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions to an equivalent consumed energy reading by multiplying the power reading times 1 60 converting the time base from minutes to hours Figure 1 7 Power Use over Time 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Time minutes s t t a w o l i k ...

Page 26: ...ry to accumulate the energy readings as illustrated in Figure 1 7 and adjust the energy reading to an hourly value that constitutes the demand In the example the accumulated energy is 14 92 kWh But this measurement was made over a 15 minute interval To convert the reading to a demand value it must be normalized to a 60 minute interval If the pattern were repeated for an additional three 15 minute ...

Page 27: ...each interval typically falls between 50 and 70 kWh However during two intervals the energy rises sharply and peaks at 100 kWh in interval number 7 This peak of usage will result in setting a high demand reading For each interval shown the demand value would be four times the indicated energy reading So interval 1 would have an associated demand of 240 kWh hr Interval 7 will have a demand value of...

Page 28: ...he voltage and the value of corresponding current that is directly in phase with the voltage However in actual practice the total current is almost never in phase with the voltage Since the current is not in phase with the voltage it is necessary to consider both the in phase component and the component that is at quadrature angularly rotated 900 or perpendicular to the voltage Figure 1 9 shows a ...

Page 29: ...s The more common method of calculating power factor is the ratio of the real power to the apparent power This relationship is expressed in the following formula Total PF real power apparent power watts VA This formula calculates a power factor quantity known as Total Power Factor It is called Total PF because it is based on the ratios of the power delivered The delivered power quantities will inc...

Page 30: ...f high concentrations of non linear loads Devices such as computer power supplies variable speed drives and fluorescent light ballasts make current demands that do not match the sinusoidal waveform of AC elec tricity As a result the current waveform feeding these loads is periodic but not sinu soidal Figure 1 10 shows a normal sinusoidal current waveform This example has no distortion Figure 1 10 ...

Page 31: ...requencies that are multiples of the fundamental 60 Hz frequency This modeling is performed by mathematically disassembling the distorted waveform into a collection of higher frequency waveforms These higher frequency waveforms are referred to as harmonics Figure 1 12 shows the content of the harmonic frequencies that make up the distortion portion of the waveform in Figure 1 11 Figure 1 12 Wavefo...

Page 32: ...h as the 3rd 5th 7th and 9th However newer non linear loads are introducing significant quantities of higher order harmonics Since much voltage monitoring and almost all current monitoring is performed using instrument transformers the higher order harmonics are often not visible Instrument transformers are designed to pass 60 Hz quantities with high accuracy These devices when designed for accura...

Page 33: ...uld not be confused with waveform recording that is used to record multiple cycles of all voltage and current waveforms in response to a transient condition 1 5 Power Quality Power quality can mean several different things The terms power quality and power quality problem have been applied to all types of conditions A simple defini tion of power quality problem is any voltage current or frequency ...

Page 34: ...uality professional for assistance in defining the cause and possible solutions to the problem Cause Disturbance Type Source Impulse transient Transient voltage disturbance sub cycle duration Lightning Electrostatic discharge Load switching Capacitor switching Oscillatory transient with decay Transient voltage sub cycle duration Line cable switching Capacitor switching Load switching Sag swell RMS...

Page 35: ...ering Features Delivers highly accurate 0 06 watt hour accuracy at Unity PF in a field mounted device Constant CalibrationTM architecture in which the meter auto calibrates itself every ten seconds means the meter stays accurate over time and temperature changes Meets ANSI C12 20 0 2 Class Standard and IEC 62053 22 0 2S Class Standard accuracy specifications Adjusts for transformer and line losses...

Page 36: ...e 10 1 for detailed information Provides programmable EN 50160 report generation to meet different jurisdictional requirements RTU Features Advanced monitoring capabilities that provide detailed and precise pictures of any metered point within a distribution network Extensive I O capability is available in conjunction with all metering functions I O includes Optional Relay Output card with 6 relay...

Page 37: ...45 or Fiber Optic each Ethernet card offers up to 32 Modbus TCP IP connections and with V SwitchTM keys 2 and 3 either port offers an IEC 61850 Protocol server Ethernet ports that are separately programmable for server and protocol port control A USB Virtual Com Port compatible with USB1 1 USB2 0 that provides serial communication Optional RS485 Pulse Output card that provides two RS485 ports and ...

Page 38: ... 64 Analog Inputs can be mapped to DNP Static Points over 3000 in the customizable DNP Point Map Report by Exception Processing DNP Events Deadbands can be set on a per point basis Freeze Commands Available commands are Freeze Freeze No Ack Freeze with Time and Freeze with Time No Ack Freeze with Time Commands enable the Nexus meter to have internal time driven Frozen and Frozen Event data When th...

Page 39: ...memory and 1024 samples per cycle V Switch key 3 V 3 V 2 plus 4 Gigabytes memory and 50 MHz transient record ing NOTE V SwitchTM keys 2 and 3 also enable the IEC 61850 Protocol server for either the standard or optional Ethernet card See Appendix C Using the IEC 61850 Protocol Network Server on page C 1 for details 2 3 1 Upgrading the Meter s V Switch Key To upgrade your meter to a higher V Switch...

Page 40: ...cator EXTTM software See the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for detailed instruc tions you can open the manual online by clicking Help Contents from the Communicator EXTTM software s Main screen d Click Tools Change V SwitchTM from the Title Bar of the Main screen A screen opens requesting the encrypted key e Enter the upgrade key provided by EIG f Click Update Th...

Page 41: ... parameters Following is a list of the formulas used to perform calculations with samples for Wye and Delta services Samples for Wye Delta va vb vc vn ia ib ic in Root Mean Square RMS of Phase Voltages N number of samples For Wye x a b c Root Mean Square RMS of Line Currents N number of samples For Wye x a b c n For Delta x a b c Root Mean Square RMS of Line Voltages N number of samples For Wye x ...

Page 42: ...s For Delta x y a b or b c or c a Root Mean Square RMS of Residual Current Calculated Neutral Current N num ber of samples n sample number Root Mean Square RMS of Residual Voltage N number of samples n sample number Power Watts per phase N number of samples For Wye x an bn cn Apparent Power VA per phase For Wye x an bn cn VRMSxy Vx t Vy t 2 t 1 N N ܫ ோெௌೝ ೞ ൌ ඩ ൬ ଶ ܸோெௌೝ ೞ ൌ ඩ ൬ ݒ ݒ ݒ ଶ W v i N X ...

Page 43: ...ries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Reactive Power VAR per phase For Wye x a b c Active Power Watts Total N number of samples For Wye For Delta Reactive Power VAR Total N number of samples For Wye X X x RMS RMS VA V I 2 2 x x x VAR VA Watt W W W W T a b c W v i v i N T ab t a t bc t c t t N 1 VART VAT 2 WT 2 ...

Page 44: ...dustries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions For Delta Apparent Power VA Total For Wye For Delta Power Factor PF For Wye x a b c T For Delta x T Phase Angles VAR V I v i N T RMS RMS ab t a t t N ab a 2 1 2 V I v i N RMS RMS bc t c t t N bc c 2 1 2 VA VA VA VA T a b c VA W VAR T T T 2 2 x x x Watt PF VA 1 cos PF ...

Page 45: ...h The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Total Harmonic Distortion THD For Wye x Van Vbn Vcn For Delta x ia ib ic vab vbc vca K Factor x ia ib ic Watt hour Wh N number of samples VAR hour VARh N number of samples 127 2 2 1 xh h x RMS THD RMS KFactor h RMS RMS x h x h h h 2 1 127 2 1 127 Wh W t sec hr t N 3600 1 VARh VAR t sec hr t N 3600 1 ...

Page 46: ... Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Voltage Imbalance N number of samples n sample number Current Imbalance N number of samples n sample number TDD N number of samples n sample number h harmonic order For Wye x Van Vbn Vcn ia ib ic For Delta x vab vbc vca ܸ ൌ ܸோெௌೝ ೞ ܸோெௌೌ ܸோெௌ ܸோெௌ ܫ ൌ ܫ ோெௌೝ ೞ ܫ ோெௌೌ ܫ ோெௌ ܫ ோெௌ ܶ ܦܦ ൌ ටσ ሺܴ ܵܯ ௫ ሻଶ ଵଶ ୀଶ ܴ ܵܯ ...

Page 47: ...consecutive time intervals usually 15 minutes Example A typical setting of 15 minutes produces an average value every 15 minutes at 12 00 12 15 12 30 etc for power reading over the previous fifteen minute interval 11 45 12 00 12 00 12 15 12 15 12 30 etc Rolling Sliding Window Demand Rolling Window Demand functions like multiple overlapping Block Window Demands The programmable settings provided ar...

Page 48: ...ge providing a record of demand The pointer remains at peak level until a subsequent increase in demand moves it again or until it is manually reset The Nexus 1500 meter mimics traditional meters to provide Thermal Demand readings Each second as a new power level is computed a recurrence relation formula is applied This formula recomputes the thermal demand by averaging a small portion of the new ...

Page 49: ...ons 2 6 Meter Specifications Power Supply Range 115 AC Option UL Rated to 100 240 VAC 50 60 Hz D2 Universal UL Rated to 100 240 VAC 50 60 Hz or 100 240 VDC D UL Rated to 18 60 VDC Power Consumption 18 to 25 VA 15 to 25 W depending on the meter s hardware configuration Connection 3 Pin 0 300 Pluggable Terminal Block Torque 3 5 Lb In AWG 12 18 Solid or Stranded NOTE Branch circuit protection size sh...

Page 50: ... phase Va to Vb Vb to Vc Vc to Va 10 600 VAC Supported hookups 3 Element Wye 2 5 Element Wye 2 Element Delta 4 Wire Delta Input Impedance 5 MOhm phase Burden 0 072 VA phase Max at 600 V 0 003 VA phase Max at 120 V Pickup Voltage 5 VAC Connection 6 Pin 0 600 Pluggable Terminal Block Torque 5 Lb In AWG 12 24 Solid or Stranded Fault Withstand Meets IEEE C37 90 1 Reading Programmable Full Scale to any...

Page 51: ...4 2 Quick connect 0 25 Male Tab see Figure 4 3 Current Surge Withstand at 23o C 100 A 10 second 300 A 3 seconds 500 A 1 second Reading Programmable Full Scale to any CT Ratio Continuous Current Withstand 20 A for sustained loads greater than 10 amps use Pass through wiring method see Figure 4 2 Frequency Range 45 69 9 Hz Optional RS485 Port Specifications RS485 Transceiver meets or exceeds EIA TIA...

Page 52: ...cycle and programmable for 2 20 cycles RMS Revenue accurate readings 1 second Communication Standard 10 100BaseT Ethernet ANSI Optical Port USB 1 1 2 0 Port Full speed Optional through I O card slot Dual RS485 Serial Ports Second 10 100BaseT Ethernet or 100Base FX Fiber Optic Ethernet Protocols Modbus RTU Modbus ASCII Modbus TCP DNP 3 0 IEC 61850 V switchTM Key 2 and above SNMP Com Port Baud Rate ...

Page 53: ... kVARh 0 08 1 s Power kW Unity PF 0 1 100 ms 0 06 1 s kW 0 5 PF 0 1 100 ms 0 1 1 s kVA 0 1 100 ms 0 08 1 s kVAR 0 5 0 9 PF 0 1 100 ms 0 08 1 s Power Factor 0 1 100 ms 0 08 1 s Frequency 0 001 Hz 10 s 0 01 Hz 1 s 0 03 Hz 2 20 cycles readings 45 to 69 9 Hz Voltage Current Unbalance4 0 05 0 5 to 5 u2 0 5 to 5 u0 Harmonic Interharmonic 0 2 1 s Voltage Sag Swell Duration Depth2 cycle 0 1 Udin 4 97 hour...

Page 54: ...Smart Grid Solutions 3 Because data is computed from interharmonics bins error and range follow interharmonics 4 u2 negative sequence u0 zero sequence 1 s 1 second 100 ms 100 milliseconds For 100 millisecond updates set the High Speed readings update rate to 6 cycles 60 Hz or 5 cycles 50 Hz See Chap ter 11 in the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for instructions ...

Page 55: ... C37 90 1 Surge Withstand ANSI C62 41 Burst CE Marked IEC 61326 1 FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class A IEC 61000 4 2 ESD IEC 61000 4 3 Radiated Immunity IEC 61000 4 4 Fast Transient IEC 61000 4 5 Surge Immunity IEC 61000 4 6 Conducted Immunity IEC 61000 4 7 Harmonics IEC 61000 4 15 Flicker Meter IEC 61000 4 30 Class A IEC EN 61010 1 2010 3rd Ed IEC 61010 2 030 2010 1st Ed IEC 62052 11 General Requirement...

Page 56: ... 1500 Meter Overview Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions This page intentionally left blank ...

Page 57: ...he optional I O cards and external modules see Chapter 11 3 1 Mounting the Nexus 1500 Meter The Nexus 1500 meter is designed to mount in a panel Refer to Section 3 2 for meter and panel cut out dimensions and Section 3 3 for mounting instructions NOTE The meter can be installed either horizontally or vertically If you mount the meter vertically you can then rotate the display screens to support th...

Page 58: ...wer Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Meter Top View Meter Side View Figure 3 2 Meter Dimensions Top and Side 7 50 19 05cm 5 04 12 80cm 6 91 17 55cm 5 73 14 55cm 1 87 4 75cm 5 94 15 09cm 4 44 11 28cm ...

Page 59: ...onitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Figure 3 3 Optional Panel Cutout Dimensions Horizontal Octagonal Cutout 4 56 11 58cm 7 63 19 38cm 0 50 1 27cm Octagonal Cutout 4 56 11 58cm 7 63 19 38cm Rectangular Cutout ...

Page 60: ...er In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Note that these cut outs can also be made in a vertical orientation with the longer dimensions on the side for vertical mounting of the meter See the figures below Figure 3 4 Optional Panel Cutout Dimensions Vertical 4 56 11 58cm 7 63 19 38cm Rectangular Cutout 4 56 11 58cm 7 63 19 38cm 0 50 1 27cm Octagonal Cutout ...

Page 61: ... mounting brackets into the grooves on the top and bottom of the meter housing 2 fit on the top and 2 fit on the bottom if you are mounting horizontally or on either side if you are mounting vertically 2 on each side 3 Snap the mounting brackets into place 4 Secure the meter to the panel with lock washer and a 8 screw in each of the 4 mounting brackets see figures 3 5 and 3 6 5 Tighten the panel m...

Page 62: ...tro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Figure 3 4 Mounting the Meter Horizontally Mounting Bracket Panel Mounting Screw ...

Page 63: ...ctro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Figure 3 5 Mounting the Meter Vertically Mounting Bracket Panel Mounting Screw ...

Page 64: ... required to maintain ESD prevention measures You will need the following tools for the job Ultra grip static dissipative screwdriver Phillips round blade 1 tip 3 1 8 blade length Phillips power bit 1 4 hex shank tip 1 2 length Torque set screw driver torque settings on drill 10in lbs ESD rigid plastic tweezers 4 1 2 Battery insertion tool 3 1 4 width x 3 length non conductive plastic Non metallic...

Page 65: ...ure 3 6 NOTE Take note of the slot where each option card is installed When reassem bling the unit the option cards must be placed in the same slot from which they were removed 2 Remove the eight flat head screws connected to the front panel 3 With the eight flat head screws removed carefully separate the front panel from the body of the unit 4 Remove the digital board insulator see Figure 3 7 Fig...

Page 66: ...stries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 6 With one hand on the front panel and the other on the digital board carefully sep arate the front panel from the digital board See Figures 3 8 and 3 9 Figure 3 8 Holding the Front Panel and Digital Board Figure 3 9 Separating the Front Panel from the Digital Board ...

Page 67: ...tions 7 Turn the digital board so that the battery is facing you see Figure 3 10 Figure 3 10 Location of Battery 8 To remove the battery Manufacturer Part Panasonic Battery BR 3032 3V Lith ium Coin Size Battery first slide the battery insertion tool under the battery between the negative pole of the battery and the battery holder See Figure 3 11 Figure 3 11 Positioning the Battery Insertion Tool B...

Page 68: ...d Smart Grid Solutions 9 Using a gloved hand finger gently slide the battery out of the holder and along the battery insertion tool See Figure 3 12 Figure 3 12 Sliding the Battery Out 10 Dispose of the battery properly 11 Slide the battery insertion tool between the positive tab and the negative tab NEG of the battery holder See Figure 3 13 Figure 3 13 Placement of Battery Insertion Tool ...

Page 69: ...utions 12 Use a non conductive tweezer to gently lift the Positive tab up See Figure 3 14 Figure 3 14 Lifting the Positive Tab NOTE Always keep the plus side of the battery up 13 Using a gloved hand and observing the correct battery polarity plus side up gently slide the battery under the Positive tab Push the battery all the way into the battery holder See Figure 3 15 Figure 3 15 Inserting the Ba...

Page 70: ...to the holder See Figure 3 16 Figure 3 16 Removing the Battery Insertion tool and Battery Installed Correctly 15 Check that the digital board headers have no bent pins and then align the headers and connectors of the digital board and the front panel board Carefully push the main digital board on to the front panel display making sure the connec tors are aligned Once fully seated secure the main d...

Page 71: ...oard Insulator 17 Align the base of the meter with the front panel assembly Be sure that the connectors from the power supply and the analog board are aligned and inserted correctly into the main digital board Carefully push the two assemblies together until fully seated Secure the base unit to the front panel assembly with the eight flat head screws that were removed in step 2 18 Reinstall each o...

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Page 73: ...oid contact with any current carrying surfaces Do not use the meter for primary protection or in an energy limiting capac ity The meter can only be used as secondary protection Do not use the meter for applications where failure of the meter may cause harm or death Do not use the meter for any application where there may be a risk of fire All meter terminals should be inaccessible after installati...

Page 74: ... et primaires peuvent parfois produire des tensions de létal et des courants Évitez le contact avec les surfaces sous tensions Avant de faire un travail dans le compteur assurez vous d éteindre l alimen tation et de mettre tous les circuits branchés hors tension Ne pas utiliser les compteurs ou sorties d appareil pour une protection pri maire ou capacité de limite d énergie Le compteur peut seulem...

Page 75: ...ent être câblés directement à travers l ouverture pour les transformateurs de courant la méthode de câblage de passage voir Section 4 3 à l aide de fils de calibre américain des fils de 10 IF THE EQUIPMENT IS USED IN A MANNER NOT SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER THE PROTECTION PROVIDED BY THE EQUIPMENT MAY BE IMPAIRED THERE IS NO REQUIRED PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OR INSPECTION NECESSARY FOR SAFETY HOWE...

Page 76: ...R LA SÉCURITÉ CEPENDANT TOUTE RÉPARATION OU MAINTE NANCE DEVRAIT ÊTRE RÉALISÉE PAR LE FABRICANT DÉBRANCHEMENT DE L APPAREIL la partie suivante est considérée l appareil de débranchement de l équipement UN INTERRUPTEUR OU UN DISJONCTEUR DEVRAIT ÊTRE INCLUS DANS L UTILISATION FINALE DE L ÉQUIPEMENT OU L INSTALLATION L INTERRUPTEUR DOIT ÊTRE DANS UNE PROXIMITÉ PROCHE DE L ÉQUIPEMENT ET A LA PORTÉE DE...

Page 77: ... Diagram 4 1 shows the most typical connection where CT Leads are terminated to the meter at the current gills This connection uses nickel plated brass rods with screws at each end This connection allows the CT wires to be terminated using either an O or a U lug Tighten the screws with a 2 Phillips screwdriver Figure 4 1 CT Leads terminated to Meter 8 Screw for Lug Connection Other current connect...

Page 78: ...mination Pass Through The second method allows the CT wires to pass through the CT inputs without terminating at the meter In this case remove the current gills and place the CT wire directly through the CT opening The opening accommodates up to 0 177 4 5mm maximum diameter CT wire Figure 4 2 Pass Through Wire Electrical Connection NOTE For sustained loads greater than 10 A use 10 AWG wire CT wire...

Page 79: ...Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 4 4 Quick Connect Crimp on Terminations You can use 0 25 Quick Connect Crimp on connectors for quick termination or for portable applications Figure 4 3 Quick Connect Electrical Connection NOTE For sustained loads greater that 10 amps use pass through wiring method Section 4 3 using 10 AWG wire Quick Connect Crimp on termination ...

Page 80: ...ions give details on them Note that I O is also displayed for clarity Figure 4 4 Voltage and Power Supply Connections Current Connections RS485 Pulse Outputs IRIG B 10 100BaseT Ethernet High Speed Inputs Fiber Optic Connection and Relay Outputs 10 100BaseT Fiber Optic Connection Relay Outputs 4 Pulse Outputs 8 High Speed Inputs Voltage Connec IRIG B tion Ethernet RS485 Connections Power Supply Con...

Page 81: ...re type Solid or stranded Wire gauge 12 24 AWG for either solid or stranded wire Strip length 7 8mm Torque 5 Lb In 4 5 1 2 Fusing the Voltage Connections For accuracy of the readings and for protection EIG requires using 0 1 Amp rated fuses on all voltage inputs The Nexus 1500 meter allows measurement up to a nominal 347VAC phase to neutral and up to 600VAC phase to phase Potential Transformers PT...

Page 82: ...overheat the CT If the CT is not connected provide a shorting block on the secondary of the CT AVERTISSEMENT NE PAS laisser le transformateur de courant secondaire ouvert lorsque le courant primaire est fluent Cela peut provoquer une haute tension qui surchauffera le transformateur de courant Si ce dernier n est pas branché fournir un court circuit sur le transformateur de courant secondaire It is...

Page 83: ...between the current and voltage they should be in phase with each other For a Delta System Go to the Phasors screen of the Communicator EXTTM software program see the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for instruc tions The current should be 30 degrees off the phase to phase voltage 4 5 5 Instrument Power Supply Connections Wire gauge 12 18 AWG for either solid or str...

Page 84: ...ions 4 5 5 1 115AC Power Supply For the 115AC Option power supply 1 Connect the line supply wire to the L terminal 2 Connect the neutral supply wire to the N terminal 3 Connect earth ground to the PE GND terminal Use a 4 Amp Slo Blo fuse on the power supply for example UL approved Littelfuse part number FLQ4 1 Connect Line Supply Wire to L 2 Connect Neutral Supply Wire to N 3 Connect earth ground ...

Page 85: ... 4 5 5 2 D2 High Voltage Power Supply 1 For the D2 Option power supply 1 Connect the line supply wire to the L terminal 2 Connect the neutral supply wire to the N terminal 3 Connect earth ground to the PE GND terminal Use a 4 Amp Slo Blo fuse on the power supply for example UL approved Littelfuse part number FLQ4 1 Connect Line Supply Wire to L 2 Connect Neutral Supply Wire to N 3 Connect earth gr...

Page 86: ...has the Positive and Negative terminals REVERSED from the 115AC and D2 models BE CAREFUL to follow the diagram and instructions below For the D Option power supply 1 Connect the negative voltage to the V terminal 2 Connect the positive voltage to the V terminal 3 Connect earth ground to the PE GND terminal Use a 4 Amp Slo Blo fuse on the power supply for example UL approved Littelfuse part number ...

Page 87: ... system circuit diagrams are shown on the following pages Choose the diagram that best suits your application If the connection diagram you need is not shown contact EIG for a custom connection diagram With optional CT for current measurement only Service PTs CTs Measurement Method Figure No 4W Wye Delta 0 Direct Connect 3 4 3 Element 4 5 4W Wye Delta 3 3 4 3 Element 4 6 4W Wye 2 3 2 5 Element 4 7...

Page 88: ...e Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Figure 4 5 4 Wire Wye or Delta 3 Element Direct Connect with 4 CTs See Section 4 5 2 Optional CT for current measurement only Typically used with Wye system see 2 Element Delta wiring diagrams N C B A N C B A Va Vb Vc Vn Vaux CTs N U Vn Vc Vb Va Earth Ground CT Shorting Block C B A C B A OR Fuses 3 x 0 1A ...

Page 89: ...er In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Figure 4 6 4 Wire Wye or Delta 3 Element with 3 PTs and 4 CTs See Section 4 5 2 Optional CT for current measurement only Typically used with Wye system see 2 Element Delta wiring diagrams N C B A N C B A Va Vb Vc Vn Vaux Vn Vc Vb Va PTs CTs N U Earth Ground Earth Ground CT Shorting Block Fuses 3 x 0 1A C B A C B A OR ...

Page 90: ...g and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Figure 4 7 4 Wire Wye 2 5 Element with 2 PTs and 3 CTs See Section 4 5 2 Va Vb Vc Vn Vaux N U CTs Vc Vn Va PTs N C B A N C B A Earth Ground CT Shorting Block Earth Ground C B A Fuses 2 x 0 1A ...

Page 91: ...itoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Figure 4 8 4 Wire Wye 2 5 Element Direct Connect with 3 CTs See Section 4 5 2 Va Vb Vc Vn Vaux N U CTs C N B A C N B A Vc Vn Va Earth Ground CT Shorting Block C B A Fuses 2 x 0 1A ...

Page 92: ...ions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Figure 4 9 3 Wire 2 Element Open Delta with 2 PTs and 2 CTs See Section 4 5 2 Typically used for Delta systems C B A C B A OR Va Vb Vc Vn Vaux N U CTs Vc Vb Va PTs C B A C B A Earth Ground CT Shorting Block Earth Ground Fuses 3 x 0 1A ...

Page 93: ... Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Figure 4 10 3 Wire 2 Element Open Delta Direct Voltage with 2 CTs See Section 4 5 2 Typically used for Delta systems Va Vb Vc Vn Vaux N U CTs C B A C B A Vc Vb Va Earth Ground CT Shorting Block C B A C B A OR Fuses 3 x 0 1A ...

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Page 95: ...100BaseT Ethernet connection standard ANSI Optical port standard USB 2 0 connection standard Two RS485 communication ports optional Second Ethernet connection either RJ45 or Fiber Optic optional 5 2 RJ45 and Fiber Ethernet Connections The standard RJ45 connection allows a Nexus 1500 meter to communicate with multiple PCs simultaneously The RJ45 jack is located on the back of the meter The Nexus 15...

Page 96: ...cations Coupler such as either an A7Z Communication Interface connected to the RS232 port of the PC A9U Communication Interface connected to the USB port of the PC NOTE You can order either of these devices from EIG s webstore www electroind com store Select the Communications Products category from the left side of the webpage You can then program the meter through the Optical port using Communic...

Page 97: ...500 meter s optical port offers the standard inverted mode for communication but can also be programmed in non inverted mode using the Communicator EXTTM software Refer to Chapter 11 in the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManagerEXT Software User Manual for instructions 5 4 USB Connection The USB connection allows the Nexus 1500 meter to communicate with a computer that has a USB 1 1 or USB 2 0 Ho...

Page 98: ...re viable for a dis tance of up to 4000 feet 1219 meters RS485 ports 1 and 2 on the Nexus 1500 meter are optional two wire RS485 connections with a baud rate of up to 115200 If you are planning to use an RS232 connection on your PC you need an RS485 to RS232 converter such as EIG s Unicom 2500 See Section 5 5 1 for information on using the Unicom 2500 with the Nexus 1500 meter NOTE You can buy the...

Page 99: ...ot using an RS485 repeater the maximum length for cable connecting all devices is 4000 feet 1219 meters Connect shield to RS485 Master and individual devices as shown in Figure 5 4 You may also connect the shield to earth ground at one point NOTE Termination Resistors RT may be needed on both ends for longer length transmission lines However since the meter has some level of termination internally...

Page 100: ... 2500 and Cables and Accessories for the RS485 4 wire to 2 wire cable Figure 5 6 illustrates the Unicom 2500 connections for RS485 NOTE We recommend you use EIG s 4 wire to 2 wire communication cable so you do not have to use jumper wires The part number is E145350 and it can be ordered from the EIG web store www electroind com product e145350 rs485 4 wire to 2 wire cable Twisted pair shielded SH ...

Page 101: ...ng the RS485 4 wire to 2 wire communication cable available from EIG s online store you need to add jumper wires to convert the Unicom 2500 to the 2 wire configu ration As shown in Figure 5 7 you connect the RX and TX terminals with a jumper wire to make the terminal and connect the RX and TX terminals with a jumper wire to make the terminal See the figure on the right for the Unicom 2500 s settin...

Page 102: ...Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and Meter Manager EXT Software User Manual for instructions Remember Modbus RTU will not function properly with Modem communication You must change the protocol to Modbus ASCII You must use an RS485 to RS232 converter and a Null modem EIG recommends using its Modem Manager a sophisticated RS232 RS485 converter that enables devices with different baud rates to communicate It ...

Page 103: ...ll previously programmed settings Set modem to display Result Codes The computer will use the result codes Set modem to Verbal Result Codes The computer will use the verbal result codes Set modem to use DTR Signal This is necessary for the computer to insure connec tion with the originate modem Set modem to enable Flow Control This is necessary to communicate with remote modem connected to the Nex...

Page 104: ...m relays breakers or other devices for status or wave form initiation Attaching the KYZ pulse outputs from other meters for pulse counting and totalizing Even though these inputs are capable of being used as high speed digital fault record ing inputs they serve a dual purpose as KYZ counters and totalizers The function in use is programmable in the meter and is configured via Communicator EXTTM Re...

Page 105: ...An IRIG B signal generating device connected to the GPS satellite system synchronizes Nexus 1500 meters located at different geographic locations Nexus meters use an un modulated signal from a satellite controlled clock such as Arbiter 1093B For details on installation refer to the User s manual for the satellite controlled clock in use Below are installation steps and tips to help you Connection ...

Page 106: ...tion check that the date on the meter clock is correct or within 2 Months of the actual date This provides the right year for the clock GPS does not supply the year 3 Connect the terminal of the Nexus meter to the terminal of the signal generating device connect the terminal of the Nexus meter to the terminal of the signal generating device Troubleshooting Tip The most common source of problems is...

Page 107: ... time synchronization provided by optional IEEE 1588 PTP architecture lets you synchronize time for a network without needing GPS receiver for each node The IEEE 1588 standard uses a Best Master Clock algorithm which identifies the clock with the most accurate time and then synchronizes all the other devices on the network with it to maintain accurate time throughout the network of devices this ti...

Page 108: ...rs Contact EIG s customer service and support department at phone number 516 334 0870 or fax number 516 338 4741 for battery replacement instructions SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol With SNTP you access a Network Time Protocol NTP Server for time synchroniza tion The NTP server can be either a device with a real time clock that is networked with your meter or an NTP server on the Internet You ca...

Page 109: ...ings Board Settings CT PT Ratio Set tings Device Status CF S M A R T Tool IEC 61850 Task Info CPU Stats SNTP SNMP System Message Touch Screen Cal ibration and Test Mode the Test Mode button is hidden until it is activated See Chapter 12 for instructions In addition there is a Back option which brings you to the first Dynamic screen To view a screen touch the screen name on the display NOTES You wi...

Page 110: ...n on page 6 5 Device Information This screen displays the following information about the Nexus 1500 meter Device type Device name Serial number COMM boot version COMM runtime version DSP runtime version FPGA version Touch screen version CF Compact Flash model CF Compact Flash serial number CF Compact Flash FAT type CF Compact Flash size V switch key level enabled currently Sealing switch status S...

Page 111: ...SB port settings Optical port settings Ethernet Port 1 settings Ethernet Port 2 settings See the example screen on the right The Back button returns you to the initial Fixed System screen Board Settings This screen displays the following information Analogue board settings Ethernet 1 board settings Digital board settings Front panel settings Option card Slot 1 settings Option card Slot 2 settings ...

Page 112: ...C VAUX PT Ratio Secondary Voltage V A B C VAUX The screen will indicate if the meter is configured as Wye or Delta the text next to PT Ratio will be either Line to Neutral Wye for 3 element and 2 5 element Wye or Line to Line Delta for Delta with 2 or 3 CTs or 4 wire Delta See the exam ple screen on the right The Back button returns you to the initial Fixed System screen Device Status This screen ...

Page 113: ...o calibrate the touch screen display When you select this option a series of four messages directs you in performing screen calibration Each message tells you to touch a corner of the screen where a small crosshair is located Touching the crosshair calibrates the display Use a pointed tool to touch the calibration crosshairs See the example screen on the right showing the first of the four message...

Page 114: ... valid data The screen displays the following information Compact flash model number Compact flash serial number Compact flash size in bytes Type of compact flash Regular S M A R T Status of S M A R T feature Supported Not Supported Enabled Disabled Status of S M A R T data Valid Invalid S M A R T Revision code S M A R T Firmware version and date code S M A R T number of Initial Invalid blocks num...

Page 115: ...ns infor mation about the IEC 61850 Protocol Ethernet Network server including any system or error messages It displays Server state server port interface Server Initialization time in seconds Memory statistics SCL parsing messages Stack indications Stack messages Task Info The Task Info screen contains infor mation about free stack size based on the tasks in the processing stack This information ...

Page 116: ...ons CPU Stats The CPU Stats screen contains infor mation about the processor s state and how close it is to executing the Idle task SNTP The SNTP screen contains information about the meter s SNTP Simple Net work Time Protocol settings Clock Sync Source State enabled or disabled Mode UDP port number Interface Sync process timeout in seconds Sync rate in minutes SNTP server s IP address Server erro...

Page 117: ...4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for details on setting SNTP through the meter s Device Profile SNMP The SNMP screen shows the state and settings for the meter s Simple Network Man agement Protocol SNMP implementation It displays Agent Community Name Traps Community Name Node Name Node Location Node Contact Agent State Traps State Traps 01 08 IP addresses Trap events See Appendix D fo...

Page 118: ...etween Dynamic screens You can adjust the screen rotation which lets you mount the meter vertically as well as horizontally and you can select the display language see Display Settings on page 6 24 You can also modify the Dynamic screens see Appendix D Using the Display Editor on page D 1 for instructions Home Screen This is the first Dynamic screen shown after the system boots up Touch the button...

Page 119: ...the following Volts AN BN CN AB BC CA Amps A B C Watts VARs VA FREQ NOTE If a value is not available due to the hookup settings e g the meter has Delta wiring the field is displayed with N A See the example on the right Voltage Brings you to voltage reading details consisting of the following Real time volts AN BN CN AB BC CA Maximum volts AN BN CN AB BC CA Minimum volts AN BN CN AB BC CA Touch PH...

Page 120: ...ge Readings PH N Volts AN BN CN Touch the Back button to return to the Volts screen Touch the Next Previous arrows to go to Voltage Reading PH PH and Current Reading A B C Touch the Home button to go to the Dynamic Home screen NOTE For the Real Time and PH N Voltage screens if a value is not available due to the hookup settings e g if the meter has Delta wiring the field is displayed with N A See ...

Page 121: ...tage Readings PH PH Volts AB BC CA Touch Back to return to the Volts screen Touch Next Previous arrows to go to Voltage Reading PH E and PH N Readings Touch the Home button to go to the Dynamic Home screen Volts Voltage Readings PH E Volts AE BE CE NE Touch Back to return to the Volts screen Touch Next Previous arrows to go to Current Reading A B C and Voltage ReadingPH PH Touch the Home button to...

Page 122: ...sting of the following Real time current A B C Maximum current A B C Minimum current A B C Current calculated Nc measured Nm Maximum Current calculated Nc measured Nm Minimum Current Calculated Nc Measured Nm Touch A B C to view Currents Detail Amps Current Readings A B C Real Time Current A B C Touch Back to return to the Amps screen Touch Next Previous arrows to go to Voltage Reading PH N and Vo...

Page 123: ...rt Grid Solutions Power Power Readings Details Instant Watt VAR VA PF Thermal Watt VAR VA PF Predicted Watt VAR VA Touch Demand to go to the Demand screen shown below Demand Demand Readings Details Thermal Window Average Maximum Watt VAR CoIn VAR Block Fixed Window Average Maximum Watt VAR CoIn VAR Predictive Rolling Sliding Window Maximum Watt VAR CoIn VAR Touch R T to view the Real Time Power sc...

Page 124: ...uadrant 3 Primary VARhr Quadrant 3 Primary Watthr Quadrant 1 Quadrant 4 Primary VAhr for all quadrants Primary Touch TOU to view the TOU Register Accumulations screen TOU Brings you to TOU information con sisting of the following Billing Period Rates TOU Channels Accumulators click the button at the bottom of the screen to view Peak Demand click the button at the bottom of the screen to view Coinc...

Page 125: ... is enabled for the meter a keyboard screen displays allowing you to enter the password If a valid password is entered the TOU data readings are displayed otherwise a message displays indicating that the password is invalid Phasors Brings you to Phasor Analysis Infor mation Phase Phasor arrow buttons change the rotation of the diagram Note that you can click on the arrows to change the display dir...

Page 126: ...channel s waveform Touch Volts BN to view the Harmonics screen for Phase B N voltage Touch Volts CN from the Volts B screen to view the Harmonics screen for Phase C N voltage Use the Scroll Zoom radio buttons to select the mode of the directional arrows If Scroll is selected the directional arrows move the axes horizontally vertically If Zoom is selected the directional arrows cause the display to...

Page 127: ...ormation consisting of the following Current Limits settings for the meters ID 1 32 For each ID number the type of reading value status and setting is shown The green rectangle indicates a Within Limits condition and the red rectangle indicates an Out of Limits condition The first screen displays the settings for Meters ID 1 to 4 Touch Next Previous arrows to view all of the Limits Flicker Brings ...

Page 128: ...nstantaneous or PLT Long Term to view other flicker screens Flicker Long Term Displays the following information Volts A B C Max volts A B C Min volts A B C Touch PINST Instantaneous or PST Short Term to view other flicker screens NOTE If password protection is enabled for the meter a keyboard screen displays when you press any action button e g Reset Use the keyboard to enter the password If a va...

Page 129: ...splay all of the bars in the screen Touch Volts PH PH to view the Voltage Phase to Phase Bargraph screen Touch Current to view the Amps Bargraph screen The Current button is displayed on the Voltage Phase to Phase Bargraph screen Reset Brings you to the Meter Reset Command screen From this screen you can reset the following values Max Min and Demand Hour I2T and V2T counters All logs TOU for curre...

Page 130: ...d to enter the password If a valid pass word is entered the reset takes place otherwise a message displays indicat ing that the password is invalid Trends Brings you to the Trends Setting screen From this screen you can set the following for viewing 1 Interval Log 1 or Log 2 touch the radio button of the log you want 2 Channel select a channel by touch ing its button You will see the Trends Graphi...

Page 131: ...a time To see a table of logs for the Selected Channel touch Table to view the Trends Table screen Touch Setting to select another log and or channel Real Time Trending Table A Table of logs for the selected channel volts AN is shown here Touch Graphic to return to the Trending Graphic screen Touch Setting to select another log and or channel NOTE If password protection is enabled for the meter a ...

Page 132: ...e of memory used Touch the Next Previous arrows to view additional logs Firmware Version This screen displays the current firm ware version for the Nexus 1500 meter as well as the meter designation and serial number The following infor mation is displayed Device name Serial number Comm Boot Comm Runtime DSP FPGA Touch Screen Display Settings Brings you to a screen where you can configure settings ...

Page 133: ... and user s customized 1 CT1 which is Polish Note that user s customized 2 CT2 is currently not used NOTE You must press Apply for your Rotation and Language settings to be imple mented Once you press Apply the screen darkens momentarily and then the Home screen is redisplayed with the selected rotation language Touch Next Prev to go to the Serial Setting Network Setting screens NEXUS Serial Commu...

Page 134: ...uts the eight built in digital inputs or the digital inputs from an installed Option board The meter supports up to 2 optional digital input boards each with 16 status inputs in addition to the built in inputs Inputs 01 16 Name the name configured for the input State the input s state e g Open or Closed The State names are configured in the meter s Device Profile settings see Chapter 11 in the Com...

Page 135: ...n where change of ownership occurs Most often this appears when meters are connected on the low voltage side of power trans formers when the actual ownership change occurs on the high side of the transformer This condition is illustrated in Figure 7 1 Figure 7 1 Low Voltage Metering Installation Requiring Loss Compensation It is generally less expensive to install metering equipment on the low vol...

Page 136: ...sformer Line Loss Compensation feature of the Nexus 1500 meter The computational corrections used for transformer and transmission line loss com pensation are similar In both cases no load losses and full load losses are evaluated and a correction factor for each loss level is calculated However the calculation of the correction factors that must be programmed into the meter differ for the two dif...

Page 137: ...et to Add to and received power equals 2000 kW and losses are equal to 20 kW then the total metered value with loss compensation would be 2020 kW for these same settings if the meter measured 2000 kW of delivered power the total metered value with loss compensation would be 1980 kW Since transformer loss compensation is the more common loss compensation method the meter has been designed for this ...

Page 138: ...s The factors used in these calculations are derived either By clicking the TLC Calculator button on the Transformer Loss screen of the Device Profile to open the EIG Loss Compensation Calculator in Microsoft Excel By figuring the values from the worksheet shown in 7 2 1 1 Three Element Loss Compensation Worksheet on page 7 and in Appendix B of the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Softw...

Page 139: ... Loss Compensation in Three Element Installations Loss compensation is based on the loss and impedance values provided on the trans former manufacturer s test report A typical test report will include at least the follow ing information Manufacturer Unit serial number Transformer MVA rating Self Cooled Test voltage No load loss watts Load loss watts or full load loss watts Exciting current 100 vol...

Page 140: ...r installation In order to calculate the loss compensation settings you will need the following information regarding the meter and the installation Number of meter elements Potential transformer ratio PTR Current transformer ratio CTR Meter nominal voltage Meter nominal current This section is limited to application of Nexus 1500 meters to three element metering installations As a result we know ...

Page 141: ...e values to use for the meter s Trans former and Line Loss compensation Note that the instructions for one of the work sheet tables directly follows the table 1 Enter the general information 2 Enter Transformer data from Transformer Manufacturer s Test Sheet 3 Enter 3 Phase or 1 Phase values If 3 Phase values are entered calculate 1 Phase values by dividing the 3 Phase values by three Company Stat...

Page 142: ... Impedance values 6 Enter the Phase to Phase values for Test Voltage Volts and Full Load Currents Amps Note that Test Voltage is generally Phase to Phase for 3 Phase transform ers a Calculate Phase to Neutral Test Voltage by dividing Phase to Phase Test Voltage by the square root of 3 b Calculate Full Load Current Amps by dividing the 1 Phase kW self cooled rating by the Phase to Neutral Voltage a...

Page 143: ...ltage enter the Phase to Neutral of Test Voltage Volts previously calculated step 6 b For Transformer Current enter the Full Load Current Amps previously calcu lated step 6 c For Multiplier enter the PT and CT Multipliers previously calculated step 7 d Trf IT Sec is the nominal value of voltage and current at the instrument trans former secondary These numbers are obtained by dividing the Transfor...

Page 144: ...________ 2 ________________ 2 SQRT __________________ _________________ SQRT _________________ ____________________ Full Load Loss Watts kW 1 Phase Kw Load Loss ______________ Full Load Loss VA kVA Impedance 1 Phase kVA Self Cooled Rating 100 ______________ ________________ 100 _______________ kVA Full Load Loss VAR kVAR SQRT Full Load Loss kVA 2 Full Load Loss kW 2 SQRT _________________ 2 ______...

Page 145: ...Nominal by multiplying the M T Factor w Exp by the Value at Trf Nominal 12 Loss Watts Percentage Values fill out the following section of the worksheet Meter Nominal kVA 600 PT Multiplier CT Multiplier 1000 600 ____________ ___________ 1000 ________________ 13 Calculate Load Loss Values a Enter Value at Meter Nominal from Normalize Losses step 11 b Enter Meter Nominal kVA from previous calculation...

Page 146: ...olutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions d Enter calculated Loss at Meter Nominal Watt values into the Shark 270 meter using Communicator EXTTM software Refer to Appendix B of the Commu nicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for additional instructions ...

Page 147: ...d the time at which it was consumed TOU metering by utilities lets them charge a higher rate for electricity used when it is more expensive to produce and distribute i e a Peak Demand period In this way the utility tries to reward usage during lower demand periods and curtail usage during higher demand periods by charging more or less for equivalent energy use The Nexus 1500 meter s TOU function a...

Page 148: ...e Off Peak Lowest Energy Usage Cost On Peak Highest Energy Usage Cost Shoulder Peak Middle Energy Usage Cost TOU example Season One Month 1 Weekdays Weekends Holidays Monday the day s usage is binned as shown below Energy Used 12am 7 59 am 8am 5 59pm 6pm 7 59pm 8pm 11 59pm Usage Bins Rates Off Peak On Peak Shoulder Peak Off Peak 12 am 7 59am On Peak 8 am 5 59pm Shoulder Peak 6 pm 7 59 pm Off Peak ...

Page 149: ...ed The meter has 38 available accumulators for TOU 16 accumulators can be tracked in a TOU profile 8 3 TOU Prior Season and Month The Nexus 1500 meter stores accumulations for the prior season and the prior month When the end of a billing period is reached the current season or month is stored as the prior data The registers are then cleared and accumulations resume using the next set of TOU sched...

Page 150: ...o select User Defined and enter the desired dates for Daylight Savings Time See Chapter 11 of the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for instructions To set Demand intervals from the Device Profile menu click Revenue and Energy Settings Demand Integration Intervals and set the desired intervals See Chapter 11 of the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software...

Page 151: ... Figure 9 1 Nexus 1500 Meter Connected to Network The Nexus 1500 meter s Network is an extremely versatile communications tool It Adheres to the IEEE 802 3 Ethernet standard using Modbus TCP IP Utilizes simple and inexpensive 10 100BaseT wiring and connections Plugs into your network using built in RJ45 jack Is programmable to any IP address subnet mask and gateway requirements Communicates using ...

Page 152: ... Mode 10 100BaseT Connection type RJ45 modular Auto detecting transmit and receive Diagnostic feature Status LEDs for LINK and ACTIVE Number of simultaneous Modbus TCP IP connections to the meter 32 64 total connections over both the main Network card and optional Network card 2 Number of simultaneous DNP LAN WAN connections to the meter 2 TCP and 1 UDP per Network card NOTE For details on the Net...

Page 153: ...teway 0 0 0 0 NOTES You can use different settings for the main Network card check with your Network Administrator for the correct settings We recommend that the main Network card and Network card 2 be in different subnets though this is not a necessity 3 Once the above parameters have been set Communicator EXTTM software connects via the network using a Device Address of 1 and the assigned IP Add...

Page 154: ...1500 meter s Network card supports EIG s Total Web Solutions which is a Web server that lets you view meter information over any standard Web browser The Nexus 1500 meter default webpages can be viewed by Internet Explorer Fire fox Chrome and Safari web browsers They can be viewed on PCs tablet computers and smart phones The default webpages provide real time readings of the meter s voltage curren...

Page 155: ...ies GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 9 4 1 Viewing Webpages 1 Open a Web browser on your PC tablet computer or smart phone 2 Type the Ethernet Card s IP address in the address bar preceded by http For example http 10 0 0 1 3 You will see the Volts Amps webpage shown below It shows voltage and current readings ...

Page 156: ...ower Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 4 To view power and Energy readings click Power Energy on the left side of the webpage You will see the webpage shown below Scroll to see all of the informa tion ...

Page 157: ...ch The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 5 To view power quality information click Power Quality on the left side of the webpage You will see the webpage shown below ...

Page 158: ...h The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 6 To view pulse accumulation data click Pulse Accumulation on the left side of the webpage You will see the webpage shown below ...

Page 159: ...ies GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 7 To view Inputs data click Inputs on the left side of the webpage You will see the webpage shown below ...

Page 160: ...h The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 8 To view general meter information click Meter Information on the left side of the webpage You will see the webpage shown below ...

Page 161: ... In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 9 To view alarm email information click Emails on the left side of the webpage You will see the webpage shown below Scroll to see all of the information ...

Page 162: ...ch The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 10 To view detailed information for the meter click Diagnostic on the left side of the webpage You will see the webpage shown below This page lists the available diag nostic information click on any of the listed items to view its webpage The Diag nostic webpages are shown on the following pages ...

Page 163: ... The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions System Webpage This webpage displays System status information Number of Device Starts Last Device Profile Change Status Codes etc ...

Page 164: ... Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Firmware Webpage This webpage displays the Firmware version information ...

Page 165: ...dustries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Memory Webpage This webpage displays Memory information amount of free space Flash status etc ...

Page 166: ...ons Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions CPU Webpage This webpage displays status information for the meter s processors If you are performing Diagnostic tests and want to clear error codes in between use the Reset COMM Processor Statistics button at the bottom of the webpage ...

Page 167: ...s GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Ethernet I O Webpage This webpage displays status information for the Ethernet I O card packets in and out and error information If you are performing Diagnostic tests and want to clear error codes in between use the Reset Network Statistics button at the bottom of the webpage ...

Page 168: ...ustries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Ethernet Hardware Webpage This webpage displays information about the meter s Ethernet Hardware ...

Page 169: ...stries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Modbus Communication Webpage This webpage displays communication information for the meter s Modbus ports If you are performing Diagnostic tests and want to clear error codes in between use the Reset Modbus Communication Statistics button at the bottom of the webpage ...

Page 170: ...dustries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Modbus TCP Server Webpage This webpage displays information for the meter s Modbus TCP server ...

Page 171: ...ctro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Web Server Webpage This webpage displays information for the meter s Web server ...

Page 172: ...nitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions FTP Server Webpage This webpage displays information for the meter s FTP server total allowed and total used connections maximum amount and available amount of file allocation ...

Page 173: ...dustries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions DNP LAN WAN Webpage This webpage displays status information for the DNP UDP and DNP TCP tasks ...

Page 174: ...lectro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Task Info Webpage This webpage displays information about the meter s tasks ...

Page 175: ...Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions IEC 61850 Webpage This webpage displays information about the IEC 61850 Server if enabled ...

Page 176: ...Smart Grid Solutions The Tools link on the left side of the webpage opens the webpage shown below To upgrade the meter s firmware click Firmware Upgrade See Appendix C for details on the IEC 61850 SCL Upgrade option NOTE You can also upgrade the meter s firmware using Communicator EXTTM soft ware Refer to the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for instructions ...

Page 177: ...ect Username and Password to access the meter and click OK NOTE If password protection is not enabled for the meter the default username and password are both anonymous 12 The webpage update1 htm opens See the example webpage shown below 13 Click the Browse button to locate the Upgrade file NOTE You must be using the PC on which the upgrade file is stored 14 Click the Update Meter File button to b...

Page 178: ...nce the upgrade is complete you will see a webpage with a confirmation mes sage shown below Click the Reset Meter button to reset the meter NOTE The Tools Webpage also gives you the option of updating the IEC 61850 SCL file of a meter with the IEC 61850 Protocol Server and the Energy Presets of a meter Click on the option you want you will be prompted to enter password information and then to sele...

Page 179: ...refer to the IEC 61000 4 30 2008 standard before making changes to the default settings of the meter 10 2 Flicker Measurement Flicker is one of the important power quality values that the meter can record Flicker is the sensation experienced by the human visual system when it is subjected to changes occurring in the illumination intensity of light sources The primary effects of flicker are headach...

Page 180: ...modulated output For 50Hz operation the configuration consists of a first order high pass filter with 3db cut off frequency at about 0 05Hz and a 6 order butterworth low pass filter with 35Hz 3db cut off frequency The second filter is a weighting filter that simulates the response of the human visual system to sinusoidal voltage fluctuations of a coiled filament gas filled lamp 60 W 230 V The filt...

Page 181: ...ed in the next section The standard measurement time for Pst is 10 minutes Pst is derived from the time at level statistics obtained from the level classifier in Block 5 of the flicker meter The following formula is used where the percentiles P 0 1 P 1 P 3 P 10 P 50 are the flicker levels exceeded for 0 1 1 2 20 and 50 of the time during the observation period The suffix S in the formula indicates...

Page 182: ... Plt is derived from the short term values over an appropriate period By definition this is 12 short term values of 10 minutes each over a period of 2 hours The following formula is used where Psti i 1 2 3 are consecutive readings of the short term severity Pst 10 2 1 Summary Flicker changes in the illumination of light sources due to cyclical voltage variations Pinst instantaneous flicker values ...

Page 183: ...lock 1 Block 2 Block 3 Voltage Detector and Gain Control Input Voltage Adaptor Square Law Demodulator High Pass Filter DC Removal Low Pass Filter Carrier Removal Weighting Filter Squaring Multiplier 1st Order Sliding Mean Filter A D Converter Sampling Rate 50Hz Minimum 64 level Classifier Output Interface Programming of short and long observation periods Block 4 Block 5 Simulation Of Eye Brain Res...

Page 184: ...ns 10 3 EN 50160 IEC 61000 4 30 Setting for the Nexus 1500 Meter The Nexus 1500 meter also lets you customize the EN 50160 IEC 61000 4 30 reporting to meet specific jurisdictional or regional requirements Refer Section 11 3 4 1 in the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for instructions on setting up reporting and additional information including viewing and printing t...

Page 185: ...tion cards The meter also offers multiple optional external I O modules 11 2 Installing Option Cards The Option cards are inserted into their associated Option card slots in the back of the Nexus 1500 meter IMPORTANT Remove voltage inputs and power supply to the meter before performing card installation IMPORTANT Supprimer les entrées de tension et l alimentation au compteur avant d effectuer l in...

Page 186: ...e card inside the plastic track and insert it into the slot You will hear a click when the card is fully inserted Be careful it is easy to miss the guide track Refer to Figure 11 1 11 3 Configuring Option Cards CAUTION FOR PROPER OPERATION RESET ALL PARAMETERS IN THE UNIT AFTER HARDWARE MODIFICATION The Nexus 1500 meter auto detects any Option cards installed in it Configure the Option cards throu...

Page 187: ...ommunication port Pulse Output RS485 Port Specifications Dual RS485 Transceiver meets or exceeds EIA TIA 485 Standard Type Two wire half duplex Min input impedance 96 kΩ Max output current 60 mA Isolation between channels AC 1500 V Wh Pulse 4 KYZ output contacts Pulse width Programmable from 5 msec to 635 msec Full scale frequency 100 Hz Form Selectable from Form A or Form C Contact type Solid Sta...

Page 188: ...ications for Pulse Output RS485 Board Operating temperature 20 to 70 o C Storage temperature 30 to 80 oC Relative air humidity Maximum 95 non condensing EMC immunity interference EN61000 4 2 Weight 2 4 oz Dimensions inches W x H x L 0 75 x 4 02 x 4 98 I O card slot Option slot 1 External connection Wire range 16 to 26 AWG Strip Length 250 Torque 2 2 lb in 18 pin 3 5 mm pluggable terminal block ...

Page 189: ...r In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 11 4 1 Pulse Output RS485 Option Card 485P Wiring NOTE Refer to Chapter 5 for RS485 setting instructions SLOT 1 RS 485 RX TX 1 2 C O M 2 A B SH NO C NC 4 NO C NC 3 NO C NC 2 1 NO C NC PULSE OUTPUTS A B SH C O M 1 NO C NC RELAY CONTACTS ...

Page 190: ...use of the optional Fiber Optic card is in a daisy chain topology using the Echo switch on the Fiber Optic Card to allow messages to bypass the unit NOTE Refer to Chapter 19 of the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for instructions on performing Network configuration See Chapter 9 of this manual for details on configuring the standard main Network card The technical ...

Page 191: ...se FX Fiber Optic Specifications are as follows Connector ST Fiber Mode Multimode Fiber 62 5 125 um Wavelength 1310 nm Max Distance 2 km Default Configuration The Nexus 1500 meter automatically recognizes the installed Option card during power up If you have not programmed a configuration for the Ethernet card the unit defaults to the following configuration IP Address 10 0 1 1 Subnet Mask 255 255...

Page 192: ...y Output option card we recommend you reset the accumulators for the card in order to prevent erroneous counts See Chapter 20 of the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for instructions on resetting the output accumulators The technical specifications at 25 C are as follows Power consumption 0 320 W internal Relay outputs Number of outputs 6 Contact type Changeover SPD...

Page 193: ...l specifications are as follows Operating temperature 20 to 70 C Storage temperature 30 to 80 C Relative air humidity Maximum 95 non condensing EMC immunity interference EN61000 4 2 Weight 2 7 oz Dimensions inches W x H x L 0 75 x 4 02 x 4 98 I O Card slot Option slots 3 and 4 External connection Wire range 16 to 26 AWG Strip length 250 Torque 2 2 lb in 18 pin 3 5 mm pluggable terminal block ...

Page 194: ...Doc E154713 11 10 11 Using the I O Options Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 11 6 1 Relay Output Option Card 6RO1 Wiring NO C NC RELAY CONTACTS ...

Page 195: ...municator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for instructions on resetting the input accumulators The technical specifications at 25 C are as follows Power consumption 0 610 W Number of inputs 16 Sensing type Wet or dry contact status detection Wetting voltage DC 12 24 V internally generated Input current 1 25 mA constant current regulated Minimum input voltage 0 V input shorted t...

Page 196: ...2 4 oz Dimensions inches W x H x L 0 75 x 4 02 x 4 98 I O card slot Option slots 3 and 4 External connection Wire range 16 to 26 AWG Strip length 250 Torque 2 2 lb in 18 pin 3 5 mm pluggable terminal block NOTE This feature allows for either status detect or pulse counting Each input can be assigned an independent label and pulse value ...

Page 197: ...ions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 11 7 1 Digital Input Option Card 16DI1 Wiring NPUTS n 6 OR DRY CONTACTS NPUTS n 6 OR WET CONTACTS n 6 OOP 6 n 6 OOP LTERNATE FOR WET CONTACTS NPUTS n ...

Page 198: ... Nexus 1500 meter s Port 2 or to another module s female RS485 side port See Figure 11 2 for wiring details I O Port used for functions specific to the type of module Size and pin configura tion vary depending on the type of module Reset Button press and hold for three seconds to reset the module s baud rate to 57600 and its address to 247 for 30 seconds LEDs when flashing the LEDs signal that the...

Page 199: ...ls on the external I O modules Four Analog Outputs Eight Analog Outputs 0 1mA and 4 20mA 0 1mA and 4 20mA Eight Analog Inputs Four Relay Outputs 0 1mA 0 20mA 0 5Vdc or Four KYZ Pulse Outputs 0 10Vdc or Eight Status Inputs Figure 11 3 External I O Module Ports RESET COM OUT 1 OUT 2 OUT 3 OUT 4 0 1mA Analog Input Module OUT 5 OUT 6 OUT 7 OUT 8 RESET COM OUT 1 OUT 2 OUT 3 OUT 4 0 1mA Analog Output Mo...

Page 200: ...inals on the Nexus meter to the and terminals of the male RS485 port 2 Connect the shield to the shield S terminal The S terminal on the Nexus meter is used to reference the Nexus meter s port to the same potential as the source It is not an earth to ground connection You must also connect the shield to earth ground at one point Vous devez également connecter l écran à la terre à un endroit donné ...

Page 201: ...ectroind com Electro Industries Gaugetech Power Supply Max Power 12 VA Input Voltage 90 240V AC DC Output Voltage 12V DC PSIO Power In On L N DANGER DANGER On L Power Supply PSIO Max Power 12 VA Input Voltage 90 240V AC DC www electroind com Output Voltage 12V DC ElectroIndustries GaugeTech N Power In RESET COM INPUT 1 INPUT 2 INPUT 3 INPUT 4 0 1mA Analog Input Module INPUT 5 INPUT 6 INPUT 7 INPUT...

Page 202: ...gramming the I O modules 2 I O modules can be mounted using either of two methods The first method is using the mounting brackets provided to attach directly to a panel The second Mounting Bracket Mounting Bracket 5 63 14 30cm 4 19 10 64cm 0 09 0 23cm 3X 1 30 3 31cm 1 13 2 86cm DANGER On L Power Supply PSIO Max Power 12 VA Input Voltage 12 60V DC www electroind com Output Voltage 12V DC ElectroInd...

Page 203: ... 6 Attach a PSIO power supply to the right of each group of I O modules it is supply ing with power see Figure 11 6 The PSIO supplies 12 VA at 125 V AC DC See sections 11 8 6 11 8 8 for I O modules power requirements 7 Once you have combined all of the I O modules together for the group fasten them tightly This final tightening locks the group together as a unit 8 From the MBIO mounting brackets k...

Page 204: ... the clip using an appropriate screwdriver Note that the clip should be positioned as shown above with the indented side facing the back b Repeat step a for the second bracket c Hook the bottom of the clips around the bottom of the DIN rail and then push the top of the clips forward so that they fit over the top of the DIN rail See the figure below Figure 11 10 Detail of DIN Rail Mounting Clip 8 m...

Page 205: ...ry Settings All external I O modules are shipped with a preset address and a baud rate of 57600 See following sections for I O Module addresses Reset Button If there is a communication problem or if you are unsure of a module s address and baud rate press and hold the Reset button for 3 seconds the module resets to a default address of 247 at 57600 baud rate for 30 seconds ...

Page 206: ...utput 4 20 mA 20mAON8 8 channel analog output 4 20 mA Accuracy 0 1 of Full Scale Over range 20 of Full Scale Scaling Programmable Communication RS485 Modbus RTU Programmable Baud Rates 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 Power Requirement 12 20 VDC 50 200 mA Operating Temperature 20 to 70 o C 4 to 158 o F Maximum Load Impedance 0 1 mA 10 k 4 20 mA 500 Factory Settings Modbus Address 1mAON4 128 1mAON8 128 ...

Page 207: ...iguration Maximum registers per request read or write is 17 registers All outputs share a single common point This is also an isolated connection from ground 11 8 6 2 Normal Mode Normal mode is the same for the 0 1 mA and the 4 20 mA Analog Output modules except for the number of processes performed by the modules Both devices 1 Accept new values through communication 2 Output current loops scaled...

Page 208: ... Type Mechanically latching Communication RS485 Modbus RTU Programmable Baud Rates 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 Power Requirement 12 20 VDC 50 200 mA 1500 supports only one module Operating Temperature 20 to 70 o C 4 to 158 o F Switching Voltage AC 250 V DC 30 V Switching Power 1250 VA 150 W Switching Current 5 A Switching Rate Max 10 s Mechanical Life 5 x 107 switching operations Electrical Life 1...

Page 209: ...d with the Communicator EXTTM software See the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for details on programming limits Each latching relay will hold its state in the event of a power loss 11 8 7 2 Communication Maximum registers per request read or write is 4 registers The device operates with the following default parameters Address 247 F7H Baud Rate 57600 Baud Transmit...

Page 210: ...sub metering application where a pulse output is needed NC Normally Closed NO Normally Open C Common Digital Solid State Pulse Output Module Specifications Model Number 4PO1 Communication RS485 Modbus RTU Programmable Baud Rates 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 Power Requirement 12 20 VDC 50 200 mA Operating Temperature 20 to 70 o C 4 to 158 o F Voltage Rating Up to 300 VDC Commands Accepted Read and W...

Page 211: ... value for that channel Subsequent writes will increment the residual for that channel by the dif ference of the old value and the new value The previous value is then replaced with the new value Attempting to write a value greater than the programmed roll over value for a given channel is completely ignored and no registers are modified If the difference is greater than half of the programmed rol...

Page 212: ...ut relay is toggled Operation Indicator 0000H OK 1000H Problem Bit 1 1 EEPROM Failure Bit 2 1 Checksum for Communications settings bad Bit 3 1 Checksum for Programmable settings bad Bit 4 1 1 or more Communications settings are invalid Bit 5 1 1 or more Programmable settings are invalid Bit 6 1 1 or more Programmable settings have been modified Bit 7 1 Forced default by reset value Bit 15 1 Normal...

Page 213: ...also an isolated connection from ground Table 2 Analog Input Module Specifications Model Numbers 8AI1 8 channel analog input 0 1 mA 8AI2 8 channel analog input 0 20 mA 8AI3 8 channel analog input 0 5 VDC 8AI4 8 channel analog input 0 10 VDC Accuracy 0 25 of Full Scale Scaling Programmable Communication RS485 Modbus RTU Programmable Baud Rates 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 Power Requirement 12 20 VDC...

Page 214: ... Normal Mode the Input Module 1 Reads and averages the A D and adjusts values for process 2 2 Calculates the percentage of Input Value NOTE The percentage value of the Input is stored in Input Value Registers Registers 04097 04104 The device operates with the following default parameters Address 247 F7H Baud Rate 57600 Baud Transmit Delay Time 20 msec ...

Page 215: ...le can be used 4RO1 4 Relay Outputs 10 amps 125 VAC 30 VDC Form C Digital Solid State Pulse Outputs Up to four modules can be used 4PO1 4 Solid State Pulse Outputs Form A KYZ pulses Analog Transducer Inputs Up to four modules can be used 8AI1 8 Analog Inputs 0 1 mA scalable and bidirectional 8AI2 8 Analog Inputs 0 20 mA scalable 8AI3 8 Analog Inputs 0 5 VDC scalable 8AI4 8 Analog Inputs 0 10 VDC s...

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Page 217: ...ile the meter was in Test Mode You can pre set single or multiple accumulators The new values will take effect after you leave Test Mode If no preset values are entered the Normal Mode energy accumulator val ues will have the same values they had when you entered Test Mode This feature is also useful when removing a meter from service and replacing it with a new meter You can use the Preset Accumu...

Page 218: ... Mode is 1 These are the default values for these fields they cannot be changed If the Mode Form and Pulse Width have been set to different values in the meter s Device Profile those settings are ignored for Test Mode and the values in the table are used If LED pulse output is disabled in the device profile factor settings default to 1 8 Wh per pulse for WYE systems and 1 2 Wh per pulse for DELTA ...

Page 219: ...methods before starting Test Mode you need to select a compensation type for Test Mode It should be the same as the compensation that has been set up for the meter in the device profile The choices are Test with No Compensation Test with Transformer Loss Compensation Test with CT PT Compensation Test with Transformer Loss and CT PT Compensation For Test Mode demand the interval configured in the m...

Page 220: ...Tools Test Mode Set Test Mode The screen shown below opens 2 Click Enter Test Mode The screen shown below opens 3 Use this screen to select the type of compensation to apply to the Test Mode You should select the same compensation you are using for the meter refer to sections 11 2 5 and 11 2 6 of the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for instructions on setting the m...

Page 221: ...o the readings in Test Mode CT PT compensation your setting for CT PT compensation will be applied to the readings in Test Mode Transformer loss and CT PT compensation both your settings for Transformer Loss compensation and CT PT compensation will be applied to the readings in Test Mode 4 Click Continue You will see the Test Mode screen again You will see a message that Test Mode is starting and ...

Page 222: ...icates that the watt hour readings from quadrants 1 and 4 and the VAR hour readings from quadrants 1 and 2 are being read in Test Mode The BOTH comp means that both Transformer loss and CT PT compensations are being applied To choose a different energy reading source click the Change Operation button You will see the screen shown below 6 The options on this screen are WHQ14 VARHQ12 WHQ14 VARHQ12 W...

Page 223: ...ctive and continue to step 9 If you do not want to set Energy Presets once you are done with Test Mode click Exit Test Mode You will see a message that the meter is exiting Test Mode and then Test Mode will stop Note that the timeout value that you set up in Test Mode Configuration in the meter s Device Profile see Section 11 2 11 of the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterMan ager EXT Software User M...

Page 224: ... a preset value click the preset box on the same line with the value and enter the preset value in the New Value field The Settings field shows the format your entry needs to be in that is the number of digits and decimal places for example 999999 9kWh 12 When you have entered all of the preset values you want click Set to send them to the meter s memory Once the meter is out of Test Mode these ne...

Page 225: ...ile into the other meters Through the meter s webpage access the meter webpage http meter_ip_ad dress and go to Tools Energy Preset File Upgrade Type the password information and browse for the prstene bin file to update to the meter See section 20 1 18 1 in the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for instructions Through the Modbus holding registers The file is divide...

Page 226: ...he meter will compute the checksum for all blocks received and compare it with the value written into the Modbus register 0xAE21 If they match and the received block has the format described above then the meter will save the file into the compact flash Note that access to the Energy Presets can be password restricted for security see Chapter 6 in the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT So...

Page 227: ...Smart Grid Solutions 12 2 2 Entering Test Mode through the Display 1 To avoid a user accidentally entering Test Mode the Test Mode button on the display is hidden until you perform the following actions a While on a Dynamic screen press the Backlight button on the front panel for 2 seconds b Then within 5 seconds press the i button on the Dynamic screen Backlight Button i Button ...

Page 228: ...ons 2 The System screen will be displayed now showing the Test Mode button Enter Test Mode by pressing the Test Mode button 3 Select the energy compensation type it should be the same as the compensation that has been set up for the meter in the device profile 4 Press ENTER to start Test Mode If password protection has been enabled after you press ENTER you will be prompted to enter the password ...

Page 229: ...ata by pressing RESET Change the Test Mode s Mode of Operation by pressing one of the radio buttons at the top of the screen 12 2 3 Entering Test Mode through a Communication Port To enter Test Mode through a communication port 1 Connect to the meter through Modbus via any of its communication ports 2 Send a write command to address E031H to enter Test Mode and to select a compensation type If a p...

Page 230: ... returns to Normal Mode The Test Mode data is lost and all registers are restored to their pretest values 12 4 Test Mode Timeout Test Mode timeout enables the meter to return from Test Mode to Normal Mode when there is no user interaction with the meter either through the display or through a communication port for a certain period of time called the Timeout Delay The Time out Delay is programmed ...

Page 231: ...tions 12 5 Test Mode Restrictions While the meter is in Test Mode it is restricted from resetting the following values Meter energy TOU accumulations Max Min values Pulse accumulations KYZ count Cumulative demand Logs Total Average PF Flicker values In addition while in Test Mode the meter will not trigger limits update Thermal Aver age values or perform One Cycle and Tenth Second value updates ...

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Page 233: ...s a driver for operating systems earlier than Windows 7 that allows you to configure the Nexus 1500 meter s USB port as a Virtual Serial port The driver is on the CD that came with your meter Follow the instructions in this chapter to install the driver and connect to the meter s Virtual port A 2 Installing the Virtual Port s Driver 1 Insert the Nexus Meter Series CD into your PC s CD drive The sc...

Page 234: ...e Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 3 Click the Software button at the top of the screen and click USB Driver 4 The setup program opens a DOS command screen on your PC as shown below You will see a message indicating that the driver is being installed Once the driver installation is complete you will see the following message on the DOS command screen ...

Page 235: ...ort 1 Open Communicator EXTTM software 2 Click the Connect icon You will see the Connect screen shown on the right 3 Click the Serial Port and Available Ports radio buttons and select the virtual COM Port To determine which COM Port is the USB virtual COM port follow these steps a On your PC click Start Set tings Control Panel b Double click on the System folder c Click the Hardware tab You will s...

Page 236: ...lectro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions In this example COM8 is the Virtual port COM8 is the port you select in the Connect screen NOTE You can also identify the port configured for the USB by looking at all of the ports in the pull down list once you have selected the Available Ports radio button ...

Page 237: ...GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions B Power Supply Options The Nexus 1500 meter offers the following power supply options Option Description 115AC UL Rated AC Power Supply 100 240 VAC 10 50 60 Hz D2 UL Rated High Voltage DC Power Supply 100 240 VDC 90 265 VAC 50 60 Hz D UL Rated Low Voltage Power Supply 18 60 VDC ...

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Page 239: ...on devices Edition 2 of the protocol expands its utility supporting additional processes beyond substation automation The Nexus 1500 meter s IEC 61850 implementation is compatible with any IEC 61850 Edition 2 application The IEC 61850 standard is part of the International Electrotechnical Commission s IEC Technical Committee 57 TC57 It consists of a suite of protocols MMS Manu facturing Message Sp...

Page 240: ...cations through device specifications and then through the testing regime The IEC 61850 standard specifies a layered approach to the specification of devices The layered approach allows future proofing of basic functionality by allowing individual stack components to be upgraded as technology progresses The individual objects within devices are addressed through a hierarchy of names rather than nu...

Page 241: ...pt of servers is extended to provide autonomous transmissions when interesting events occur within the server This information flow is always to the client requesting this interesting information Clients are the devices or services which talk to IEC 61850 servers The function of the client is to configure the server connection set up any dynamic information in the server enable the reporting mecha...

Page 242: ...GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions An example of the object model display on a diagnostic client is shown in Figure C 1 Figure C 1 Object Model Display on a Diagnostic Browser ...

Page 243: ...lished data From the viewpoint of IEC 61850 the publisher subscriber mechanism uses the Ethernet multi cast mechanism i e multicast MAC addresses at layer 2 The communication layer of the system is responsible for transmitting this information to all interested sub scribers and the subscribers are responsible for accepting these multicast packets from the Ethernet layer The publish subscribe mecha...

Page 244: ...meters and other hardware is entered on another level The structure of the IEC 61850 network is composed of different kinds of files each containing information that the system needs in order to function IEC 61850 configu ration uses text based XML files known as the System Configuration Language SCL SCL files use the concept of an XML schema which defines the structure and content of an XML file ...

Page 245: ...of the configured automation system including all devices for example meters breakers and relays and all needed inter device communications for example the measured parameters and the actions to be performed such as turning on a relay when a certain reading is obtained It can also include elements of the SSD file The SCD file is created by a System Configurator which is a software application that...

Page 246: ...hree phase power system The DOs are composed of standardized Common Data Classes CDCs which are groups of low level attributes of the objects For example the DO named Hz represents system frequency and is of CDC named MV Measurement Value Common Data Classes CDCs consists of standardized groups of attributes sim ple data types For example the attribute instMag represents the instantaneous magnitud...

Page 247: ...eate an instance of the configured device by applying the following information The name of the device The IP address subnet mask and IP gateway of the device Datasets the user must decide which information within the IED will be included in reports etc and place this information into datasets The System Configura tor should allow the selection of information using a pick list from information wit...

Page 248: ...urator along with other device templates The System Configurator uses these templates to set up the correct number of IEDs in the system and then provides configuration information The configuration information consists of providing addresses for all IEDs in the system creation of datasets configuring control blocks and setting individual device parameters such as analog deadbands The System Confi...

Page 249: ... and unbuffered for each of the clients Setup information includes the dataset name a report identifier the optional fields to be used in the report the trigger options buffer time delay from first event to report issuance and integrity time server periodic reports of all data in dataset The decision whether to use buffered or unbuffered must be decided by the user Finally in step 2 the System Con...

Page 250: ...d upon the first edition of the IEC 61850 standards Examples of Logical Nodes within the Nexus 1500 family include eneMMTR1 energy metering and nsMMXU1 normal speed Measurement Unit The Nexus 1500 device will get its IED name from the first IED section in the configuration file cid This name will be used for accessing its access point IP address and its single Logical Device named Meas The IED nam...

Page 251: ...h the attribute f to get the value in 32 bit floating point Thus the voltage of phase A would be referred in this nested structure as Meas nsMMXU1 PhV phsA instVal mag f The node hsMFLK1 is used for short term flicker per phase and long term flicker per phase hs stands for high speed 200msec The node nsMHAI1 groups together the THD per phase measurements taken at normal speed Following the previou...

Page 252: ...n these nodes The nodes setTVTR1 setTVTR2 and setTVTR3 contain the ratio of the voltage used by the measuring device Any of the defined objects attributes can be placed within a dataset The normal speed in the Nexus 1500 meter is measurements taken every second The energy counters are also updated every second The configuration of the devices takes place by converting the SCD file exported by the ...

Page 253: ...ve publish subscribe messages Send messages when programmed limits have been exceeded Receive messages of exceeded limits and trigger waveforms in response to them Enabling GOOSE configuring limits and selecting the limits that will trigger waveform capture is done in the Device Profile See Section C 1 4 1 IEC 61850 Protocol Server on page C 12 for instructions The programming of the GOOSE send an...

Page 254: ... device profile A common problem you may see is IP mismatch the IP address in the CID file does not match the IP configured in the Nexus 1500 meter s device profile In this case the Nexus 1500 meter will use the IP address from its device profile and the IEC Server will work only with that address If there is a critical error in the stored CID file which prevents the IEC Server from running the CI...

Page 255: ...vices pdf http www ucaiug org Meetings Austin2011 Shared 20Documents IEC_61850 Tutorial pdf pages 24 32 and 40 161 http brodersensystems com wordpress wp content uploads DTU Master Thesis RTU32 pdf pages 9 36 Additionally there is a good article on the predecessor to IEC 61850 UCA 2 0 at http www elp com index display article display 66170 articles utility automation engineering td volume 5 issue ...

Page 256: ...s and the entire set of XSD file is often nearby http opensclconfig git sourceforge net Apparent open source project not tested http www sisconet com downloads SCDtoCIDConverter0 9 exe filters SCD file to a CID file http www sisconet com downloads skunkworks2 8 exe Ethernet analyzer C 1 7 Commercial Tools for IEC 61850 Implementation Following is a list of tools for IEC 61850 configuration which y...

Page 257: ...us 1500 standard I O board It is available via Ethernet port 1 with V SwitchTM keys 2 and 3 The IEC 61850 Protocol Ethernet Network server has the following features Standard Ethernet 10 100 Mbps connector is used to link the unit into an Ethernet network Standard operation port 102 which can be reconfigured to any valid TCP IP port Up to 6 simultaneous connections can be established with the unit...

Page 258: ...l W Per Phase PF Total PF Frequency MHAI with Per Phase THD for voltage and current MSQI with Voltage symmetrical components per phase zero positive and negative Current symmetrical components per phase zero positive and negative MMTR with Demand Wh Supplied Wh Demand Varh SuppliedVArh Total VAh GGIO with built in and option board digital inputs and virtual inputs Supports polled Queried Requests ...

Page 259: ...tion C 2 2 2 Configuring the Meter on the IEC 61850 Network on page C 25 C 2 2 1 Configuring the Device Profile IEC 61850 Protocol Ethernet Network Server Settings You use the Communicator EXT application to set the card s network parameters including the IEC 61850 and GOOSE features Basic instructions are given here but you can refer to the Communicator EXT software User Manual for additional inf...

Page 260: ...d Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Communications and then one of the lines under Communications to display the screen shown below 3 Click the Advanced Settings button next to the Main Network Card You will see the screen shown on the next page Click this button ...

Page 261: ...In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 4 Use this screen to enable both IEC 61850 and GOOSE a You need to enable the Web Server Modbus TCP Server and FTP Server for whichever card you will be using for IEC 61850 Select the card by clicking in the pull down menu next to these settings b Enable IEC 61850 and IEC 61850 GOOSE by selecting Enabled from the pull down menu next to these settings ...

Page 262: ...Device Profile See Section 11 3 1 Limits on page 11 53 of the Communicator EXTTM 4 0 and MeterManager EXT Software User Manual for instructions on setting up limits 7 Select the limit s you want to use to trigger a waveform capture through GOOSE When the selected limit is exceeded the meter s GOOSE will send out the message that will cause all GOOSE enabled Nexus 1500 meters in the IEC 61850 Netwo...

Page 263: ...e IEC 61850 nodes objects and parameters implemented in the Nexus 1500 meter including the Network IP address The IP address for the Nexus 1500 meter is contained in the Communication sec tion of this icd file See the example Communication section below Communication SubNetwork name Subnet_MMS type 8 MMS BitRate unit b s multiplier M 10 BitRate ConnectedAP iedName Nexus1500 IECSRV apName S1 Addres...

Page 264: ...mpact flash under C IEC61850 SCL folder This folder contains both the meters icd file and its default cid file See the instructions that follow NOTE The most recent version of a Nexus 1500 meter s default icd file can be downloaded directly from Electro Industries website http www electroind com nexus1500 html 1 Open the FTP application and select the Connect option See the example screen below 2 ...

Page 265: ...dustries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Enter any name for the meter s site Enter the IP address Enter Username Password default anonymous anonymous Click Connect ...

Page 266: ... The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 3 The FTP application will connect to the meter and you will see the folders contained in the Ethernet card Double click the C folder Double click the C folder ...

Page 267: ...ries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 4 The screen will now show the folders contained in the C folder Double click the IEC61850 folder Double click the IEC61850 folder ...

Page 268: ...o Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 5 The screen will show the contents of the IEC61850 folder Double click the SCL folder Double click the SCL folder ...

Page 269: ... The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 6 The screen will show two files NX1500 CID which is the default CID file and NX1500 ICD which is the file you want to download and edit NX1500 CID NX1500 ICD ...

Page 270: ...tions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 7 Make sure the left side of the screen has the location on your PC that you want to copy the icd file Then right click on NX1500 ICD and select Download Make sure this is where you want to download the icd file to Right click on NX1500 ICD and select Download ...

Page 271: ...dustries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 8 The file will be downloaded to your PC in the location specified To edit the icd file open it in Notepad or any text editor See the example below 9 The icd file will open in Notepad 1 Click and select All Files 2 Click on this file to bring the name down to the File name field 3 Click Open ...

Page 272: ...chemaLocation http www iec ch 61850 2003 SCL SCL xsd xmlns ext http nari relays com Header id Nexus 1500 ICD nameStructure IEDName version 1 0 revision History Hitem version 0 1 revision 13 when 9 May 2012 who BAM what initial draft why initial ICD Hitem History Header Communication SubNetwork name Subnet_MMS type 8 MMS BitRate unit b s multiplier M 10 BitRate ConnectedAP iedName Nexus1500 IECSRV ...

Page 273: ...ubnet_MMS type 8 MMS BitRate unit b s multiplier M 10 BitRate ConnectedAP iedName alphanumeric string apName S1 IED name alphanumeric string desc Electro Industries NX1500 type Nexus 1500 manufacturer ElectroIndustries con figVersion 1 00 Change the IP address to the IP address of the meter s Ethernet card that will be the IEC 61850 Protocol server Communication SubNetwork name Subnet_MMS type 8 M...

Page 274: ...rocessed the Nexus 1500 meter s icd file and the information of the other devices on the network using either automated tools or manually the final result is a configuration file with the extension cid This file must now be uploaded to the Nexus 1500 meter s IEC 61850 Protocol Ethernet network card 13 You upload the cid file to the meter via its webpage To do this use a web browser and key http aa...

Page 275: ...r In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions See Section 9 4 1 Viewing Webpages on page 9 5 for details the meter s webpages 14 From the left side of the screen click Tools to display the webpage shown below 15 Click the IEC 61850 SCL Upgrade line A screen will open asking for a username and password If none has been set you can use the default which is anonymous Click Tools Click this line ...

Page 276: ... and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions for both the username and password Then click OK 16 You will see the screen shown below Click the Browse button to locate the cid file you want to upload and click Update SCL File to upload it to the meter IMPORTANT NOTES ...

Page 277: ...rk server with the Communicator EXT software must be the same as the IP address con figured in the cid file This is necessary to insure proper communication If there is a communication problem it will be reported on the touch screen display s IEC 61850 screen see Chapter 6 and on the IEC 61850 Protocol Ethernet Network server s Diagnostic screen You access this screen by clicking Diagnostic from t...

Page 278: ...ot use non ASCII characters in your cid file such as punctuation marks Non ASCII characters can cause the parsing of the cid file to fail If the uploaded cid file has non critical errors the IEC 61850 Protocol Ethernet Network server will use the file anyway and will start up Any errors can be seen in the Start Up log see instructions below If the uploaded cid file has critical errors the IEC 6185...

Page 279: ...itoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions C 3 Testing You can use any IEC 61850 certified tool to connect to the Nexus 1500 meter and test out the IEC 61850 protocol see example screen below There are numerous commercial tools available for purchase ...

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Page 281: ...eter seamlessly integrate into an existing SNMP managed network For example if SNMP is managing all of the servers in a data center a Nexus 1500 meter can be installed at the bank of data servers and configured so that power anomalies will be communicated to the user enabling correction of the problem before it escalates and causes all of the servers to fail This appendix provides the specific SNM...

Page 282: ...ication between the SNMP manager and the meter takes place using standard Protocol Data Units PDUs The PDUs used with the Nexus 1500 meter are explained in D 3 2 PDUs on page D 6 One of the PDUs is traps i e events alarms that occurred in the meter Once SNMP communication is enabled for one or both of the meter s Ethernet ports traps can be configured to be sent to up to eight SNMP manager devices...

Page 283: ...lementation D 3 1 MIBs The Nexus 1500 meter MIB groups are Enterprise MIB and Implemented Network MIBs some of which are modifiable You can download the meter s MIB file from EIG s website Enterprise MIB MIBs specific to the Nexus 1500 meter There are 64 fixed items available from the meter One sec VAN One sec VBN One sec VCN One sec VAB One sec VBC One sec VCA One sec IA One sec IB One sec IC One...

Page 284: ...4 Cumulative demand W Q23 Cumulative demand W Q14 Continuous Cumulative demand W Q23 Continuous Cumulative demand VAh VARh Q12 VARh Q34 Wh Q14 Wh Q23 3 Sec Positive symmetrical Component Magnitude Voltage PN 3 Sec Negative symmetrical Component Magnitude Voltage PN 3 Sec Zero symmetrical Component Magnitude Voltage PN 3 Sec Positive symmetrical Component Phase Voltage PN 3 Sec Negative symmetrical...

Page 285: ...ned through a meter reboot Interface Group provides information about the hardware interfaces i e device name type MTU Ethernet address statistics etc Cidr Group provides information about the IP Routing Table The Routing Table provides information on interface and IP address to send a packet to Internet Protocol IP Group provides interface information and statistics which include the following Ta...

Page 286: ...e SNMP manager to the meter are GetMessage Message ID 0 this retrieves the objects specified by the OIDs in the message GetNextRequest Message ID 1 this retrieves objects which are next in lexical order in the MIB to the objects specified by the OID in the message GetBulkRequest Message ID 5 this retrieves a large number of objects speci fied by the OID in the message SetRequest Message ID 3 this ...

Page 287: ...llowing conditions can be programmed to generate traps see D 4 RFCs on page D 8 Limit Alarm State Change Digital Input Change Waveform Capture PQ CBEMA Event Relay Output Change of State Transient Capture In addition the meter generates network traps when the following conditions occur Cold Start this trap is generated when the meter has been initialized Authentication Failure this trap is generat...

Page 288: ...tro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions D 4 RFCs The RFCs used in the meter s SNMP implementation are RFC 1213 MIB II RFC 4022 TCP RFC 4113 UDP RFC 4292 IP Forwarding Table MIB replaces RFC 1213 RFC 1354 RFCs 2096 2011 and 2465 RFC 4293 IP Group replaces RFCs 2011 2465 and 2466 ...

Page 289: ...tion Table Provides information regarding connected TCP sockets TCP Listener Table Provides information regarding listening TCP sockets 4113 UDP UDP Endpoint Table Provides information regarding UDP sockets 4292 IP Forwarding IP Forwarding Table Provides routing table information 4293 ipSystemStats ipSystemStat sTable Provides meter wide traffic for interfaces ipIfStats ipIfStatsTable Provides tra...

Page 290: ...t item RFC of replacement item atTable mib 2 3 ipNetToMediaTable mib 2 4 22 RFC1213 ipInReceives mib 2 4 3 ipSystemStatsInRe cieves ipSystem StatsEntry 3 RFC4293 ipInHdrErrors mib 2 4 4 ipSystemStatsIn HdrErrors ipSystem StatsEntry 7 RFC4293 ipInAddrErrors mib 2 4 5 ipSystemStatsInAd drErrors ipSystem StatsEntry 9 RFC4293 ipForwDatagrams mib 2 4 6 ipSystemStatsInForw Datagrams ipSystem StatsEntry ...

Page 291: ...ystemStatsOut FragCreates ipSystem StatsEntry 29 RFC4293 ipAddrTable mib 2 4 20 ipAddressTable mib 2 4 34 RFC4293 ipNetToMediaTable mib 2 4 22 ipNetToPhysicalTable mib 2 4 35 RFC4293 ipRouteDiscards mib 2 4 23 inetCidrROuteDis cards mib 2 4 24 8 RFC4292 ipForwardNumber mib 2 4 24 1 ipCidrRouteNumber mib 2 4 24 3 RFC2096 ipCidrRouteNumber mib 2 4 24 3 inetCidrRouteNumber mib 2 4 24 6 RFC4292 ipRout...

Page 292: ...S enable 0 all interfaces disabled 1 enable interface 1 2 enable interface 2 3 both interfaces enabled Enable Disable TRAPS service Refers Nexus 1500 Network feature rev3 document 7614H SNMP TRAPS Manager1 0 0 0 0 1 8 IP addresses 75CCH 75DBH SNMP TRAPS Bit 15 1 Enabled 0 Disabled Default Enable Disable traps for limits status changes 75F0H Bit 14 1 Enabled 0 Disabled Default Enable Disable traps ...

Page 293: ...Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 1 The IP address for traps manager set to 0 0 0 0 means that trap is disabled SNMP TRAPS Commu nity Name 20 bytes public default padding with null 0x00 Community name set in output SNMP trap mes sages 75E6H 75EFH ...

Page 294: ...unicator EXTTM software version 4 0 356 and higher Note that Chapter 21 of the Communicator EXTTM4 0 and Meter Manager EXT Software User Manual contains instructions for this but the basic steps are in this example 1 Enable SNMP for either or both of the meter s Ethernet cards in the Services tab of the Advanced Network Settings screen shown below Access this screen from the meter s Device Profile...

Page 295: ...SNMP tab to configure SNMP settings for the meter a Enter IP address es for one or more Trap Managers These are the devices that will receive any traps messages from the meter b Check the boxes of the traps you want to generate c Enter a Community Name for both Agent and Traps The Agent Community name provides security by ensuring that the SNMP manager will only read the manager s Read Community n...

Page 296: ...lick OK to save your settings D 6 2 Set up SNMP Network Use an SNMP manager application to make the settings that will let the meter work within the SNMP network The example in this manual uses a free SNMP manager called SnmpB but you can perform the same steps with whatever SNMP manager you currently use You need to have the following MIBs EtherLike MIB RFC 3635 IP FORWARD MIB RFC 4292 IANA RTPRO...

Page 297: ...Solutions 3 Click Manage Agent Profile 4 In the General Properties section enter a A name for this SNMP profile b The Agent device s IP address c Agent Port number 161 d The number of communication retries you want e The number of seconds until a communication attempt times out f Check SNMPv1 and SNMP v2 as the supported SNMP versions 5 Click on the triangle to the left of the Profile name ...

Page 298: ...The name you entered for the Agent Community name see D 6 1 Configure SNMP for the Meter on page D 14 should be the same as the Read and Write Community name Otherwise read ing writing from to the managed object will not be allowed by the Agent device NOTES Note that the default value for the Agent community name in the meter is public Though the SnmpB application doesn t support this Traps Commun...

Page 299: ...lier in this section into the directory that the SNMP manager application in this example SnmpB uses or you can set up a directory for the MIB files in this way a Click Options in the SnmpB tool bar b Click the Preference box in the pull down menu c Click Modules in the box on the left side and click Add d Type in your new path in one of the type new path here lines An example path is shown in the...

Page 300: ...wer Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 11 Load the new MIBs to the SNMP network in this way a Click the Modules tab b The available MIBs are listed in the box on the right and the ones that have been loaded are shown in the box on the right Use the arrows between the boxes to move load MIBs or unload the MIBs by moving them into or out of the loaded MIBs box ...

Page 301: ...ese examples were generated using the SnmpB application but you can use any SNMP manager application to view meter and SNMP network communications status These examples assume that the steps listed in D 6 2 Set up SNMP Network on page D 16 have been followed and the EIG MIB is loaded into the SNMP network D 6 3 1 Retrieving a Meter Reading 1 In the SnmpB application click the Tree tab and expand i...

Page 302: ...ing SNMP Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 2 Click on the mes folder and right click it ...

Page 303: ...he Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 3 Select Walk to retrieve all of the readings in the mes folder 4 Right click on one of the readings under the mes folder ...

Page 304: ...ectro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 5 Select Get The reading is shown on the right side of the screen ...

Page 305: ...n the Trap Info box in the lower right of the screen NOTE If traps are enabled in only one card the traps will be sent out over that one card If both cards are enabled then traps will be sent out over either card depending upon the trap manager s IP address In other words each trap is sent over a card that best matches the traps manager s IP address and gateway i e the trap will either be sent ove...

Page 306: ...ctro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions D 6 3 3 Displaying All MIBs Walking the MIBs To display all of the system MIBs using the SnmpB application as an example 1 Click the Tree tab click SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 whichever your system is using click MIB Tree click iso see example below ...

Page 307: ...ugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 2 Right click on iso 3 Click Walk The MIB values are shown in the box on the right see the example below ...

Page 308: ...on into the file To read from the file using the SnmpB application as an example 1 From the MIB Tree click iso org dod internet mgmt mib 2 system 2 Select either sysContact system contact sysName system name or sysLoca tion system location Right click on the item you selected and the defaults of Manager in Office sysContact Power Quality Meter sysName and Meter in the field sysLocation are shown o...

Page 309: ...itoring and Smart Grid Solutions Electro Industries GaugeTech The Leader In Power Monitoring and Smart Grid Solutions 3 The Set window opens type a new setting inside the Value field and press OK this setting will be kept even after meter reset or power down up See the example below ...

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Page 311: ...r example kWh Average Current When applied to current values amps the average is a calculated value that corresponds to the thermal average over a specified time interval The interval is specified by the user in the meter profile The interval is typically 15 minutes So average amps is the thermal average of amps over the previous 15 minute interval The thermal average rises to 90 of the actual val...

Page 312: ...tant 100kW load is applied the thermal average will indicate 90kW after one time interval 99kW after two time intervals and 99 9kW after three time intervals Bit A unit of computer information equivalent to the result of a choice between two alternatives Yes No On Off for example Or the physical representation of a bit by an electrical pulse whose presence or absence indicates data Binary Relating...

Page 313: ...interval in a load profile Cold Load Pickup This value is the delay from the time control power is restored to the time when the user wants to resume demand accumulation CRC Field Cyclic Redundancy Check Field Modbus communication is an error checksum calculation that enables a Slave device to determine if a request packet from a Master device has been corrupted during transmission If the calculat...

Page 314: ...ectrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory that retains its data during a power outage without need for a battery Also refers to meter s FLASH memory Energy Register Programmable record that monitors any energy quantity Example Watt hours VAR hours VA hours Ethernet A type of LAN network connection that connects two or more devices on a common communi cations backbone An Ethernet LAN consis...

Page 315: ... numbers or zero Invalid Register In the Nexus meter s Modbus Map there are gaps between Registers For example the next Register after 08320 is 34817 Any unmapped Register stores no information and is said to be invalid ITIC Curve An updated version of the CBEMA Curve that reflects further study into the performance of microprocessor devices The curve consists of a series of steps but still define...

Page 316: ... vendors to communicate in a common language Data is transmitted in a timed binary format providing increased throughput and therefore increased performance Network A communications connection between two or more devices to enable those devices to send to and receive data from one another In most applications the network is either a serial type or a LAN type NVRAM Nonvolatile Random Access Memory ...

Page 317: ...ween two or more devices connected on a network PT Ratio Potential Transformer Ratio used to scale the value of the voltage to the primary side of an instrument transformer Also referred to as VT Ratio Pulse The closing and opening of the circuit of a two wire pulse system or the alternate closing and opening of one side and then the other of a three wire system which is equal to two pulses Q Read...

Page 318: ...flow is generally positive in quadrants 1 and 4 VAR flow is positive in quadrants 1 and 2 The most common load conditions are Quadrant 1 power flow positive VAR flow positive inductive load lagging or positive power factor Quadrant 2 power flow negative VAR flow positive capacitive load leading or negative power factor Register An entry or record that stores a small amount of data Register Rollove...

Page 319: ...imited to fairly short runs Current standards recommend a maximum of 50 feet but some users have had success with runs up to 100 feet Communications speed is typically in the range of 1200 bits per second to 57 600 bits per second RS232 connection can be accomplished using Port 1 of the Nexus 1250 1252 meter RS485 A type of serial network connection that connects two or more devices to enable comm...

Page 320: ... to the maximum demand load current See equation below NOTE The TDD displayed in the Harmonics screen is calculated by Communicator EXTTM software using the Max Average Demand THD Total Harmonic Distortion is the combined effect of all harmonics measured in a voltage or current The THD number is expressed as a percent of the fundamental For example a 3 THD indicates that the magnitude of all harmo...

Page 321: ...d imbalances VT Ratio The voltage transformer Ratio is used to scale the value of the voltage to the primary side of an instrument transformer Also referred to as PT Ratio Voltage Vab Vab Vbc Vca are all Phase to Phase voltage measurements These voltages are measured between the three phase voltage inputs to the meter Voltage Van Van Vbn Vcn are all Phase to Neutral voltages applied to the monitor...

Page 322: ...t Grid Solutions Glossary Voltage Vaux This is the fourth voltage input measured from between the Vaux and Vref inputs This input can be scaled to any value However the actual input voltage to the meter should be of the same magnitude as the voltages applied to the Va Vb and Vc terminals ...

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