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Raleigh, North Carolina USA
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Summary of Contents for A3 ALPHA

Page 1: ...A3 ALPHA Meter Node ILC2 Product Guide PG42 1017A DRAFT ...

Page 2: ...ocument shall not become part of or modify any prior existing agreement commitment or relationship The information recommendations descriptions and safety notices in this document are based on Elster experience and judgment with respect to operation and maintenance of the described product This information should not be considered as all inclusive or covering all contingencies If further informati...

Page 3: ... A3 ALPHA Meter 6 Display List Items 7 ILC2 Option Board Error Codes 7 No error 7 Table CRC error 8 General configuration error 8 Shared memory error 8 Power fail data save error 8 ILC2 Option Board Status Codes 8 No status 8 Node is registered 8 Demand reset scheduled 8 ILC2 Option Board Information 9 LAN ID 1 9 LAN ID 2 9 Utility ID 9 Network registration status 9 FCC and Industry Canada Complia...

Page 4: ...A3 ALPHA Meter Node ILC2 Product Guide June 2008 ii DRAFT ...

Page 5: ... format can be used if you need two metered quantities two load profiling channels or other data not provided by the short data format The long data format requires more communication time and more storage in the collector For more information about the two data for mats including the status information they return see ILC2 Option Board Con figuration on page 5 A3 ALPHA Meter Circuit Board The A3 ...

Page 6: ... 2 Figure 1 A3 ALPHA meter electronic assembly Figure 2 A3 ALPHA meter electronic housing with antenna ILC2 option board at position 2 Interface board at position 1 Option board shield Meter circuit board Meter electronic housing J5 J4 Antenna DRAFT ...

Page 7: ...30 or 60 Selecting any other interval length will return interval data but with an unknown interval length reported to MAS Display When operating as a node the following items located in the LAN Items category are available for display ILC errors ILC status LAN ID utility ID LAN registration information Demand Interval minutes If using short format Elster recommends that you select 15 30 or 60 min...

Page 8: ...ata can be read from the stored data in the collector or on request by using MAS to communicate through the collector to the individual A3 ALPHA meter Data exchange between MAS and other utility systems is performed using an open XML schema AMR Data Exchange Format AMRDEF so that interfaces with billing systems and other enterprise systems can be easily implemented MAS also comes with the JSlinger...

Page 9: ...son changes for the A3 ALPHA meter are controlled by the calendar in the A3 ALPHA meter Power Failure and Restoration When there is a power failure the A3 ALPHA meter initiates a shutdown and stores the A3 ALPHA meter billing data and status information in EEPROM All information stored in the ILC2 option board is stored in battery backed RAM The A3 ALPHA meter s real time clock and the data stored...

Page 10: ... number of demand resets number of outages Reading the A3 ALPHA Meter The A3 ALPHA meter can be read in the following ways visually using the LCD optically using Metercat support software remotely via the EnergyAxis system 900 MHz network For more details on the information that can be viewed on the LCD see Display List Items on page 7 For more details on reading the A3 ALPHA meter optically see t...

Page 11: ...nditions and the associated display quantity value The quantity identifier is the same for all ILC2 option board error codes and can be programmed to be any numeric char acter represented by i in Table 1 Table 1 Error conditions and codes Error codes may be displayed in combination for example iii 100100 indicat ing that more than one error condition has been detected No error This code is display...

Page 12: ...ble item to appear on the A3 ALPHA meter LCD using Metercat support software Unlike error codes the status codes do not indicate a problem with the ILC2 option board Status con dition and code identifies the status condition and its associated display quantity value The quantity identifier is the same for all ILC2 option board status codes and can be programmed to be any numeric character represen...

Page 13: ...of the same network Network registration status This item displays the following information about the A3 ALPHA meter see Figure 4 the A3 ALPHA meter is registered with a collector the number of communication hops between the A3 ALPHA meter and the collector the last four digits of the collector s LAN ID Figure 4 Network registration status display FCC and Industry Canada Compliance Compliance Sta...

Page 14: ...an radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guar antee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or m...

Page 15: ...e meter specifications for an A3 ALPHA meter When the A3 ALPHA meter is operating as a node within the EnergyAxis system the oper ating range for a Form 35S meter is different than the specifications listed in TM42 2190 Operating Ranges Voltage Nameplate nominal range Operating range Form 35S 120 V to 240 V 96 V to 288 V All other forms 120 V to 480 V 96 V to 528 V DRAFT ...

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