INTEGRATED VALVE
The valve position LED (Figure 9) provides visual cues as green, red and amber lights to indicate valve position and status.
Figure 9: Valve position LED
Valve Positions
Status Valve Position LED Color LED Indicator
Active Open Green Blinks once per minute
Active Partial
Amber Blinks once per minute
Active Closed
Red Blinks once per minute
Valve opening Moving
Green Blinks continuously until the valve movement stops
Valve closing Moving
Red Blinks continuously until the valve movement stops
Obstacle/Error on Close Closing
Amber Steady (up to a minute), then blinks once per minute
Storage Open -- Valve does not operate in Storage mode
The valve is OPEN and in Storage mode when the E-Series Ultrasonic Plus meter is shipped from the factory. It automatically
transitions to Active status when the ORION Cellular LTE-M or LTE-MS endpoint is activated. Active valves can be moved into
three different positions:
• OPEN Normal water flow
• PARTIAL Reduced water flow (0.35 gpm*)
• CLOSED Restricted water flow (0.125 gpm or less* for humanitarian, life-sustaining measures)
* Typical flow based on 60 psi at the meter
Valve Routine Maintenance
To make sure it is working properly, the valve cycles once
every 30 days, automatically, at about 2 a.m. local time. One
cycle is two consecutive actuations, from—and back to—
the valve starting position.
Example: Open (starting position)> Closed> Open.
In BEACON, the maintenance cycle date/time is displayed as
Last Maintenance Cycle on the expanded meter card, under
the Valve tab (Figure 10).
OTE:N The valve will not close if it detects any flow. It will
make three more attempts (2:15, 2:30, 2:45 a.m.)
and if there is still flow, the valve will re-attempt the
following day at the same time.
Figure 10: Last Maintenance Cycle date
MPORTANTI
The valve uses a lithium battery that supports a minimum of 480 actuations or 240 cycles (on average, one cycle per month for
20 years). Each valve actuation affects battery life, therefore routine maintenance is not performed during any month the valve is
actuated by the utility.
Integrated Valve
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