ORION Fixed Network and Migratable Endpoints
ORI-UM-00025-EN-19
ORION endpoint wires: Red = Power/Clock; Black = Ground; Green = Data
Endpoint
Label Encoder Connectivity
Endpoint Wire Colors
Red Black Green Reading Resolution
ELCD or ENC
Badger Meter HR-E LCD or HR-E encoders, or
E-Series Ultrasonic Meter with High Res output
Encoder Wire/Termination Colors
Red Black Green
Up to eight (8) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC
Badger Meter ADE or E-Series Ultrasonic Meter with
ADE output
Red Black Green
Up to six (6) most
signicant digits
RTR
Badger Meter RTR or E-Series Ultrasonic Meter with
RTR output
Red Black Green
Up to seven (7) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC
Elster/AMCo ScanCoder or Invision*
Elster evoQ4 meter (encoder output)*
Green Black Red
Up to eight (8) most
signicant digits
C700D Elster/AMCo C700 Digital* Red Black
Not used –
cut green wire
ush with
outer sheath
Up to seven (7) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC Master Meter Octave Ultrasonic meter (encoder output)* Red Black Green
Up to eight (8) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC Metron Hawkeye* Red Black Green
Up to eight (8) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC Mueller Systems 420 Solid State Register (SSR) LCD* Red Black Green
Up to eight (8) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC Neptune ProRead, E-coder or ARB-V* Black Green Red
Up to eight (8) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC Sensus Electronic Register encoder (ECR) or ICE* Red Black Green
Up to eight (8) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC Hersey Translator*
Due to the customized, factory wire configurations of the Hersey
Translator, the terminal posts may not match the ORION endpoint wire
colors. Please contact Hersey for the terminal post wiring schematic
of your encoders to determine how the posts correspond to ORION
endpoint wires.
OTE:N Competitive encoder output is determined by the encoder configuration.
*ORION SE and ME ADE or ENC endpoints are compatible with the encoders/meters noted above with a manufacture date within 10 years of the current date
as long as the encoder is programmed into the three-wire output mode for AMR/AMI and has three wires connected to it. Encoder registers with two-wire
mode of operation require programming by the Utility, including registers that support auto two- or three-wire detection systems that do not automatically
switch to three-wire mode of operation once a compatible endpoint is connected for ORION connectivity.
Installation Guidelines (Indoor, Outdoor, Pit)
Install the endpoint/encoder assembly according to these guidelines:
• Indoor/Outdoor Installation: Mount outside the building, or indoors in the floor joist near an outside wall and away
from large metal objects.
• Pit Installation, ORION SE Endpoints: Mount through a NON-METAL pit lid—REQUIRED.
• Pit Installation, ORION ME Endpoints: Mount through a NON-METAL pit lid—Recommended.
OTE:N Endpoints not properly installed may not be covered under warranty.
Endpoint Activation
See "Activating Endpoints" on page 11 for details of the process.
Page 8 February 2019