2 A1100 - Electronic Polyphase Meter
© Elster Metering Systems - M180 001 1E - 6.2005
17 INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................................. 23
17.1 UNPACKING ..........................................................................................................................................23
17.2 HANDLING ............................................................................................................................................23
17.3 STORAGE .............................................................................................................................................23
17.4 INSTALLATION SITE................................................................................................................................ 23
17.5 ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC)..............................................................................................23
17.6 FIXING AND CONNECTION .......................................................................................................................24
18 COMMISSIONING.............................................................................................................................. 25
19 MAINTENANCE.................................................................................................................................25
20 DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING ..........................................................................................................26
FIGURES
FIGURE 1 - MODEL CODE.......................................................................................................................... 27
FIGURE 1A - MODEL CODE (CONTINUED) ......................................................................................................28
FIGURE 2 - LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY METER.............................................................................................. 29
FIGURE 2A - STEPPER REGISTER METERLCD NAMEPLATE ............................................................................ 30
FIGURE 3 - NAMEPLATES...........................................................................................................................31
FIGURE 4 - LOAD CURVES (CLASS 1 LIMITS) ...............................................................................................32
FIGURE 5 - TERMINAL ARRANGEMENTS.......................................................................................................33
FIGURE 5A - TERMINAL CONFIGURATIONS..................................................................................................... 34
FIGURE 6 - DIMENSIONS, FIXING CENTRES AND TERMINAL COVER WITH CUT-OUT .......................................... 35
FIGURE 7 - TYPICAL SINGLE RATE IMPORT METER DISPLAY..........................................................................36
FIGURE 7A - TYPICAL TWO RATE IMPORT METER DISPLAY .............................................................................37
FIGURE 7B - DISPLAY DATA (LCD METER) ...................................................................................................38
APPENDIX A – IRDA DATA FORMATS ........................................................................................................39
A1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................39
A2 IRDA OUTPUT MESSAGE .......................................................................................................................39
A3 IRDA DATA BITS ...................................................................................................................................40
A4 IRDA MESSAGE FORMAT .......................................................................................................................41
A5 IRDA TRANSMISSION TABLE: STATUS AND BILLING DATA .......................................................................... 41
APPENDIX B - CHECKING KWH REGISTRATION ACCURACY..................................................................44
B1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................44
B2 CHECKING METER ACCURACY USING THE TEST LED................................................................................44
B2.1 Comparing the number of LED pulses with substandard meter register advance .............................. 44
B2.2 Comparing LED pulses with substandard meter pulses .....................................................................45
B3 CHECKING METER REGISTRATION ACCURACY FROM REGISTER ADVANCES.................................................45
B3.1 Using the 'Test' values on the meter display.......................................................................................45
B3.2 Using the register readings from the IrDA output................................................................................ 46
B3.2.1 Comparing the IrDA register reading advance with that of a substandard meter................................46
APPENDIX C - IRDA DATA SOFTWARE ......................................................................................................47
C1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................47
C1.1 Installing the Software .......................................................................................................................47
C1.2 Collecting Data Using a Laptop ......................................................................................................... 47
C1.3 Collecting Data Using a PDA.............................................................................................................49