ION 8000 Series User Guide Setup Menus
Chapter 2 - Front Panel Page 31
Demand Setup Menu
You can access the Demand Setup menu with ION software or with the meter’s
front panel.
To view the Demand Setup menu with the meter’s front panel, press and hold the
Alt/Enter button, and press the Up or Down arrow buttons to highlight Demand
Setup, and then press the Alt/Enter button.
The Demand Setup menu accesses the global settings for all of the revenue related
Rolling Block (Sliding Window) Demand and Thermal Demand functionality in
the ION 8000 series meter. The settings provided in the Demand Setup menu
control the timing of these demand calculations. The following setup registers and
their default settings are displayed:
NOTE
Refer to “Sliding Window Demand Module Settings” on page 117 and “Thermal Demand Module
Settings” on page 118 for complete details about Sliding Window Demand and Thermal Demand
modules.
COM Ports Setup Menu
You can access the COM Ports Setup menu with ION Setup software or with the
meter’s front panel. See “Communications Options” on page 73 for more
information.
To make changes to communications settings with the meter’s front panel, hold
down the Alt/Enter button for three seconds to enter the Setup menu, then press
the Down arrow button to select the COM Setup you want. Depending upon the
IA Polarity NORMAL The polarity of the Current Transformer on I1
IB Polarity NORMAL The polarity of the Current Transformer on I2
IC Polarity NORMAL The polarity of the Current Transformer on I3
I4 Polarity NORMAL The polarity of the Current Transformer on I4
Phase Rotation ABC The expected rotation of the voltage phases (ABC or ACB)
Setup Register
Default
Value
Function
SWD SubInterval 900 s Specifies the number of seconds in the Rolling Block sub-interval
SWD # SubIntervals 1 Sets the number of sub-interval in the Rolling Blocks
SWD Pred Resp 70 Specifies the speed of the predicted demand output
TD Interval 900 s Sets the number of seconds in the thermal demand interval
TD Tim Const 90 Sets the rate of the thermal demand output response
COM1 SETUP
8500 SETUP
DEMAND SETUP
BASIC SETUP
SWD # SUBINTERVLS
RETURN
SWD SUBINTERVAL
DEMAND SETUP
COM2 SETUP
8500 SETUP
COM1 SETUP
BAUD RATE
RETURN
PROTOCOL
DEMAND SETUP
COM1 SETUP