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Setup Menus ION 8000 Series User Guide
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communications options ordered with your meter, the parameter settings
available are as follows:
NOTE
For hardware-lockable meters, you do not need to be in TEST mode to alter these COM port settings.
Serial COM Settings
There are three main parameters that you must set or verify if your meter is
connected to a serial network (including modem communications): Unit ID, Baud
Rate, and Protocol.
NOTE
Other parameters such as TRANSMIT DELAY, are used in advanced configuration or fine-tuning your system.
Settings for the parameters mentioned above are commonly required to get your meter communicating.
You can access serial COM settings with ION Setup software, or with the meter’s
front panel. To navigate to the Unit ID, baud rate, and protocol settings using the
meter’s front panel:
1. Press and hold the Alt/Enter button on the front panel of the meter. After
about three seconds the Setup screen appears.
2. Use the Up or Down arrow buttons to navigate to the COM port you want to
configure. Press the Alt/Enter button.
Press the Up or Down arrow buttons to navigate to PROTOCOL, UNIT ID and
BAUD RATE menus. The default configurations are listed in the following COM
Setup menu for COM1 (selectable RS-232 or RS-485), COM2 (RS-485 or optional
modem), COM3 (optical port) and COM4 (optional RS-485 with optional modem
for ION 8500 and ION 8400 meters only).
Menu Item Description
COM1 Setup Settings for the selectable RS-232 or RS-485 communications port. The COM1 communications channel may be used by
the ION 8300 meter optional Ethernet if COM2 has the internal modem option or dedicated RS-485.
COM2 Setup Settings for the dedicated RS-485 or optional modem port. The COM2 communications channel may be used by ION
8300 meter optional Ethernet if COM1 has selectable RS-232 or RS-485.
COM3 Setup Settings for the optical communications port.
COM4 Setup
The optional COM4 RS-485 port is only available for the ION 8500 / ION 8400 meters with the optional modem. The
COM4 communications channel is also used by the Ethernet option, so COM4 RS-485 is not available when the
Ethernet option is selected.
Network Setup
Settings for the Ethernet communications port.
For the ION 8500 / ION 8400 meters, the optional Ethernet port shares the COM4 communications channel with the
optional COM4 RS-485 communications, so Ethernet is not available when COM4 RS-485 is enabled.
For ION 8300 meters, the optional Ethernet port shares the COM1 or COM2 communications channel, so Ethernet may
not be available if both of these ports have other options.