Chapter 1 Introduction; Ion 8000 Series Meters - Power Measurement ION 8300 User Manual

ION 8000 Series Meters

ION 8000 Series Meters
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ION 8300, ION 8400 and ION 8500 meters are suited to a wide range of
applications. The meters can be used as stand-alone devices, but their extensive
capabilities are fully realized when used as part of an enterprise energy
management (EEM) system.
Whether your company is an energy supplier, service provider or consumer, an
EEM system gives you the real-time information and control needed to take
control of energy cost, quality and reliability across your entire enterprise. It gives
you an integrated solution to managing new billing structures, distributed
generation, energy purchasing, energy cost control, and operational efficiency
while maximizing uptime. Systems can span widely dispersed geographic
locations and multiple points within each site. A single, shared system delivers a
broad range of functionality that can satisfy the needs of many different groups
within your enterprise.
ION® technology uniquely delivers the benefits of enterprise energy management
through an efficient, economical, and scalable architecture using web-enabled
software and intelligent metering and control devices. ION systems place
intelligence everywhere it's needed, delivering information and control to
everyone that needs it, wherever they are. This gives all parties the necessary
information to make the best energy decisions, and the control to act on them. A
single, shared system delivers a broad range of functionality that can satisfy the
needs of many different groups within an enterprise, while integrating seamlessly
with existing systems.
ION Enterprise™ is a powerful web-ready software suite that can process,
analyze, store, and share information from across your entire organization. Its
compatibility and flexibility means you can introduce individual components, at a
pace you decide, while maintaining your original investments. You can access
information and alarms from any workstation, pager, PDA, or cell phone locally or
around the world, in the format you require. You can also perform coordinated
load and equipment control functions, either manually or automatically. ION
software collects data automatically from ION meters and third-party devices, so
you can manage a single site or a global network of devices. ION software and
hardware products reduce cost of installation and ownership by leverage existing
corporate networks and popular networking technologies, including serial,
wireless, modem, Ethernet and Internet links.
A wide selection of ION intelligent metering and control devices are available,
with choices to meet the specific needs of various key points within an enterprise.
Devices offer a range of high accuracy metering, power quality and reliability
analysis, data and event logging, alarming, control and communications.
This manual discusses ION 8000 series meter default functionality, as well as
features and applications. Throughout the manual, the term "meter" refers to all
three meter models. All differences between the models, such as a feature specific
to one model, are indicated with the appropriate model number.
ION 8000 Series User Guide
Chapter 1 - Introduction