Display List Items; Ilc2 Option Board Error Codes; No Error - Elster A3 ALPHA Product Manual

June 2008

Display List Items

Figure 3. A3 ALPHA meter LCD
Table 1. Error conditions and codes
The A3 ALPHA meter display is divided into different regions as shown in Figure
3. See Chapter 3, "Operating Instructions," in the A3 ALPHA Meter Technical
Manual (TM42-2190) for more detailed descriptions of the LCD and its display
regions.
Operating mode
indicators
Quantity identifer
Display identifers
PREV
RATE
CONT
RESETS
TOTAL
Power/energy
units identifier
The display list for all displayable items, including the items relating to the ILC2
option board, can be programmed using Metercat meter support software.

ILC2 Option Board Error Codes

Unlike standard A3 ALPHA meter error codes, ILC2 option board error codes
must be programmed as a displayable item in the A3 ALPHA meter display list
using Metercat support software; otherwise, the meter LCD will not display any
indication that a condition exists that affects the ILC2 option board's operation.
Error conditions and codes identify the ILC2 option board error conditions and
the associated display quantity value. The quantity identifier is the same for all
ILC2 option board error codes and can be programmed to be any numeric char-
acter (represented by i in Table 1).
Condition

No error

Table CRC error
Configuration error
Shared memory error
Power fail data save error
Error codes may be displayed in combination (for example, iii 100100), indicat-
ing that more than one error condition has been detected.
No error. This code is displayed when no error condition exists in the ILC2
option board. Since ILC2 option board error codes must be programmed as dis-
play items, this code is used when no error condition is present in the ILC2
option board.
A3 ALPHA Meter/Node (ILC2)
SEAS
ABCD
TEST
CUM
MAX
ALT
KW ARh
Real energy
indicators
Quantity identifier Display quantity value
iii
iii
iii
iii
iii
Product Guide
Display quantity
Potential
indicators
EOI
End of interval
indicator
Alternate energy
indicators
000000
000100
001000
010000
100000
DRAFT
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