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Elster A3 ALPHA Product Manual

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PG42-1005B
A3 ALPHA
®
Meter/Collector

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  • Page 1 Product Guide PG42-1005B A3 ALPHA ® Meter/Collector...
  • Page 2 In no event will Elster Electricity, LLC be responsible to the user in contract, in tort (including negligence), strict liability or other- wise for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damage or loss whatsoever, including but not limited to: damage or loss of use of equipment, cost of capital, loss of profits or revenues, or claims against the user by its customers resulting from the use of the information, recommendations, descriptions, and safety notices contained herein.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    General Description ........1 A3 ALPHA Meter Circuit Board ......1 Metercat Programming Note .
  • Page 4 A3 ALPHA Meter/Collector Product Guide July 2004...

  • Page 5: General Description

    ITM3 option board using the 20-pin header (J5) as shown in Figure 1. The antenna for the ILC1 option board mounts directly onto the electronic hous- ing (see Figure 2) and fits completely under the cover of the A3 ALPHA meter.
  • Page 6 Product Guide July 2004 An A3 ALPHA meter/collector has a 4-conductor telephone cable exiting the meter with an RJ-11 connector at the end as shown in Figure 3. There is a wire marker approximately 6 inches from the RJ-11 end with “INT MOD ITM3”...

  • Page 7: Metercat Programming Note

    Using MAS, meter readings can be scheduled or per- formed on-request from the browser-based user interface. MAS allows all billing data to be read from the meter; this includes data from the A3 ALPHA meter and from each REX meter registered with the ILC1 option board. Billing data from the A3 ALPHA meter includes multi-channel interval data, consumption, demand, time-of-use registers as well as meter status flags.

  • Page 8: Operation Of The A3 Alpha Meter With Ilc1 Option Board

    LAN to the REX meters. The time base in the A3 ALPHA meter is used as the system time for the LAN, and the ILC1 option board periodically reads this time and distributes the time to the LAN.

  • Page 9: Calendar

    Season Changes Season changes for the A3 ALPHA meter/collector are controlled by the calen- dar in the A3 ALPHA meter. Season changes for the REX meters are controlled by calendars in the ILC1 option board. The ILC1 option board has season change dates for each of eight possible TOU schedules.

  • Page 10: Power Failure

    The REX meters will then revert to relative timekeeping and store all TOU energy data in the default rate. The A3 ALPHA meter LCD will indicate the ILC1 option board’s loss of real time by displaying an error code (see “ILC1 Option Board Error Codes” on page 8 for more information).

  • Page 11: Changing An A3 Alpha Meter With Ilc1 Option Board

    Equipment damage, personal injury, or death can result if safety procedures are not followed. If the A3 ALPHA meter/collector must be taken out of service (because of an error condition, the telephone modem fails, etc.), the A3 ALPHA meter/collector can be replaced with another A3 ALPHA meter/collector.

  • Page 12: Ilc1 Option Board Error Codes

    ILC1 option board. The ILC1 option board can lose its real time clock if the A3 ALPHA meter has lost its timekeeping capability or if the ILC1 option board cannot communicate with the A3 ALPHA meter. When this condition is present,...

  • Page 13: Carryover Error

    Collector operation 000001 Collector operation. This code indicates that the A3 ALPHA meter is operat- ing as a collector. While operating as a collector, the A3 ALPHA meter is collect- ing and storing REX meter data using the ILC1 option board.

  • Page 14: Ilc1 Option Board Information

    July 2004 ILC1 Option Board Information ILC1 option board information can be displayed on the A3 ALPHA meter LCD. Table 3 identifies all the items that are available for display. The quantity identifier must be a numeric character (represented by i in Table 3) and should be unique for each item that you want to display.

  • Page 15: Fcc And Industry Canada Compliance

    FCC and Industry Compliance Statement (Part 15.19) Canada Compliance The A3 ALPHA meter/collector complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules and with RSS-210 of Industry Canada. Operation is subject to the following two condi- tions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2.

  • Page 16: Industry Canada Statement

    Specifications ual (TM42-2190) lists the meter specifications for an A3 ALPHA meter. When the A3 ALPHA meter is operating as a collector, the operating range for a Form 35S meter is different than the specifications listed in TM42-2190. Operating Ranges...
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  • Page 18 This page is intentionally left blank. Elster Electricity, LLC Raleigh, North Carolina USA + 1800 338 5251 (US Technical Support) + 1800 257 9754 (US Sales Support) + 1 919 212 4800 (US Main) + 1 905 634 4895 (Canada) support@us.elster.com...

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