Changing An A3 Alpha Meter With Ilc1 Option Board; Display List Items - Elster A3 ALPHA Product Manual

July 2004
Changing an A3 ALPHA
Meter with ILC1 Option
Board

Display List Items

Use authorized utility procedures to remove metering equipment. Dangerous
voltages are present. 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.
Since the REX meters within the network register with a collector, a change out
procedure needs to be performed to make certain that the REX meters will com-
municate with the new A3 ALPHA meter/collector. Follow these steps to change
out an old meter/collector with a new meter/collector:
1. Before beginning the change out procedure, verify that the new
A3 ALPHA meter/collector is properly configured. See Metercat Pro-
gram Development Guide (TM42-2204) for specific details.
2. Using Metercat software, perform a billing or diagnostic read on the old
A3 ALPHA meter/collector. Be certain that Metercat is configured to
perform the following:
store the reading
■
read all of the internal LAN controller data
■
3. Make a note of the old A3 ALPHA meter/collector LAN ID obtained from
the billing or diagnostic read performed in step 2. The LAN ID is found
on the Internal LAN Controller tab of the Status view.
Note. The LAN ID is also available on the nameplate. See Appendix C,
"Nameplate Information," in the REX Meter Technical Manual
(TM42-2210) for more details.
4. Remove the old A3 ALPHA meter/collector from service. See
A3 ALPHA Meter Technical Manual (TM42-2190) for specific details.
5. Install the new A3 ALPHA meter/collector. Be sure to follow the instruc-
tions that are provided with the A3 ALPHA meter/collector to correctly
install the meter/collector.
6. Using Metercat software, perform the "Change Out LAN Collector"
task. See Metercat User Guide (TM42-2204) for specific details. The old
A3 ALPHA meter/collector LAN ID obtained in step 3 will be needed to
complete the change out function.
After the change out command is performed, the REX meters previously regis-
tered with the old meter/collector will re-register with the new A3 ALPHA meter/
collector.
The A3 ALPHA meter display is divided into different regions as shown in
Figure 4. See Chapter 3, "Operating Instructions," in the A3 ALPHA Meter Tech-
nical Manual (TM42-2190) for more detailed descriptions of the LCD and its dis-
play regions.
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