User's Guide

Chapter 5 • Features
A c l a r a R F E l e c t r i c I - 2 1 0 + c U s e r G u i d e 73
If RCDC Switch Open and RCDC Switch Close are enabled, the headend will
receive alarms twice - one reported by the NIC when it performs the action, and
another by the meter in its event log. If a technician uses a HandHeld MeterMate to
locally open or close the switch, and logging is disabled, the user at the headend
(and MDMS and CIS) will discover the change by monitoring the value of the
RCD switch position, which is reported daily by the NIC.
Display
When setting up items to display on the meter’s LCD, be careful to note the
Display Label you assign to the measurement. This will help set the context to the
user.
Under the Normal Mode tab, the following should be included on the alternate
display scroll list:
• Diagnostic Tools
• Network Status Info 1 (Network status information)
• Remote Disconnect
• Switch Status
• Diagnostic Tools
• Network Status Info 2 (Self-test results to the user)
• Network Status Info 3 (NIC operating mode information)
Recommended Endpoint NIC Configurations
The Customer Configuration Worksheet will allow certain network behaviors to
be configured.
The bulk of the data transmitted through the network is the LP data from the meter.
The I-210+c collects all channels at the same rate. However, they can be
transmitted to the headend at a different rate than they are collected. If fresh data is
required, intervals can be reported as soon as they are available by setting the LP
Bubbleup Schedule parameter to the same size as the interval. If network
efficiency is more desirable, you can set the LP Bubbleup Schedule parameter to
be a larger size than the LP interval size, e.g., hourly reporting of 15-minute
interval data. However queueing up too much data can be problematic too. No
more than 4 intervals should be queued up in the message. On the other hand,
going too small can create problems as well. The lpBubbleupSchedule parameter
in the NIC should not be set to a smaller size than then LP interval size in the
meter. The NIC can transmit 15-minute LP data every 15 minutes, but it should not
be configured to send 15-minute LP data every 5 minutes.
If the meter is configured to not collect LP data (either configured with zero
channels of LP data, or configured without the R2 softswitch) then LP Bubbleup
Schedule should also be configured to zero. Opportunistic alarms commonly ride
in on bubble up messages. With LP data disabled, this leaves daily shift data (and