Hardware Solutions for Gas Utilities User guide

CONTENTS
SECTION 1: ORION ENDPOINT PROGRAMMED VARIABLES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL GAS
METERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Step 1: Determine Style Of Endpoint: Integral (INT) or Remote (REM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Step 2: Determine Value of Meter Drive or Pulsed Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Step 3: Determine Number of Digits in Consumption Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Step 4: Determine Resolution of the Right-Most Digit in the Consumption Reading. . . . . . . . . . . .8
Step 5: Determine the Index Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Step 6: Determine the Fixed Pressure Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Step 7: Determine Direction of Meter Drive Rotation (ORION SE/ME only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 2: PROGRAMMING NOTES FOR REMOTE ORION ENDPOINT WITH MERCURY VOLUME
CORRECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the Remote ORION Endpoint to the Mercury Corrector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 3: PROGRAMMING NOTES FOR DRESSERROOTS ROTARY METER WITH EITHER DRESSER AMR
ADAPTER AND ORION INTEGRAL OR RIOTRONICS PULSER WITH REMOTE ORION ENDPOINT . . . . . 19
Programming Chart for Roots Meters with Dresser AMR Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Programming Chart for Roots Meters with RIOTronics Pulser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
APPENDIX: EXAMPLES OF INDEX VARIABLES ON VARIOUS DIAPHRAGM GAS METERS . . . . . . . . . . 25
ELSTER AMERICAN AC-250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ITRON/ACTARIS/SCHLUMBERGER/SPRAGUE METRIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SENSUS/ROCKWELL/EQUIMETER R250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ELSTER AMERICAN AC-250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
ELSTER AMERICAN AC-250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SENSUS/ROCKWELL/EQUIMETER R250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ELSTER AMERICAN AL800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
SENSUS/ROCKWELL/EQUIMETER 750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ITRON/ACTARIS/SCHLUMBERGER/SPRAGUE 800A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ELSTER AMERICAN AC-250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Programming Guide
Page iii July 2013