Specifications

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1 INTRODUCTION
For many years, SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) system integrators have
wrestled with the totalization errors that are inherent when using low-tech, pulse-output water
meter registers.
With pulse-accumulation, the most commonly reported problem had always been the inevitable
discrepancies between the meter readings displayed on the SCADA computers and the readings
available on the physical meters themselves.
Today, SCADAmetrics has eradicated these errors with the introduction of the EtherMeter™ –
the telemetry appliance that can finally ensure absolute agreement between the SCADA system
and its connected meters… revenue-grade accuracy.
The effectiveness of the EtherMeter is based upon abandonment of pulse-counting techniques in
favor of an embrace of the latest “absolute encoder” meter-reading technologies.
Driven by the powerful SCADAmeter™ protocol conversion engine, it works by translating
totalization and flow rate signals from the newer, advanced AMR registers into industrial
protocols that SCADA systems can understand, such as MODBUS®, Allen Bradley DF1, and
EtherNet/IP™.
Additionally, because its flow calculation is based upon an internal delta-Volume/delta-Time
algorithm, the EtherMeter can even detect and alarm reverse flows!
The purpose of this manual is to provide the system integrator with the know-how to set up,
install, and maintain the EtherMeter – the new vital component built for today’s modern SCADA
systems.
An Installed EtherMeter™ AMR-Industrial Interface