User's Manual

EkaNet Pulse Node Hardware
10156-07 5 - 4 EkaNet Hardware Manual
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Figure 5.1 shows an indoor EkaNet Wireless Pulse node with the cover
removed. The primary components are labeled:
5.2.2 Connection and Operation
To connect an indoor EkaNet Wireless Pulse node to the meter:
1. Remove the cover from the node.
2. Mount the indoor node such that you can connect the node to the meter(s)
and the node to the power outlet.
3. Connect the meter’s pulse output wires to the EkaNet node’s pulse input
(through the hole of the side of the node’s case).
- For the first meter, connect the meter’s pulse+ output to the EkaNet
node’s Channel 1 and the meter’s pulse- output to the EkaNet node’s
Common 1&2.
- For the second meter, connect the meter’s pulse+ output to the EkaNet
node’s Channel 2 and the meter’s pulse- output to the EkaNet node’s
Common 1&2.
- For the third meter, connect the meter’s pulse+ output to the EkaNet
node’s Channel 3 and the meter’s pulse- output to the EkaNet node’s
Common 3&4.
- For the fourth meter, connect the meter’s pulse+ output to the EkaNet
node’s Channel 4 and the meter’s pulse- output to the EkaNet node’s
Common 3&4.
4. Plug in the node’s AC adaptor to a power outlet. The EkaNet Wireless Pulse
node will begin operation.
5. Verify that the LEDs are blinking. See Section 5.4.
6. Replace the cover on the node.
Figure 5.2 EkaNet Indoor Wireless Pulse Node - Cover Removed
Bar code and label
contain the node’s
radio address and
serial number. These
numbers are also
embedded in the
node’s software.
Mounting holes
(4)
Pulse Connections