Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- Cellular 500G Module Remote Installation Guide
- Contents
- New in This Document
- 1 Important Safety and Compliance Information
- U.S. and Canadian Patent Numbers
- USA, FCC Part 15 Spectrum Compliance
- Modifications, Repairs, Installation, and Removal
- Canada, ISED Spectrum Compliance
- RF Exposure (FCC/ISED)
- Transportation Classification
- Lithium Battery Safety
- Equipment Repairs
- Intrinsic Safety
- Electrostatic Ignition Hazard
- Module Cleaning
- Do Not Drop
- 2 About the Itron Cellular 500G Remote Module
- 3 Mounting
- 4 Programming
- 5 Specific Meter Manufacturer Installation
- 6 Diaphragm Meter Installation
- 7 Using Gel-cap Connectors to Complete Wiring Connections
- 8 Optional Sealant Application Instructions
2
About the Itron Cellular 500GRemote Module
The Cellular 500G remote modules are an IPV4/IPv6 open standards-based gas modules
designed to be read under Itron’s multi-purpose OpenWay Riva Network Mode or by legacy
Mobile Mode. In OpenWay Riva Network Mode, the Remote module offers firmware download,
sub-hourly interval data, and extended data storage. In Mobile Mode, the Remote module
operates identical to the 100G DLS Dataglogging Remote module. Itron Remote modules can
be read by legacy handhelds and mobile or the new Itron Mobile Radio readers. The Remote
module continues Itron's tradition of reliability, accuracy, and long battery life while supporting
the industry's standards for security and intrinsic safety.
The remote module features tilt and cut cable-event reporting and security seals to indicate
physical tampering and minimize theft. Cut cable is reported when communications fail between
the meter or instrument and the Remote module, possibly from a cut or disconnected cable. The
Remote module circuitry senses an electrical current break to report a cut cable alarm or event.
Transmission Modes
In OpenWay Riva Network Mode, the module provides 3,840 buckets of configurable interval
data. Interval options are 5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes.
Note: Interval data options are dependent on the module's firmware version. For more
information, see Device Firmware Functionality on page 15.
Output power in OpenWay Riva Network Mode is designed to transmit 3 times a day with a 20-
year battery life.
In Mobile Mode, the module provides 960 buckets of hourly interval data and can be set to
transmit in mobile and handheld, hard to read mobile and handheld. Mobile Mode transmission
modes include the following transmission characteristics:
Mobile High Power Mode
The module transmits a high-powered RF message every 60 seconds. In Mobile High Power
Mode, the expected battery life is 20 years.
Mobile and Handheld Mode
The module transmits a medium-powered RF message every 15 seconds. In Mobile and
Handheld Mode, the expected battery life is 20 years.
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