Installation Guide

Note: You can upgrade the ACTD using FDN. First, navigate to Config > Firmware
Update, select the Firmware Update Group in which the CGR resides, click the Upload
Image button. From the Upload Image box, choose ACTD-CGR from the Select Type
drop-down box, choose app-actd-ver4.5.8.tar from the Select an Image drop-down box,
and click the Upload Image button. Second, once the upload is completed the Install Image
button is available, click Install Image button and wait until it is completed.
18. Verify that a mesh network forms under the newly installed and configured CAM3.
19. From FND, Verify that the CAM3M is properly registered with the FND with the new PAN ID
and that all endpoints are visible in the routing tree.
Updating the Data Rate
The type of firmware loaded on to the CAM3S and the Battery Powered Devices (BPDs) at the
factory dictates the CAM3S and BPDs data rate.
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Historically CAM modules in the Star deployment were shipped with a 10kbps default data
rate, and these CAM modules communicated with Battery Powered Devices (BPDs) at this
10kbps data rate in a Star configuration. The default communication data rate remains at
10kbps in CAM3S and the BPDs shipping from the factory. Thus, unless you state
otherwise, you receive a CAM3S with a 10kbps Data Rate.
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If your intention is to order CAM3S modules and the BPDs that operate at the 25kbps data
rate, then they should be ordered with the GSR 5.1 firmware set. CAM3S modules or the
BPDs that are ordered with the GSR 5.1 firmware set not only operate at 25kbps data rate,
but they also have Network Security feature turned “OFF” on them.
For any existing field deployments, in the Star configuration, that need to be upgraded to operate
at 25kbps data rate, then perform the following steps:
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If the existing deployment is functioning using CAM1 modules, then these CAM1 modules
need to be replaced with CAM3S modules with GSR 5.1 firmware set loaded on them.
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If the existing deployment is functioning using CAM3S modules, but at 10kbps data rate,
then the firmware of these CAM3S modules need to be upgraded to the GSR 5.1 firmware.
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Firmware of all the associated BPDs in the deployment should also be upgraded to the GSR
5.1 firmware.
Firmware selections for the 25kbps data rate are:
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For CAM3S: 428935-004 GSR 5.1 STAR - Network Security OFF & 25K Data Rate
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ForBPDs (500G, 500W, OWR-GRD): Please refer to the OpenWay Riva GSR 5.1 System
Release Notes (815-0181-00), Intelis Gas Meters Release Notes (815-0172-00), 500W
ERT
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Modules Release Notes (815-0182-00), and 500G ERT
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Modules Release Notes
(815-0220-00).
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