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Landis+Gyr Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guide 98-1482 Rev AA 7
The network indicator feature will display two key elements of communications health
characteristics.
• Communication Hardware Status: Information about AMI radio communic
ations, HAN
(ZigBe
e) radio communications, and the interactions between the two
• RF Mesh Neighbor Status: Information about the number of RF mesh neighb
ors available
for network communications
For more inf
ormation on this feature see Appendix E: <Italics>"Gridstream RF Network Indicator"
on page -109.
Power Outage/Restoration
When an outage occurs, the meter uses an early power failure signal to alert the communication
module to disconnect from the meter's power immediately. The communication module saves
critical module data to non-volatile memory and creates and sends a power outage message. This
message includes the following information:
• LAN ID
• Outage time
• Reboot count
The communication module sends the message, then assists with routing other packets until the
back-up energy source can no longer keep the radio alive.
When power is restored, the communication module connects with the network. With network
communications restored, the communication module sends a power restoration message that
includes details such as:
• LAN ID
• Outage time
• Restoration time
• Reboot count
The communication module stores a history of up to the last five power outage and restoration event
pairs in the event log. The Host can request this data.
 NOTE: The module is designed with a high temperature protection feature in which the firmware
automatically starts draining the super capacitor responsible for outage notification at 65 degrees
Celsius.
Standards Compliance
The Gridstream RF G5 FOCUS AXe module has Smart Utility Network (SUN) 802.15 4G ready
hardware.
Flash Memory Options
The standard hardware configuration for the Gridstream RF G5 FOCUS AXe modules has 4MB
flash memory. An 8MB flash memory option is also available.
Draft 10.8.14