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Receiver Section 6-11
SmartPoint Module for the Elster A3 Meter ECMTM40000
6.2.17 C&I Demand Reset
A command reset the Demands in the C&I Tables.
6.3 Command Addressing
The Receiver will accept commtches its own Device Id and one using the Broadcast Address, which is all 1’s or
0xFFFFFF. Broadcast messages are not acknowledged.
6.4 Receiver Miscellaneous
6.4.1 Miscellaneous
CSMA, RSSI listen before talk, which reduces collisions CSMA, allows coexistence if a channel in a
shared FCC band.
6.4.2 Polling
A line power receiver enabled end point device may be polled by a tower or a specially equipped
moving vehicle (Drive By). The poll may be a point address or broadcast. Broadcast causes all end
point devices in listening range to delay for a pseudorandom time then report. The maximum delay is
60 seconds.
Byte
(Bits)
Field
0 Repeat Level / Status
1 App Sequence
2 App Code: 7 – Command Message
3 Command Type: 17 – Demand Reset
4-7 Buddy Routing Address
8-31 (reserved)