Specifications

e Electro Industries/GaugeTech Doc #: E145701 2-1
Chapter 2
Shark® Meter Overview and Specifications
2.1: Hardware Overview
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The Shark®100 is a multifunction power meter designed
to be used in electrical substations, panel boards and as
a power meter for OEM equipment. The unit provides
multifunction measurement of all electrical parameters.
The unit is designed with advanced meaurement
capabilities, allowing it to achieve high performance
accuracy. The Shark® is specified as a 0.2% class
energy meter for billing applications as well as a highly
accurate panel indication meter.
A Shark® meter provides a host of additional capabilities,
including standard RS-485 Modbus and DNP Protocols
and an IrDA Port remote interrogation.
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Shark® meter features that are detailed in this manual, include:
· 0.2% Class Revenue Certifiable Energy and Demand Metering
· Meets ANSI C12.20 (0.2%) and IEC 687 (0.2%) Classes
· Multifunction Measurement including Voltage, Current, Power, Frequency, Energy, etc.
· Power Quality Measurements (%THD and Alarm Limits)
· V-Switch
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Technology - Field Upgrade without Removing Installed Meter
· Percentage of Load Bar for Analog Meter Perception
· Easy to Use Faceplate Programming
· IrDA Port for PDA Remote Read
· RS-485 Modbus Communication
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Shark® 100 Meter: a Meter / Digital Transducer
in one compact unit. It features an IrDA port as well as
an RS-485 port and can be programmed using the faceplate
of the meter. ANSI or DIN mounting may be used.
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Shark® 100T Transducer: a Digital Transducer only
unit providing RS-485 communication via Modbus RTU,
Modbus ASCII and DNP 3.0 (V3 and V4) protocols. The
unit is designed to install using DIN Rail Mounting
(see section 3.4).
Figure 2.1: Shark® 100
(Meter / Transducer)
Figure 2.2: Shark® 100T
(Transducer Only)