User's Manual

ORION® Fixed Network – Metal Lid Endpoint
ORION FIXED NETWORK  METAL LID ENDPOINTS
This section contains information regarding identification, encoder compatibility and wiring, and activation for ORION Fixed
Network endpoints. ORION Fixed Network endpoints have a serial number range of 30000000 to 599999999.
Encoder Connectivity,Wiring and Read Resolution
ORION Metal Lid endpoints are available for connectivity to Badger Meter encoders and E-Series Ultrasonic meters as well as a
number of competitive encoders as shown in chart below.
Endpoints are shipped from the factory pre-programmed and are available in a three-wire configuration for connection to the
encoders noted. Endpoint installation kit instructions begin at "Endpoint Installation" on page 7.
The ORION Metal Lid endpoint is a three-wire metering endpoint device that requires connection to an encoder to complete
the assembly. All three wires must be connected to complete an installation. The connection can be made to either existing
wires from the encoder or directly to the terminal screws of the encoder, depending on the application and manufacturer.
Follow the manufacturer’s installation kit instructions provided with the gel splice or field splice kit you are using.
OTE:N Due to the customized, factory wire configurations of the Hersey Translator, the terminal posts may not match
the ORION endpoint wire colors. Please contact Hersey for the terminal post wiring schematic of your encoders to
determine how the posts correspond to ORION endpoint wires
.
ORION endpoint wires: Red = Power/Clock; Black = Ground; Green = Data
Endpoint
Label Encoder Connectivity
Endpoint Wire Colors
Red Black Green Reading Resolution
ELCD or ENC
Badger Meter HR-E LCD or HR-E encoders, or
E-Series Ultrasonic Meter with High Res output
Encoder Wire/Termination Colors
Red Black Green
Up to eight (8) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC
Badger Meter ADE or E-Series Ultrasonic Meter with
ADE output
Red Black Green
Up to six (6) most
signicant digits
RTR
Badger Meter RTR or E-Series Ultrasonic Meter with
RTR output
Red Black Green
Up to seven (7) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC Elster/AMCo ScanCoder or Invision* Green Black Red
Up to eight (8) most
signicant digits
C700D Elster/AMCo C700 Digital* Red Black
Not used –
cut green wire
ush with outer
sheath
Up to seven (7) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC Metron Hawkeye* Red Black Green
Up to eight (8) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC Neptune ProRead, E-coder or ARB-V* Black Green Red
Up to eight (8) most
signicant digits
ADE or ENC Sensus ECR II or ICE* Red Black Green
Up to eight (8) most
signicant digits
* ORION Metal Lid ADE or ENC endpoints are compatible with the encoders noted above with a manufacture date of 2000 or
newer as long as the encoder is programmed into the three-wire output mode for AMR/AMI and has three wires connected to
it. Encoder registers that are currently in two-wire mode of operation require programming by the Utility, including registers
that support auto two- or three-wire detection systems that do not automatically switch to three-wire mode of operation
once a compatible endpoint is connected for ORION connectivity.
OTE:N For those endpoint connections that are not equipped with inline connectors, see "Wiring an ORION Endpoint to an
Encoder" on page 10.
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