Reference Manual Part 1

Technical Reference Manual - TransPondIT for CENTRON Electric Meter
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Chapter 3: CONFIGURING THE TRANSPONDIT
3.1 DEFAULT CONFIGURATION
TransPondITs are delivered with the following default configuration:
Parameter
Default Setting
Meter Reading (kWh) 0
Utility Code 55
TransPondIT ID Factory Serial Number (on barcode)
Transmit Interval 5 seconds
Status/Error/Tamper Code OK (0)
Display format 5*1
Detent option Decrement meter reading on reverse energy flow
LCD segment test KWh for 7 seconds, segment test for 1 second
Table 1: Default TransPondIT configuration
If these settings are acceptable then the TransPondIT is ready to use. If the settings are not
acceptable, then the ConFigIT is used to re-program the TransPondIT.
3.2 CONFIGURABLE PARAMETERS
The following parameters can be configured:
• TransPondIT ID – (Example: to match the meter ID or to match Meter Point ID (0-16777215)).
• Meter reading (0 to 99999).
• Utility code – (Example: to provide differentiation from TransPondITs on water/gas meters or
from those in neighboring utilities (0-255)).
• Format of the kWh reading on LCD (5*1 [kWh] or 4*10 [10’s of kWh]).
• Reverse count handling function (detent register function).
• LCD segment test function.
• Status/Error/Tamper code.