Aclara I-210+ User manual

I-210+ Electronic Meter
User Manual
132265-TUM
Revision 1
www .Aclara.com

I-210+ User Manual (132265-TUM Rev 1)
Proprietary Notice
This document contains information that is private to Aclara Technologies LLC, an Ohio limited
liability company, and/or that is private to Aclara Meters LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (individually or collectively “Aclara”). This information may not be published,
reproduced, or otherwise disseminated without the express written authorization of Aclara.
Any software or firmware described in this document is furnished under a license and may be
used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license.
Disclaimer
The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed
as a commitment by Aclara. Aclara assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in
this document.
No responsibility is assumed for the use or reliability of software on equipment that is not
supplied by Aclara.
I-210+, I-210+c, kV2c, kV2c+, and MeterMate are trademarks of Aclara Technologies LLC.
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I-210+ User Manual
FCC C OMPLIANCE
This product generates and uses radio frequency energy. It has been tested and verified
that it complies with the limits for the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 47, Part 15
- Radio Frequency Devices, Subparts A - General and B -Unintentional Radiators
issued by the Federal Communications Commission for Class B digital devices. If,
however, the product causes radio or television interference, notify:
Manager - Technology
Aclara Technologies
130 Main Street
Somersworth, NH 03878-3194
Class A equipment is intended for use in an industrial environment. The equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in
accordance with these instructions, may cause interference to other devices in the
vicinity. If this equipment does cause interference with other devices, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to
correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
•Reorient or relocate the receiving device.
•Increase the separation between the equipment.
•Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from the
impacted device(s).
•Consult the manufacturer or field service technician for help.
Class B equipment is intended for use in a residential environment. The equipment has
been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant
to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interferences to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off,
the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
•Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from the
receiver.
•Consult the dealer or an experienced ration/TV technician for help.
•All meters mentioned in this manual meet requirements for FCC Class B
devices.
•All meters mentioned in this manual meet requirements for ICES-003
Class B devices.

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W ARNINGS AND C AUTIONS
Electrical equipment contains hazardous voltages. May cause death, serious
personal injury or equipment damage.
Always de-energize and ground the equipment before maintenance. Maintenance
should be performed only by qualified personnel. The use of unauthorized parts in
the repair of the equipment or tampering by unqualified personnel will result in
dangerous conditions which will cause severe personal injury or equipment
damage. Follow all safety instructions contained herein.
IMPORTANT
The information contained herein is general and not intended for specific
application purposes. It does not relieve the user of responsibility to use sound
practices in application, installation, operation, and maintenance of the equipment
purchased. Aclara reserves the right to make changes in the specifications shown
herein or to make improvements at any time without notice or obligations. Should
a conflict arise between the general information contained in this publication and
the contents of drawing or supplementary material or both, the latter shall take
precedence.
The equipment in this manual must be operated only from the power source
specified.
The successful operation of this equipment depends upon proper handling,
installation, and operation. Neglecting fundamental installation requirements may
lead to personal injury as well as damage to electrical equipment or other property.
All electronic components within the meter are susceptible to damage from
electrostatic discharge. To prevent damage when handling this product use
approved static control procedures.
Hazardous voltages can cause shock, burns or death. To prevent exposure to
hazardous voltages, disconnect and lock out all power sources before servicing and
removing components.
If the meter is used in a manner not specified in this manual, the protection
provided by the equipment may be impaired.
Unauthorized changes or modifications made to the unit could void the warranty.

Warnings and Cautions
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QUALIFIED PERSON
For the purpose of this manual, a qualified person is one who is familiar with the
installation, configuration, or operation of the equipment and the hazards involved.
In addition, the person has the following qualifications and is trained:
• and authorized to de-energize, clear, ground, and tag circuits and equipment
in accordance with established safety procedures.
• in the proper care and use of protective equipment such as rubber gloves,
hard hat, safety glasses or face shields, flash clothing, etc. in accordance with
established safety practices.
in rendering first aid.Any work on or near energized meters, meter sockets, or
other metering equipment presents the danger of electrical shock. All work on
these products must be performed by qualified industrial electricians and metering
specialists only. All work must be done in accordance with local utility safety
practices and procedures.

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I-210+ User Manual vii
Chapter 1: Warnings and Cautions iv
IMPORTANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Returning Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2: Product Description 3
Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Operating Range and Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Meter Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ANSI Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Physical Variants Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Metering Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
On-Site User Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Theory of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Sensing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Metering and Reading of Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Nonvolatile Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
AMR Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Disconnect Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Remote Disconnect Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Outage Management and Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Enabling Outage Management and Restoration in I-210+ . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 3: Operating Instructions 11
Nameplate Label Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
LCD Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Billing Data Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
kWh Annunciator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Received / Delivered Annunciator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Disk Analog Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Volts/kW Annunciator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Three-Character Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Normal LCD Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Energy (kWh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Transformer Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Accumulation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Instantaneous Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Instantaneous Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Segment Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Real Time Watt Hour Disk Emulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Real Time Energy Direction Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Table of Contents
Chapter 4: Maintenance 19
Meter Accuracy Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Test Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Configuration Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Disk Analog Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Meter Instantaneous Power Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Shop Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Meter Shop Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Test Constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Watt-Hour Test Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Repair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Errors and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 5: Upgrading 25
Softswitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
O: Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
V2: Voltage Event Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
S2: AMR Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
F2: Emergency Conservation Demand Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
J2: Demand Limiting Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
U2: Pre-Payment Management (PPM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
AMI Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Dominican Republic Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Aclara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Trilliant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Meter Disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Meter Cover Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
I-210+ Module Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
AMI Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Meter Reassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 6: Installation Instructions 31
Chapter 7: Site Analysis Guides 33
Form 1S (2W-1ф) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Form 2S (3W-1ф) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Form 3S (2W-1ф) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Form 3S (3W-1ф) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Form 4S (3W-1ф) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Form 12S (3W-1ф) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Form 12S (3W-N) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Form 25S (3W-N) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 8: Diagrams 43