
Revision Date: July 5, 2022
Mounting the Meter
The iMeter 7A should be installed in a dry environment with no dust
and kept away from heat, radiation and electrical noise sources.
Installation steps:
▪Remove the mounting brackets from the meter
▪Fit themeter through a 138mm x 138mm cutout
▪Re-installthemounting bracketsandtightenthescrews againstthe
panel to secure the meter
Using the Front Panel Buttons
The Front PanelDisplay allows usersto access different measurements andperform basic configuration. Thereare five menus
in the Home Page, <Metering>, <Power Quality>, <PQ Insight>, <Events> and <Setup>. Each menu includes multiple sub-
menus for measurements, events or setup parameters. The following table provides an overview of the Front Panel buttons.
Metering / Power Quality / PQ Insight / Event Menu
The four arrow buttons are usedfor navigation betweendifferentmenus in the Home Page.The current cursor location is
indicated by a larger icon where its available sub-menus are listed at the bottom of the screen for reference.
Before a sub-menu is selected,
•Press <> or <> to navigate the sub-menulist.
Aftera sub-menu is selected,
•Press <> or <> to display different pages of parameters.
•Use <> or <> to scroll to differentpages of Individual Harmonic or
Interharmonic measurements from 1st to 63rd in the Harmonics or
Interharmonics sub-menu.
•In the WFR and DWR page, press <> or <> to scroll backward or
forward through the waveform and <> or <> to zoom in/out of the
waveform.
Before a parameter is selected,
•Use <>, <>, <> and<> buttons
to navigate around.
If a parameter is selected,
•For a numeric parameter, press <>
or <> to increment or decrement a
numeric value.
•For an enumerated parameter, press
<> or <> to scroll through the
selection list.
•Press <> to enter the selected Menu/Sub-menu
•In TOU, press<> to toggle between Energy and Max. Demand.
•In Max., Min., and 2-150kHz C.E., press <>toscroll through different
pages of measurements.
•In Harmonics / Interharmonics, press <> to view the Individual
Harmonics or Interharmonics details.
•In PQ Insight, press <> to Pause/Refresh the WF Capture, toggle the
signal selection for WF display, manually trigger WFR/DWR or view the
latest event details.
Before a parameter is selected,
•pressing <>selects a parameter for
modification.
Aftera parameter is selected,
•pressing <>saves the present value
of the selected parameter into
memory.
•Press <>to exitthe current display.
Press <>to cancel the change.
Press this key combination to toggle betweenthe Summary and Large Font display in RMS, Energy (RMS only), Demand,
TOU,Harmonics and Interharmonics.
Basic Setup Parameters
A valid Front Panel Password is required for making changes. Thedefault Front Panel Passwordis 000001.
The password digits cannot
be identical or sequential.
The Wiring Connection of the meter
Ull Nominal Voltage on the Secondary Side
PT Nominal Primary Voltage
PT Nominal Secondary Voltage
CT Nominal Primary Current
CT Nominal Secondary Current
Enable/Disable P1 and select IP AddressingMode
Ethernet Port 1 IP Address
Ethernet Port 1 SubnetMask
Ethernet Port Gateway Address
Enable/Disable P2 and select IP AddressingMode
Ethernet Port 2 IP Address
Ethernet Port 2 SubnetMask
Modbus, EtherGate,
Disable
Data rate in bits per second
1200/2400/4800/
9600/19200/38400bps