Front panel setup menus

Basic Setup

Volts Mode

The power system’s wiring configuration

9S - 4 Wire Wye/Delta, 29S - 4 Wire Wye, 35S - 3 Wire, 36S - 4 Wire Wye, DEMO

9S - 4 Wire Wye/Delta

PT Primary

The Potential Transformer’s primary winding voltage rating

1.0 to 999,999.00

120

PT Secondary

The Potential Transformer’s secondary winding voltage rating

1.0 to 999,999.00

120

CT Primary

The Current Transformer’s primary winding current rating

1.0 to 999,999.00

5

CT Secondary

The Current Transformer’s secondary winding current rating

1.0 to 999,999.00

5

VA Polarity

The polarity of the Potential Transformer on VA

Normal or Inverted

Normal

VB Polarity

The polarity of the Potential Transformer on VB

Normal or Inverted

Normal

VC Polarity

The polarity of the Potential Transformer on VC

Normal or Inverted

Normal

IA Polarity

The polarity of the Current Transformer on IA

Normal or Inverted

Normal

IB Polarity

The polarity of the Current Transformer on IB

Normal or Inverted

Normal

IC Polarity

The polarity of the Current Transformer on IC

Normal or Inverted

Normal

Phase Rotation

Power system’s phase rotation

ABC, ACB

ABC

COM1 Setup (RS-232/RS-485)

Protocol

Specifies the protocol used on this port

None, ION, Modbus RTU, Modbus Master ION8650C (Feature set C) does not support Modbus Master protocol.*, DNP v3.00, DLMS, ModemGate, GPS: Truetime/Datum, GPS: Arbiter, GPS: Arbiter-Vorne,Factory, EtherGate

ION

Baud Rate

Specifies COM port baud rate during serial communications

300 to 115200

9600

Transmit Delay

Specifies the port’s transmit delay setting

0 to 1.00

0.01

Unit ID

Identifies the meter during serial communications

1 to 9999

From serial number The factory set Unit ID is based on the serial number of the meter. For example: Serial number: XXXX-1009X263-XX is factory set to unit ID 9263.*

Serial Port

Data, parity and stop bits for the port

8O1, 8O2, 8N1, 8N2, 8E1, 8E2

8N1

RS232 or RS485

Specifies RS-232 or RS-485

RS232, RS485

RS232

RTS/CTS Handshake

Specifies if hardware flow control is used during RS-232 communication

RTS with delay, RTS/CTS

RTS with delay

RS485 Bias

Specifies whether or not RS-485 biasing is applied to port

ON or OFF

OFF

COM2 Setup (Modem)

Protocol

Specifies the protocol used on this port

None, ION, Modbus RTU, DNP v3.00, DLMS, GPS: Truetime/Datum, GPS: Arbiter, GPS: Arbiter-Vorne, Factory

ION

Baud Rate

Specifies COM port baud rate during serial communications

300 to 115200

9600

Transmit Delay

Specifies the port’s transmit delay setting

0 to 1.00

0.01

Unit ID

Identifies the meter during serial communications

1 to 9999

101

COM3 Setup (Front optical)

Protocol

Specifies the protocol used on this port

None, ION, Modbus RTU, Modbus Master ION8650C (Feature set C) does not support Modbus Master protocol.*, DNP v3.00, DLMS, GPS: Truetime/Datum, GPS: Arbiter, GPS: Arbiter-Vorne,Factory

ION

Baud Rate

Specifies baud rate during serial communications

300 to 115200 A baud rate of 300 bps is only intended for paging applications.*

9600

Transmit Delay

Specifies the port’s transmit delay setting

0 to 1.00

0.01

Unit ID

Identifies the meter during communications

1 to 9999

102

Serial Port

Data, parity and stop bits for the port

8O1, 8O2, 8N1, 8N2, 8E1, 8E2

8N1

COM4 Setup (RS-485)

Protocol

Specifies the protocol used on this port

None, ION, Modbus RTU, Modbus Master ION8650C (Feature set C) does not support Modbus Master protocol.*, DNP v3.00, DLMS, ModemGate, GPS: Truetime/Datum, GPS: Arbiter, GPS: Arbiter-Vorne,Factory, EtherGate

ION

Baud Rate

Specifies baud rate during serial communications

300 to 115200

9600

Transmit Delay

Specifies the port’s transmit delay setting

0 to 1.00

0.01

Unit ID

Identifies the meter during communications

1 to 9999

103

Serial Port

Data, parity and stop bits for the port

8O1, 8O2, 8N1, 8N2, 8E1, 8E2

8N1

RS485 Bias

Specifies whether or not RS-485 biasing is applied to port

ON or OFF

OFF

Network  Setup

IP Address

Specifies TCP/IP Ethernet address

0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 After it has been entered, the address 0.0.0.0 is displayed as ‘None’ on the front panel.*

None To modify the NONE setting, press and hold the up arrow to enter edit mode.*

Mask

Specifies Subnet Mask

0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255

None

Gateway

Specifies Ethernet gateway (if used)

0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255

None

SMTP Address

Specifies location of SMTP Server

0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255

None

MAC Address

Machine Access Control address

hexadecimal MAC address is hard-coded at the factory and is for reference use only.*

N/A

Port Enable

Specifies if the port is enabled or disabled

Webserver, FTP, DNP over TCP, ION over TCP, Modbus over TCP, Modbus TCP, Telnet

TBD

Enabled  Com Ports Applies only to ION8650C (Feature Set C). See “Switching the active communications ports for ION8650C (Feature Set C)”.*

COM1

Specifies whether COM1 (RS-232/RS-485) is enabled or not

Enabled, Disabled

COM2

Specifies whether COM2 (Modem) is enabled or not

Enabled, Disabled

COM3

COM3 (Front optical port) is always enabled

Enabled

Enabled

COM4

Specifies whether COM4 (RS485) is enabled or not

Enabled, Disabled

Ethernet

Specifies whether the Ethernet port is enabled or not

Enabled, Disabled

Undo & Return

Select this to cancel the changes made and return to the previous menu

Reboot

Select this to reboot the meter

Format Setup

Phase Labels

Specifies how phases are labeled

123, ABC, RST, XYZ, RYB, RWB

ABC

PF Symbol

Specifies what symbol pair is used to indicate power factor 

CAP/IND (capacitive/inductive), LD/LG (lead/lag), +/-

LD/LG

Digit Group

Specifies symbols used to delimit thousands & decimal place holder

1000.0 or 1,000.0 or 1 000,0

1000

Date Format

Specifies how dates are displayed

YYYY/MM/DD, MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY

MM/DD/YYYY

Show DST

Specifies whether or not DST is displayed

Do not display DST, Display DST

Display DST

Volts Decimal

Number of decimal places displayed for voltages

1. to 123456789.XXX

1.XX

Current Decimal

Number of decimal places displayed for currents

1. to 123456789.XXX

1.XX

Power Decimal

Number of decimal places displayed for power values

1. to 123456789.XXX

1.XX

Display Setup

Update Rate

Sets how often the display is updated, in seconds

1s to 6s

1s

Contrast

Sets the contrast of the display (higher numbers are sharper)

0 to 9

6

Backlight TO

How long the front panel display backlight stays on after the last button is pressed

0 to 7200 (seconds) Setting the backlight timeout to 0 results in the backlight always being on.*

300

DMD Lock TO

Minimum time allowed between consecutive demand resets

0 to 5184000 (seconds)

2160000 (25 days)

Test Mode TO

How long the device remains in test mode before reverting to normal

60 to 21600 (seconds)

1800

Display Scale

Scale applied to values before they are displayed

1.00 to 999999.0

1000

Scaling Mode

Specifies if values are divided or multiplied by the Display Scale before being displayed

Multiply or Divide

Divide

Delta Vectors

Specifies how vector diagrams are displayed when in Delta mode

System or Instrument

Instrument

Security

Modify Passwd

Changes the password in standard security This option is only available in standard security. When advanced security is enabled, the NOT AVAILABLE message is displayed on the front panel.*

0 - 99999999

0

Disable Security

Removes password requirement for USER0 (front panel) when Advanced Security is not enabled.

Enabled, Disabled To disable or enable meter security, see “Meter security”.*

Password Enabled

Web Config

Allows configuration through web server interface

Enabled, Disabled

Enabled