Although the EtherMeter® is designed primarily as a SCADA gateway for water meters equipped with absolute encoder signals, it also provides support for dry-contact pulse output flow meters. These can include gas meters, electric meters, water meters, wastewater meters, steam meters, hot water meters, and many others. When interfacing with mechanical pulse meters, a common … Read More →
Many petroleum industry flow metering applications feature the use of magnetic-pickup-type turbine meters. (See Figure 1 below.) Internally, these meters feature a steel turbine that rotates past a magnetic pickup, similar in principle to a string pickup in an electric guitar. The signal output from this type of meter is a low-level sine wave, whose frequency and amplitude both increase as … Read More →