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Jim ‘Slim’ Mimlitz, SCADAmetrics<\/p><\/div>The EtherMeter can be used to\u00a0enable a SCADA system to collect both water and gas meter totalization and instantaneous flow-rate\u00a0\u2014 even simultaneously.<\/p>\n
An interesting application is the use of a single EtherMeter connected to an encoder-based water meter\u00a0plus an encoder-based gas meter.\u00a0 In the example\u00a0illustrated below, a Sensus SR-II water meter and a\u00a0Sensus R-275 temperature-compensated gas meter are connected simultaneously to an EtherMeter.<\/p>\n
The water and gas meters are equipped with Sensus ICE™ (Intelligent Communications Encoder) registers,\u00a0enabling the EtherMeter\u00a0\u2014 and therefore a connected SCADA system\u00a0\u2014\u00a0to collect\u00a0water and gas consumption data with revenue-grade accuracy.\u00a0 In other words, the SCADA system’s data will always be a perfect match to the\u00a0data displayed on the physical meters.<\/p>\n
All Sensus water meters\u00a0\u2014 from 5\/8″ residential-sized meters\u00a0all the way up to\u00a016″ turbine and 72″ propeller meters\u00a0\u2014 can be outfitted with an encoder-based register.\u00a0 The range of\u00a0Sensus\u00a0metering equipment\u00a0supports flow capacities\u00a0from 0\u00a0to 90,000 GPM.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (See sensus.com<\/a> for\u00a0details.)<\/p>\n Sensus also manufactures an ICE™\u00a0register for natural gas<\/a>, which may be fitted to a wide range of diaphragm-style\u00a0meters manufactured by Sensus, American (Canadian), and Schlumberger Meter Company.\u00a0\u00a0These\u00a0various gas meter product lines support flow capacities from 0 to\u00a0630 CFH.\u00a0 (See sensus.com<\/a> for a\u00a0detailed\u00a0list of compatible gas meters.)<\/p>\n In order for the SCADA system to\u00a0read the\u00a0finest resolution totalization and flow rate data available, both the Gas and Water ICE\u00a0registers should be pre-programmed with a\u00a0Sensus Programmer\/Interrogator so as to transmit 8 totalization digits and\u00a0a standard consumption message string.<\/p>\n The above photo illustrates Water Meter totalization (cubic feet) on the EtherMeter’s\u00a0LCD display.\u00a0 (Click photo to zoom.)<\/strong><\/p>\n The above photo illustrates Gas Meter Totalization (cubic feet)\u00a0on the EtherMeter’s LCD display.\u00a0 (Click photo to zoom.)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The EtherMeter can be used to\u00a0enable a SCADA system to collect both water and gas meter totalization and instantaneous flow-rate\u00a0\u2014 even simultaneously. An interesting application is the use of a single EtherMeter connected to an encoder-based water meter\u00a0plus an encoder-based gas meter.\u00a0 In the example\u00a0illustrated below, a Sensus SR-II water meter and a\u00a0Sensus R-275 temperature-compensated …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,4],"tags":[44,42,43,13,31,46,41,45,28,30],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-applications","category-general","category-meteringtechnology","tag-allen-bradley","tag-df1","tag-ethernetip","tag-flow-rate","tag-gas-meter","tag-industrial-communication-protocols","tag-modbus","tag-rockwell-automation","tag-totalization","tag-water-meter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/2452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Submeter_Water_Gas_Sensus_001s1-1024x898.jpg\" "\\"Submeter_Water_Gas_Sensus_001s\\"")
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