{"id":158,"date":"2010-02-05T18:46:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T00:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=158"},"modified":"2022-10-15T16:14:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T22:14:47","slug":"pulse-based-batching-capability-provided-on-all-new-ethermeter-shipments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"Pulse-Based Batching Capability Provided On All New EtherMeter Shipments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_3732\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3732\" src=\"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_0987-1-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_0987-1.jpeg 2x\" alt=\"James Mimlitz &#039;Slim&#039;\" class=\"avatar avatar-150 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-150 photo\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim &#8216;Slim&#8217; Mimlitz, SCADAmetrics<\/p><\/div>In response to customer requests, pulse-based batching capability has been added to the EtherMeter.\u00a0 This new ability will be included on all future EtherMeter shipments dated 01 Feb 2010 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>In most municipal water applications in which a pulse-based water meter is used, the pulse count is generally preferred to totalize without reset.\u00a0 However, in certain automated plant\/process situations, it is desirable to\u00a0halt the flow of metered liquid after a certain quantity and then to re-zero the metered total.\u00a0 These\u00a0applications are often described as &#8220;batching&#8221; operations.<\/p>\n<p>When the EtherMeter is used in pulse-counting mode, the pulse count may now be reset to zero remotely and automatically.\u00a0\u00a0In Modbus-based control systems,\u00a0writing a &#8216;1&#8217; to Modbus\u00a0Coil 9 resets CNT1 to zero, and\u00a0writing a &#8216;1&#8217; to Modbus Coil 10 resets CNT2 to zero.\u00a0 In Allen-Bradley-based control systems, writing a &#8216;1&#8217; to B10:0\/8 resets CNT1 to zero, and writing a &#8216;1&#8217; to B10:0\/9 resets CNT2 to zero.<\/p>\n<p>A detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/PDF\/App_Note_008.pdf\">Application Note (#008)<\/a> has been posted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/support\/support.htm\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">support page<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/scadametrics.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">scadametrics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to customer requests, pulse-based batching capability has been added to the EtherMeter.\u00a0 This new ability will be included on all future EtherMeter shipments dated 01 Feb 2010 and beyond. In most municipal water applications in which a pulse-based water meter is used, the pulse count is generally preferred to totalize without reset.\u00a0 However, <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=158\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,6],"tags":[53,42,43,51,13,31,41,52,54,28,30],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-applications","category-meteringtechnology","category-modbusprotocol","category-rockwell-protocols","tag-batching","tag-df1","tag-ethernetip","tag-flow-meter","tag-flow-rate","tag-gas-meter","tag-modbus","tag-pulse-output","tag-resettable-totalization","tag-totalization","tag-water-meter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","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=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/2450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}