{"id":3082,"date":"2024-06-10T10:28:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T16:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2024-10-03T13:42:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T19:42:36","slug":"migration-to-the-scadametrics-apk-analog-pulse-kit-from-the-sensus-act-pak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=3082","title":{"rendered":"Migration to the SCADAmetrics ‘Analog \/ Pulse Kit’ from the Sensus ACT-PAK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jim ‘Slim’ Mimlitz, SCADAmetrics<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sensus, a Xylem Brand (Morrisville, NC)<\/strong><\/a> manufactures a broad line of flow meters and AMI\/AMR systems, serving the municipal water utility industry. Here at SCADAmetrics (Wildwood, MO)<\/strong><\/a>, we manufacture flow metering instrumentation in support of this industry, with the stated mission of helping users extend such meters for enhanced SCADA interoperability and functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the recently announced discontinuance of the Sensus ACT-PAK family of instrumentation<\/strong>, there has never been a better time for resellers and users of Sensus C&I flow meters to switch to the SCADAmetrics Analog\/Pulse Kits (model APK and model APK.PLUS)<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sensus ACT-PAK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our Analog\/Pulse Kit offers features that enable easy SCADA signal conversion from Sensus’ entire lineup of C&I flow meters. Additionally, our newly-designed instruments offer technical superiority in the important areas of lightning protection<\/strong> and field-configurability<\/strong>. (Make sure to check out our specifications regarding galvanic isolation.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Model APK.PLUS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Model APK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Analog SCADA Interfaces by SCADAmetrics \u2014 for Sensus\u00ae Flow Meters<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Similarities… Differences…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mounting:<\/span> <\/strong>Sensus offered a varied assortment of ACT-PAK’s: 100 Series, 104 Series, 325 Series, 703 Series, 713AC, 1100 Series, 1200DN and 7113 Series. Certain models were intended to be mounted on a wall, and others were designed to be set upon a tabletop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At SCADAmetrics, we designed a wall-mount version housed in a NEMA-4X enclosure (model APK.PLUS). And we opted to not<\/em><\/strong> offer a tabletop version, but instead we designed a DIN-rail-mount version<\/strong> (model APK) for easy integration inside control panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electrical Surge Protection:<\/span><\/strong> Unlike the ACT-PAK, the SCADAmetrics both models, the APK and APK.PLUS, offer 5 points of galvanic isolation \u2014 and thereby the strongest method of lightning\/surge protection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n