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Jim ‘Slim’ Mimlitz, SCADAmetrics<\/p><\/div>The Boone IA Firmware is a customized EtherMeter firmware that was created to provide a simple solution to a customer who desired zoned leak detection.\u00a0 This EtherMeter version, which is now\u00a0offered as an option at our eStore, signals an alarm annunciator when higher-than-normal flows are detected from a connected flow meter.\u00a0 In this project, the custody-transfer meter was an Octave Ultrasonic Meter by Master Meter, which features a high-resolution,\u00a0absolute encoder signal output.<\/p>\n
By handling the rate-of-flow calculation, and high-flow alarm detection logic\u00a0within the EtherMeter, there is no need for an external setpoint controller or PLC, thereby reducing costs and wiring complexity.\u00a0 It is noteworthy that the EtherMeter can discern flow rate from most meter makes\/models, including those with encoder-type and\/or pulse-type signals.<\/p>\n
Essentially, in this application, the\u00a0EtherMeter\u00a0functions as a programmable flow switch, in which the user sets the flow-threshold.<\/p>\n
Meter 1 High-Flow Alarm Operation:<\/strong><\/p>\n When FLOW1 is below the ALARM1 threshold (GPM), then the AUX1 output is low (0V).\u00a0 When FLOW1 exceeds the ALARM1 threshold (GPM), then the AUX1\u00a0goes high (+5V).<\/p>\n Meter 2 High-Flow Alarm Operation\u00a0(if present):<\/strong><\/p>\n When FLOW2 is below the ALARM2 threshold (GPM), then the AUX2 output is low (0V).\u00a0 When FLOW2 exceeds the ALARM2 threshold (GPM), then the AUX2 goes high (+5V).<\/p>\n In the above schematic, the EtherMeter is used to signal a high-flow alarm lamp. The flow meter is an Octave ultrasonic by Master Meter. The meter is co-connected to a radio-based AMR system via an RRF-50 Radio-Read Filter.<\/p><\/div>\n Setup Menu Settings:<\/strong><\/p>\n Here are some application photos from the City of Boone, Iowa:<\/p>\n Enclosure with EtherMeter, Radio-Read Filter, and Alarm Lamp. Note the Master Meter “Dialog 3G\/XTR” AMR Radio Endpoint, Which Provides Octave – Ultrasonic Custody Transfer Meter (by Master Meter), Installed in Concrete Vault.<\/p><\/div>\n Are you interested?… or perhaps you have a similar application?\u00a0 Don’t hesitate to call.\u00a0 We’ll be glad to discuss the solution in more detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Boone IA Firmware is a customized EtherMeter firmware that was created to provide a simple solution to a customer who desired zoned leak detection.\u00a0 This EtherMeter version, which is now\u00a0offered as an option at our eStore, signals an alarm annunciator when higher-than-normal flows are detected from a connected flow meter.\u00a0 In this project, the …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,4],"tags":[13,113,89,114,30],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-applications","category-general","category-meteringtechnology","tag-flow-rate","tag-flow-switch","tag-high-flow-alarm","tag-leak-detection","tag-water-meter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464","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=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/2428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/BooneIA_Schematic_01.jpg\" "\\"High-Flow")
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\n(activates AUX1 as a high-flow alarm output for meter 1)<\/li>\n
\n(activates AUX2 as a high-flow alarm output for meter 2)<\/li>\n
\n(sets high-flow 1 threshold as nnnn.nnn (rate-of-flow units, eg GPM))<\/li>\n
\n(sets high-flow 2 threshold as nnnn.nnn (rate-of-flow units, eg GPM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a>
If\u00a0\u00a0the Rate-of-Flow Exceeds the Programmable\u00a0Setpoint, the Alarm Lamp Lights Up.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>
a Concurrent Read to the City’s Drive-By Radio-Read System.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>