Byte:

A group of 8 binary digits processed as a unit by a computer (or device) and

 

used especially to represent an alphanumeric character.

CBEMA Curve:

A voltage quality curve established originally by the Computer Business

 

Equipment Manufacturers Association. The CBEMA Curve defines voltage

 

disturbances that could cause malfunction or damage in microprocessor devices.

 

The curve is characterized by voltage magnitude and the duration which the

 

voltage is outside of tolerance. (See ITIC Curve.)

Channel:

The storage of a single value in each interval in a load profile.

Cold Load Pickup:

This value is the delay from the time control power is restored to the time when

 

the user wants to resume demand accumulation.

CRC Field:

Cyclic Redundancy Check Field (Modbus communication) is an error checksum

 

calculation that enables a Slave device to determine if a request packet from a

 

Master device has been corrupted during transmission. If the calculated value

 

does not match the value in the request packet, the Slave ignores the request.

CT (Current) Ratio:

A Current Transformer Ratio is used to scale the value of the current from a

 

secondary value up to the primary side of an instrument tranformer.

Cumulative Demand:

The sum of the previous billing period maximum demand readings at the time

 

of billing period reset. The maximum demand for the most recent billing period

 

is added to the previously accumulated total of the maximum demands.

Demand:

The average value of power or a similar quantity over a specified period of

 

time.

Demand Interval:

A specified time over which demand is calculated.

Display:

User-configurable visual indication of data in a meter.

DNP 3.0:

A robust, non-proprietary protocol based on existing open standards. DNP 3.0

 

is used to operate between various systems in electric and other utility industries

 

and SCADA networks. EPM 9450 supports Level 1; EPM 9650 & 9800

 

support Level 2.

EEPROM:

Nonvolatile memory. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

 

that retains its data during a power outage without need for a battery. Also

 

refers to meter’s FLASH memory.

Energy Register:

Programmable record that monitors any energy quantity. Example: Watthours,

 

VARhours, VAhours.

Ethernet:

A type of LAN network connection that connects two or more devices on a

 

common communications backbone. An Ethernet LAN consists of at least one

 

hub device (the network backbone) with multiple devices connected to it in a

 

star configuration. The most common versions of Ethernet in use are 10BaseT

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