1.Choose the location for the Energy Base Station, relative to your energy meter.

2.Connect the Energy Base Station to your energy meter.

a.Strip the plastic coating from the ends of the two wires on the Energy Base Station wire harness.

b.Open the energy meter.

c.Using a small screwdriver, loosen the 1K and COM terminals.

d.Insert the end of the red wire into the 1K terminal.

e.Insert the end of the black wire into the COM terminal.

f.Using a small screwdriver, tighten the 1K and COM terminals.

g.Insert the connector from the Energy Base Station wire harness into the Energy Base Station.

Callout

Component

Description

 

 

 

1

Energy meter

Meter wiring terminal blocks

2

RS-485

(+ terminal)

Insert the red wire from the wire harness.

3

RS-485

(- terminal)

Insert the black wire from the wire harness.

4

RS-485

(ground/shield)

Insert the silver wire from the wire harness.

5

RS-485 bus terminating

Installed on the last meter of a RS-485 daisy chain

 

resistor

 

 

6

RS-485 cable

Connects the ION meter to the Modbus base station

7

Modbus base station

Communicates data from the energy meter to the Edge server via

 

 

 

Ethernet

3.Using an RS-485 cable, connect the ION power meters in a daisy chain to the Modbus base station.

4.Using an Ethernet cable, connect the Modbus base station to the Edge server network. Verify that the pins of the adapter are connected in the correct orientation:

o RS-485 (+): Pin 1 (RJ-45 connector) to Pin 7 (RS-232 connector)

(Optional) Sensor Base Stations 55