Digital and Analog I/O

ION 7500 / ION 7600 User’s Guide	Digital and Analog I/O

The digital and analog I/O ports on ION meters let you bring a variety of data into a common system, thereby simplifying data gathering. The the ION 7500 and ION 7600 meters offers a variety of I/O combinations.

Standard in all meters are eight digital (status) inputs, four form A digital (solid- state) outputs, three form C relay outputs (electromechanical), and two front panel LED outputs. The digital inputs are ideal for monitoring status or counting pulses from external dry contacts. The four Form A outputs are suitable for performing end of interval pulsing, load control and alarm annunciation; the Form C relays are suitable for load switching applications. The LED outputs are used for energy pulsing and alarming.

There meter can be also be equipped with an optional I/O card which can include analog inputs and/or analog outputs or additional digital inputs. Analog inputs let you monitor a wide range of conditions, such as flow rates, RPM, fluid levels, oil pressures and transformer temperatures. Analog outputs let you output realtime power to an RTU or perform equipment control operations. Refer to the meter’s datasheet for the ordering options available on the optional I/O card. This card does not need to be ordered with your meter; it can be retrofitted to meters already operating in the field.

The inputs are controlled by Digital Input modules. The outputs can be controlled by Digital Output modules, Pulser modules, or Calibration Pulser modules. All of these modules can act as intermediaries between the hardware port and the other modules in the meter. They define the characteristics of outgoing signals or tell the meter how to interpret incoming signals.

Refer to the technical note Digital and Analog I/O for more information regarding digital and analog inputs and outputs than is provided in this User’s Guide.

Specifying a Port in an ION Module

The Digital Output, Digital Input, Analog Output, Analog Input, Pulser, and Calibration Pulser modules have Port setup registers that allow you to specify which port handles the outgoing or incoming signals. To assign a port to one of these modules, simply modify the Port setup register by picking a port from the enumerated list. This can be done with both Designer and ION Setup.

Be aware that the enumerated list only displays those ports that are not yet assigned to another module. For example, the meter’s factory configuration makes use of Digital Output DO4 (it is already assigned to Calibration Pulser module “kWh Pulser –D4”). If you create a new Digital Output module and set its Port setup register, the port DO4 does not appear in the list of available ports.

To make a port available, you must locate the module controlling the port and set its Port setup register to NOT USED (or delete the module entirely). The port now appears in the enumerated list.

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7500, 7600 specifications

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Multi-Tech Systems 7500, 7600 manual Digital and Analog I/O, Specifying a Port in an ION Module

Models: 7500 7600