ICP DAS offers PM-4324 family in a full range of Single-phase and Three-phase smart
power meters for power monitoring. The products offer a rich feature set combined with
easy-to-integrate communications.
With its high accuracy (<0.5%, PF=1), the PM-4324 series products can be applied both
on low voltage primary side and/or medium/high voltage secondary side and enable the
users to obtain in real time the reliable and accurate energy consumption readings from
the monitored equipments while in operation. These compact size and cost effective
Power Meters are equipped with revolutionary wired clip-on CT (various types support
input current up to 400A) and standard Modbus communication RS-485 protocol for
easy deployment. It works with input voltages ranging 10V ~ 500V, supporting a wide
range of applications.
Features:
True RMS Power Measurements
Energy Analysis for 3P4W-3CT, 3P3W-2CT, 3P3W-3CT, 1P2W-1CT, 1P3W-2CT
Current Measurements Up to 400 A with Different CT Ratio
Voltage Measurements Up to 500 V
Clip-on CT for Easy Installation
W Accuracy Better than 0.5% (PF=1)
Supports RS-485, Ethernet Interface
Supports Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP protocols.
Supports 2-Power Relay Output (Form A)
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)
The meter contains hazardous voltages, and should never be disassembled. Failing to
follow this practice will result in serious injury or death. Any work on or near energized
meters, meter sockets, or other metering equipment could induce a danger of electrical
shock. It is strongly recommended that all work should be performed only by qualified
industrial electricians and metering specialist. ICP DAS assumes no responsibility if
your electrical installer does not follow the appropriate national and local electrical
codes.
1.3. Warning
ICP DAS assumes no liability for any damage resulting from the use of this product. ICP
DAS reserves the right to change this manual at any time without notice. The
information furnished by ICP DAS is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no
responsibility is assumed by ICP DAS for its use, not for any infringements of patents or
other rights of third parties resulting from its use.
1.4. Product Warranty & Customer Support
ICP DAS warrants all products free from defects in material and workmanship for a
period of one year from the date of shipping. During the warranty period, we will, at our
position, either repair or replaceany product that proves to be defective. To report any
defect, please contact :+886-3-597-3366 or service@icpdas.com.
Please have the model, serial number and a detailed problem description available
when you call. If the problem concerns a particular reading, please have all meter
readings available. When returning any merchandise to ICP DAS, a return SN. is
required.
This warranty does not apply to defects resulting from unauthorized modification,
misuse, or use for reason other than electrical power monitoring. The supplied meter is
not a user-serviceable product.
1P2W-1CT, 1P3W-2CT, 3P3W-2CT, 3P3W-3CT and 3P4W-3CT
Measurement Voltage
10 ~ 500 V (CAT III)
Measurement Current
CT Φ10 mm (60 A); CTΦ16 mm (100 A); CTΦ24 mm (200 A);
CTΦ36m (300 A); CTΦ36m (400 A)
Measurement Frequency
50-60 Hz
W Accuracy
Better than 0.5% (PF:1)
Starting Current
>0.03A ( 60A ), >0.05A (100A ), >0.09A( 200A )
Power Parameter
Measurement
True RMS voltage (Vrms), True RMS current (Irms), Active Power (kW), Active Energy
(kWh), Apparent Power (kVA), Apparent Energy (kVAh),
Reactive Power (kVAR), Reactive Energy (kVARh), Power Factor (PF), Frequency(Hz)
The instrument is no longer safe when,
a) Shows clear signs of damage
b) Does not work
c) Long storage under extreme conditions
d) Damage during shipment
3.2 Safety
Please use the soft dry clothes to clean the instrument.
Please do not use any chemical or detergent or volatile solvents to clean the instrument,
in order to avoid any possibility of the cover damage.
Products come with external split type clip-on CT’s. Disconnect the CT’s or use
other CT’s is highly prohibited.
Please read this operation manual carefully before using.
Please re-confirm the measure position.
PM-4324 seriescan be installed as rail mounting mode or embedded, no need to
drill a hole or screw to fix it (rail mounting width can up to the length of 35 mm).
Assembly: Place the PM-4324 on the DIN-Rail. Push the front of the PM-4324
toward the mounting surface until it audibly snaps into place.
Dismantling: Pull out the latch and then remove the PM-4324 from the DIN-Rail.
Wire Disconnection
1. Open the CT clip to detach the CT, do not remove the CT terminal lines if
possible
Note: if you need to remove the terminal lines, always detach the CT before
removing the CT terminal lines. Otherwise the CT may develop open-circuit
secondary voltages which may be hazardous to personnel or damaging to the
CT or equipment connected in the secondary circuit.
2. Disconnect the voltage input wires from terminals and wrap the wire tips with
plastic tape.
3. Disconnect the communication wires from terminal.
4. Disconnect the auxiliary power from terminal and wrap the wire tip with plastic
tape.
Please firstly check the current input terminal, and then in white black, white black,
white black wire sequences (CT1-K, CT1-L, CT2-K, CT2-L, CT3-K, CT3-L). Then
connect the CT’s, and close the CT clip. Make sure the arrow direction sign on CT’s
follows current flow direction(K→L)
Note: it must be in thesame direction.
Connect the voltage input terminal N C B A. for PM-4324, in the three phase order
as follows on N C B A.
Attention please!! For 3P3W-2CT, connect in N C A phase sequence, do not
connect phase B (Check the diagram).
1. PM-4324 series: Input Voltage up to 500V.
For any higher Input Voltage large than 500V, please add the PT (power transformer), and Change PT
RATIO setup.
2. Confirm the RST (ABC) phase sequence.
Current Input
1. The external CT’s are fragile, please handle with care.
2. The current input of PM-4324 series is in mA range. Only the ex-factory attached CT’s can be used. The other CT’s, for example, from panel will damage the instrument due to its large current (around
5A)
3. When more than one smart meter (PM-4324 series) are installed, please do not disconnect the CT
with its original meter and mix use with each other. Since each set of smart meter (PM-4324 series)
and its attached split type clip-on CT are calibrated set by set. The mix use may cause wrong
measurements.
4. To install CT’s correctly, please ensure the CT lines sequences is right before clip the CT’s onto the
power cable of the monitoring equipment. (Detail will be found in next section)
5. When measuring the current, the secondary circuit of a CT should never be
opened when a load is passing through its primary. Make sure you always open
the CT clip to detach the CT before removing the terminal lines. Otherwise, it will cause severe
injury.
6. Please handle with extra care, especially when the operation space of CT’s is limited.
7. The current direction must follow K-L marked on CT’s.
8. Please select the right size CT’s for different size of monitoring equipment cables:
power cable diameter <Φ10 use 60A CT,Φ10~Φ16 use 100A CT,Φ16~Φ24 use 200A CT, ,Φ36 use 300A CT,Φ36 use 400A CT
9. The maximum current value cannot exceed the CT rating
The PM-4324 has 4 LED to indicate the unit power status, RS-485 communication, and
power data calculation.
RUN: Green, light up after RS-485 ready. LED will flash when the unit is processing
RS-485 communication.
PWR: Red, Power on LED always on.
DO0: Green. LED DO0 will light up, when DO0 is “ON”.
DO1: Green. LED DO1 will light up, when DO1 is “ON”.
Add the Bias Resistor on RS-485 Network for stable signal
The RS-485 master is required to provide the bias for PM-4324 series. Otherwise, the tM-SG4
or SG-785 should be added to provide the bias. All ICP DAS controllers and converters provide
the bias.
SW9-SW10 setting
PM-4324:Select the different wiring mode
(Please select the Software setting, if 1P2W-1CT or 1P3W-2CT is used)
1 start bit
8 data bits, least significant bit sent first
None Parity
1 stop bits
Error Check:
Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC)
Baud Rate
9600, 19200 (Default), 38400, 115200
Modbus slave address
1-64 (Default = 1)
Code
MODBUS_ name
Description
01h
Read Coils
Read boolean values of read/write location
05h
Write Single Coil
Set one boolean value of read/write location
0Fh
Write Multiple Coil
Set boolean values of read/write location
03h
Read Holding Registers
Read the contents of read/write location
06h
Write Single Register
Set the content of one read/write location
10h
Write Multiple Registers
Set the contents of read/write location
04h
Read Input Registers
Read the contents of read only location
6.2 Modbus-RTU setting
6.2.1 Specifications
Modbus Function Code:01h, 03h, 04h, 05h, 06h, 0Fh, 10h
Note: the max. data reading of Function 03 and Function04 is 125 registers
Data format
Integer:16 bits with sign, each with 1 register
Unsigned Integer:16 bits without sign, each with 1 register
Float:IEEE 754 Format ,each with 2 registers,
Note:
The definition of bi-direction energy registers :
Bi_Positive_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's positive kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Negative_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's negative kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Net_kWh: = Sum( all channel's kWh in every sec. )
Bi_Total_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channels kWh in every sec. ))
Note:
The definition of bi-direction energy registers :
Bi_Positive_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's positive kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Negative_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's negative kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Net_kWh: = Sum( all channel's kWh in every sec. )
Bi_Total_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channels kWh in every sec. ))
Note:
The definition of bi-direction energy registers :
Bi_Positive_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's positive kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Negative_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's negative kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Net_kWh: = Sum( all channel's kWh in every sec. )
Bi_Total_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channels kWh in every sec. ))
Note:
The definition of bi-direction energy registers :
Bi_Positive_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's positive kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Negative_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's negative kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Net_kWh: = Sum( all channel's kWh in every sec. )
Bi_Total_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channels kWh in every sec. ))
Note:
The definition of bi-direction energy registers :
Bi_Positive_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's positive kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Negative_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's negative kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Net_kWh: = Sum( all channel's kWh in every sec. )
Bi_Total_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channels kWh in every sec. ))
Note:
The definition of bi-direction energy registers :
Bi_Positive_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's positive kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Negative_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's negative kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Net_kWh: = Sum( all channel's kWh in every sec. )
Bi_Total_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channels kWh in every sec. ))
Note:
The definition of bi-direction energy registers :
Bi_Positive_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's positive kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Negative_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's negative kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Net_kWh: = Sum( all channel's kWh in every sec. )
Bi_Total_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channels kWh in every sec. ))
Note:
The definition of bi-direction energy registers :
Bi_Positive_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's positive kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Negative_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channel's negative kWh in every sec.))
Bi_Net_kWh: = Sum( all channel's kWh in every sec. )
Bi_Total_kWh: = Sum( absolute( all channels kWh in every sec. ))
PM-4324-CPS:Select the different wiring mode
(Please select the Software setting, if 1P2W-1CT or 1P3W-2CT is used)
7.2 CANopen Protocol
The CANopen is a kind of network protocols evolving from the CAN bus, used on car
control system in early days, and has been greatly used in various applications, such as
vehicles, industrial machines, building automation, medical devices, maritime
applications, restaurant appliances, laboratory equipment & research.
Before transferring the SDO segments, the client and server need to communicate
with each other by using the initiate SDO upload protocol. Via the initiate SDO upload
protocol, the SDO client will inform the SDO server what object the SDO client wants to
request. As well, the initiate SDO upload protocol is permitted to transmit up to four
bytes of data. Therefore, if the data length of the object, which the SDO client can read,
is equal to or less than the permitted data amount, the SDO communication will be
finished only by using the initial SDO upload protocol, i.e. if the data upload is less
enough to be transmitted in the initiate SDO upload protocol, then the upload SDO
segment protocol will not be used. The communication process of this protocol is shown
as follows.
ccs: client command specified
2: initiate upload request
scs: server command specified
2: initiate upload response
n : Only valid if e = 1 and s = 1, otherwise 0.
If valid, it indicates the number of bytes in d that do not contain data. Bytes [8-n, 7]
If the e=1, it means that the data of the object are equal or less than 4 bytes, and
only initiate SDO upload protocol is needed. If e=0, the upload SDO segment
protocol is necessary.
s: size indicator
0: Data set size is not indicated.
1: Data set size is indicated.
m: multiplexer
It represents the index/sub-index of the data to be transfer by the SDO. The first
two bytes are the index value and the last byte is the sub-index value.
d: data
e=0, s=0: d is reserved for further use.
e=0, s=1: d contains the number of bytes to be uploaded, and byte 4 contains the
least significant bit, and byte 7 contains the most significant bit.
e=1, s=1: d contains the data of length 4-n to be uploaded, the encoding depends
on the type of the data referenced by index and sub-index.
e=1, s=0: d contains unspecified number of bytes to be uploaded.
x: not used, always 0
reserved: reserved for further use , always 0
Upload SDO Segment Protocol
When the upload data length is over 4 bytes, the upload SDO segment protocol will be
needed. After finishing the transmission of the initiate SDO upload protocol, the SDO
client will start to upload the data. The upload SDO segment protocol will comply with
the process shown below.
3: upload segment request
scs: server command specified
0: upload segment response
t: toggle bit.
This bit must alternate for each subsequence segment that is uploaded. The first
segment will have the toggle bit set to 0. The toggle bit will be equal for the
request and response message.
c : indicates whether where are still more segments to be uploaded
0: more segments to be uploaded.
1: no more segment to be uploaded.
seg-data: It is at most 7 bytes of segment data to be uploaded.
The encoding depends on the type of the data referenced by index and sub-index.
n: It indicates the number of bytes in seg-data that do not contain segment data.
Bytes [8-n, 7] do not contain segment data. n = 0 if no segment size is indicated.
x: not used, always 0
reserved: reserved for further use , always 0
7.2.1.2 Download SDO Protocol
Initiate SDO Download Protocol
The download modes are similar to the upload modes, but different in some
parameters of the SDO messages. They are also separated into two steps. If the
download data length is less than 4 bytes, the download action will finish in the
download initialization protocol. Otherwise, the download segment protocol will be
needed. These two protocols are shown below.
0: download segment request
scs: server command specified
1: download segment response
seg-data: It is at most 7 bytes of segment data to be downloaded.
The encoding depends on the type of the data referenced by index and sub-index.
n: It indicates the number of bytes in seg-data that do not contain segment data.
Bytes [8-n, 7] do not contain segment data. n = 0 if no segment size is indicated.
c: It indicates whether there are still more segments to be downloaded.
0:more segments to be downloaded.
1:no more segments to be downloaded.
t: toggle bit
This bit must alternate for each subsequent segment that is downloaded. The first
segment will have the toggle-bit set to 0.The toggle bit will be equal for the request
and the response message.
x: not used, always 0
reserved: reserved for further use , always 0
In some conditions, the SDO client or SDO server will terminate the SDO
transmission. For example, the value of entries that users want to modify does not exist
or is read-only, even users wouldn’t continue the uncompleted SDO protocol under
some special situations. When these conditions occur, both the client and the server
can be activated to send the Abort SDO Transfer message. The Abort SDO Transfer
protocol is shown below.
cs: command specified
4: abort transfer request
x: not used, always 0
m: multiplexer
It represents index and sub-index of the SDO
d: contains a 4-byte “Abort Code” about the reason for the abort.
Before the real-time data are transmitted by the PDO, it is necessary to check the
COB-ID parameter of this PDO in the PDO communication objects. This parameter
setting controls the COB-ID of the PDO communication, which is in 32 bits, and each bit
with its meaning is given in the table follow.
Note: PM-4324-CPS supports CAN 2.0A only.
In the following table, it’s regarding the default PDO COB-ID parameters.
1. Users can also define the PDO COB-ID by themselves. Actually, all COB-ID can be
defined by users except the reserved COB-ID described in the table of the section
3.1. It is important to avoid the conflict with the defined COB-ID used in the same
node.
2. The PDO COB-ID parameters cannot be changed if the PDO is valid (bit 31 =0).
7.2.2.2 Transmission Type
The transmission type is one of the several parameters defined in PDO
communication objects with sub-index 02. Each PDO has its own transmission type.
The transmission type can indicate the transmission or reception character for its
corresponding PDO. The following table describes the relationship between the value of
the transmission type and the PDO character. For example, if users used transmission
type 0 for the first TxPDO, the CANopen device will follow the rule of the acyclic and
synchronous PDO transmission.
Note:
The transmission type 1-240 indicates how many SYNC objects the TxPDO will be
triggered. The RxPDO is always triggered by the following SYNC upon reception of
data independent of the transmission types 0-240.
The transmission type 252 and 253 are only used for TxPDO. The transmission
type 252 means that the data is updated (but not sent) immediately after reception
of the SYNC object. For these two transmission types, the PDO is only transmitted
on remote transmission requests.
For the transmission types 254 and 255, the event timer will be used in the TxPDO.
The PDO, including the DI value, will be sent when the DI value is changed. And
both transmission types will directly trigger an update of the mapped data when
receiving the RxPDO.
7.2.2.3 PDO Communication Rule
The PDO related objects are indicated from index 0x1400 to 0x1BFF. For the
PM-4324-CPS, RxPDO communication objects are not used. The ranges of the TxPDO
communication objects and the mapping objects are from index 0x1800 to index 0x1813
and from index 0x1A00 to index 0x1A27 respectively. Moreover, each PDO
communication object has its own PDO mapping object.
For example, the first TxPDO communication object is stored in the entry with index
0x1800, and the corresponding mapping object is stored in an entry with index 0x1A00.
The object with index 0x1801 and the object with index 0x1A01 are a group, and so on.
Therefore, before users access the practical data via PDO communication, each
parameter for the PDO communications and mapping objects must be controlled.
Besides, only PDO communications can be used in the NMT operational state.
Users can use the NMT module control protocol to change the NMT state of the
PM-4324-CPS. It is described in the section 8.3.3. Besides, during communication via
the PDO messages, the data length of the PDO message must match with the PDO
mapping object. If the data length ‘L’ of the PDO message exceeds the total bytes ‘n’ of
the PDO mapping object entries, only the first 'n' bytes of the PDO message are used by
the PDO consumer. If ‘L’ is less than 'n', the PDO message will not be disposed by the
PDO consumer, and an Emergency message with error code 8210h will be transmitted
to the PDO producer. The PDO communication set is shown as follows.
COB-ID: the default PDO COB-ID, or the PDO COB-ID defined by users
L: the data length about how many bytes the PDO message has
PDO-msg: the real-time data or the data which can be mapped into the PDO mapping
The NMT communication set can be applied for changing the NMT slave status.
The following figure shows how to change the different NMT statuses for the
PM-4324-CPS.
Start Remote Node Protocol
cs: NMT command specified
1: start
Node ID: the node ID of the NMT slave device
Stop Remote Node Protocol
cs: NMT command specified
2: stop
Node ID: the node ID of the NMT slave device
cs: NMT command specified 130: Reset_Communication
Node ID: the node ID of the NMT slave device
7.2.3.2 Error Control Protocol
Error Control Protocol is a kind of the solution to check whether the CANopen
device is still alive or not. And its related objects include 0x100C and 0x100D. The
0x100C is the guard time, and the 0x100D is the life time factor. The node life time is the
guard time multiplied by the life time factor. The Node Guarding timer of the
PM-4324-CPS will start to count after receiving the first RTR message for the guarding
identifier. The communication set of the Error Control protocol is displayed below.
t: toggle bit
The value of this bit will be alternatively changed between two consecutive responses
from the NMT slave. After the Node Guarding protocol becomes active, the value of
the toggle-bit of the first response will be 0.
The PM-4324-CPS Manufacturer in the Specific Profile Area defines some entries,
which are used for the power meter data. The objects with index 0x3200~0x3203 will
map to the PDOs as below table. The D0 to D7 represent the CANopen message from
Data0 to Data7.
largest sub-index supported for
“predefine error field”
UNSIGNED 8
RO
0h
1h
actual error (the newest one)
UNSIGNED 32
RO
--- … … … … --- 5h
actual error (the oldest one)
UNSIGNED 32
RO
---
1005h
0h
COB-ID of Sync message
UNSIGNED 32
RW
80h
1008h
0h
manufacturer device name
VISIBLE_STRING
RO
1009h
0h
manufacturer hardware version
VISIBLE_STRING
RO
---
100Ah
0h
manufacturer software version
VISIBLE_STRING
RO
---
100Ch
0h
guard time
UNSIGNED 16
RW
0
100Dh
0h
life time factor
UNSIGNED 8
RW
0
1014h
0h
COB-ID of EMCY
UNSIGNED 32
RW
80h+Node-ID
1015h
0h
Inhibit time of EMCY
UNSIGNED 16
RW
0
1018h
0h
largest sub-index supported for
“identity object”
UNSIGNED 8
RO
1
1h
vender ID
UNSIGNED 32
RO
---
7.2.5 Object Dictionary of PM-4324-CPS
7.2.5.1 Communication Profile Area
The following tables are regarding each entry of the communication profile area is
defined in PM-4324-CPS. For the convenient purpose, all communication entries are
divided into several tables. They are “General Communication Entries”, “TxPDO
Communication Entries”, and “TxPDO Mapping Communication Entries”.
Please note that in the table header with “Idx”, “Sidx” and “Attr” represent “index”,
“sub-index”, and “attribute” respectively. The sign “---” in the default field means that the
default is not defined or can be defined conditionally by the firmware built in
PM-4324-CPS. In the table, the number accompanying letter “h” indicates that this value
is in the hex format.
In the following table, there is information about some special functions for the
PM-4324-CPS. The index from 0x3200 to 0x3209 records the power meter
measurement parameters. The number of these entries will be automatically updated
when the PM-4324-CPS boot up. 0x320A is meter parameters information. 0x320B
stores three meter parameters including Meter Ratio, PT Ratio and RT Ratio. PT Ratio
means potential transformer ratio, the default value is 100 and the unit is 0.1. RT Ratio
means current transformer ratio, the default value is 1 and the unit is 1.
The users can write the object the value 65766173h to object with index 1010h and
subindex 1 to save the application setting, or write the value 64616F6Ch to object with
index 1011h and subindex 1 and reboot the module to load the factory default.
Q1. Can we use the other 5A CT’s (like 600/5) to directly connect to the input current
terminals of PM-4324 series?
No, because the input current is only mA size on PM-4324 series,definitely not to
directly use other 5A CT’s to connect and apply(like100/5…), It could causes the fetal
damages. Users can use the PM-4324 series attached split type clip-on CT to connect
the other CT’s secondary test 5A current.
Q2. If I want to replace the failed split type clip-on CT, can I just detach it? Anything I
should pay more attention to?
In any circumstance, please make sure the CT had been disconnected with the power
cable of monitoring equipments before the CT lines detach from the terminals of the
smart meter. Otherwise, it will cause the severe injury.
Q3. If the turn point of the split type clip-on CT has broken, or inner Ferrite-core has
broken, how to settle this condition?
The measure data will be not accuracy as before, please do not use any more.
You need the new CT.
Q4. If multiple set of meters being installed,Can I detach the CT’s and mix use with
each other?
Please do not mix use,because each set of smart meter(PM-4324 series) and its
attached split type clip-on CT are calibrated set by set. The mix use may cause the
wrong measurements.
Q5. What problem is while the measured readings of the power consumption(kw)is
negative?
(1) First check the current input end – line terminal, (check the connection should be
CT1-K, CT1-L, CT2-K, CT2-L, CT3-K, CT3-L
), base on white black, white black,
white black follow the sequence order
(2) Check the field current direction(K→L)is same as the inner arrow direction of the
Q6. What does negative kW on a motor/pump mean?
Confirm the pump running at full load. Or are the readings taken at "idle" (negative kW, low
power factor)?
Q7. PC and meter cannot make the connection with RS-485?
(1) Confirm the Modbus Address, default is 1.
(2) Confirm the Band Rate, default is 19200.
(3) Confirm the stop bit, default is 1.
(4) Confirm the RS-485 connection, make sure the D+/D- is right.
(5) Confirm the RS-485 master have to provide the bias for PM-4324 series. Otherwise,
the tM-SG4 or SG-785 should be added to provide the bias. All ICP DAS controllers
and converters provide the bias.
Q8. What the power cable diameter (mm) of the monitoring equipments should be for
the various CT’s?
Power cable diameter <Φ10 use 60A CT,Φ10~Φ16 use 100A CT,Φ16~Φ24 use
200A CT,Φ36 use 300A CT,Φ36 use 400A CT
Q9. Regarding to the split type clip-on CT’s, if the wire is not long enough?
Φ10, Φ16, Φ24, Φ36 split type CT,the standard length is 4M.
For special length, please contact ICP DAS.
Q11. Can I use CT's that I currently own with PM-4324 Power Meter?
You can use CT's that you currently own with PM-4324P (without CTs) Power Meter.
The CT inputs of the PM-4324P can handle a maximum of 333mV of AC current.
PM-4324P's current ratio is always full scale to 5A. CT ratio can be set internally to work
with up to 1200 amp CTs.
Adding current transformer (333mV Output CTs) has the effect of reducing the measured
current by the CT ratio (let's say 40:1 for 200A CT as example). So a current of 200A
becomes 5A. Since the meter sees 5A, many of the measurements it reports will be low
by a factor of 4 unless they are scaled up by 4.
Note:
A. Please use low phase angle error CTs: essential for accurate power and energy
measurements. (Example: phase error <2°)
B. Accuracy may be 5% or greater without calibration with power Meter.
C. Primary CT accuracy will influence the measurement.
D. PM-4324P only for external 333mV Output CTs.
Safe: burden resistor built-in, 333 mVac voltage output at rated full scale current, no
shorting blocks needed.
E. This meter requires external CT(s) to operate:
1P2W-1CT requires 1 CT per meter.
3P3W-2CT/1P3W-2CT requires 2 CTs per meter.
3P4W-3CT/3P3W-3CT requires 3 CTs per meter.
Q12. What is the difference between line to line voltages to line to ground voltage?
On a three phase wye connected system line to line voltages will be the voltages between
the terminals A - B, B - C, A - C. On a three phase wye connected system line to ground
voltages will be the voltages between the terminals A - N, B - N, C - N. To calculate the line
to ground voltages divide the line voltage by the square root of three which equals 1.73. An
The number of harmonics N that can be analyzed within the 2.8 kHz pass band is the whole
number of 2800/f. The absolute maximum number of harmonics accepted by the Energy
Metering IC is 63.
N = [2800/f], N ≤ 63
Q14. How to measure the Voltage large than 500V?
For service voltage above 600 Vac, voltage transformers (PTs) are used to step down the
voltage to a lower range that will work with a PM-4324 meter.
Selecting a Transformer:
Selecting the right voltage transformer is simple. Review the following
considerations to determine the best fit for your application.
Input Voltage:
Select a transformer that will operate on the supply voltage available at your facility
(Example: PRI. Voltage 720V; SEC. Voltage 120V). Check the connection diagram
(three-phase Y and delta; phase sequence) to ensure compatibility.
Adding potential transformers has the effect of reducing the measured line voltage by the PT
ratio (let's say 6:1 for this example). So a voltage of 720 Vac becomes 120 Vac. Since the
meter sees 120 Vac, many of the measurements it reports will be low by a factor of 6 unless
they are scaled up by 6.
Frequency:
If you are operating in the United States, you will most likely be operating on 60 Hz. However
should you need a 50 Hz rated transformer.
Accuracy: Transformer (PT) accuracy (Example: 1% or 3%) will influence the measurement.
Rated Output (VA): Example: 150 VA (50VA per phase).
Q15. How to set up [Display Voltage] register value to correctly display line to ground
voltage or line to line voltage?
The voltage [V_x] register in Modbus register table can be used to show line-to-ground
voltage or line-to-line voltage value by setting [Display Voltage] register value. According to
different wiring types, it is required to set different [Display Voltage] value. If the voltage is not
displayed as expected value, please refer to the table below and check if the setting value is
set accurately.