Itron DEC08 Users Manual

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Repeater

Installation Guide

For use with the Fixed Network and Mobile
Collection solutions

D R A F T

Identification

Repeater Installation Guide
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For use with the Fixed Network and Mobile Collection solutions

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Compliance Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to com ply with the limits for a Class B digital de vice, pu rsuant to Part 15 of the FCC
Rules. These limits are designed to pr ov ide re ason able pro te ction a gain st ha rm ful interfe re nce in a resid entia l in stalla tio n. T his
equipment generates, us es, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance wi th the
instructions, may cause harm ful inter ference to radi o commu nications. Ho wever, there is no guara ntee that interferen ce will no t
occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interfere n ce to radio or televisio n recep tion , whic h can be determ ine d by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of th e fol lowing measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving an t enna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio or TV technician for help.

This device complies with Subp art C of Part 15 of FCC Ru les. Operation of th is device is subj ect to the followin g two condition s:

• This device may not cause h a r mful interference.

• This device must accept any interference that may cause undesirable operation.

This device complies with Part 15.247 of the FCC rules governing spread spectrum devices. The device operates in the 900 MHz
unlicensed band at a maximum peak power level of 1 watt with a transmission duration that will not exceed 50 milliseconds.

This device must be permanen tly moun ted such tha t it ret ains a distance of 20 centimeters (7.9 inches) from all persons in order
to comply with FCC RF exposure levels.

Modification and Repairs

To ensure FCC compliance and system performance, this device, antenna and coaxial assembly shall not be changed or modified
without the expressed approval of Itron. Any modification may void th e user’s authority to operate the equipment.

WARNING! This device contains no user serviceable parts. Attempts to repair this device by unauthorized personnel may
subject the person to shock hazard if removal of protective covers is attempted. Unauthorized repair may void the warranty
and/or maintenance contract with your company.

Meter Installation/Removal

In the event of malfunction, all repairs should be performed by Itron. It is the responsibility of users requiring service to report
the need for service to Itron.

WARNING! The installation of thi s device may subj ect the installer to haz ardous conditions, inclu ding the possibility of
electrical shock. Tr aine d pro fe ssional s should install this device. This instruction manual should be considered supple­mental and used in addition to and in acco rdance with your co mpany ’s meter installation and removal pro cedu res and a ll
related safety regulations.

Customer Service

If you have questions, comments or suggestions contact Itron as follows:

• Mail: Itron, Inc.; Attention: Customer Care; 2818 N. Sullivan Road; Spokane, WA 99216

• E-mail: [e-mail]

• Phone: [phone]

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Contents

List of Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

How This Document is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Chapter 1 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

What is a Repeater? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Repeater Identificati on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Repeater Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Repeater Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Planning for Repeater Instal lations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installation Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Unpacking the Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

What’s In the Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Chapter 2 Single-Channel Repeater Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing Pole -Mount Repeaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Required Hardware and Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Earth Grounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Wind Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing a Single-Channel Repeat er on a Davit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing Slee ve-Mount Repeaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Types of Sleeve- Mount Repeaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Required Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Installing on a Ringless Meter Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Installing on a Ringed Meter Socket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Chapter 3 Eight-Channel Repeater Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing Pole -Mount Repeaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Required Hardware and Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Earth Grounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Wind Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Installing an Eight-Channel Repeate r on a Davit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Installing Decorative-Mount Repeaters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Installing a Decorative-Mount Repeater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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List of Procedures

Installing a Decorative-Mount Repeater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Installing a Single-Channel Repeater on a Davit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing an Eight-Channel Repeater on a Davit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Installing on a Ringed Meter Socket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing on a Ringless Meter Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Before You Begin

Overview This document describes the installation and configuration of repeaters for the

Fixed Network and Mobile Collection solutions. This document describes the
different types of repeaters; available installation kits and accessories; and the
overall installation process.

Audience Thi s d ocumen t i s intended for utility fi el d personnel and others associ ated with

the installation and maintenance of a repeater. Installers should have previous
training and experience in the following:

• Installatio n and maintenance of electric meters

• Electrical wiring and related skills

• All utility-specific OSHA regulations and procedures

How This Document is Organized

Documentation Conventions

This document is organiz ed as the followi ng.

Chapter Description

List of Procedures Provides an alpha bet i cal l is t o f a ll pr ocedures con-

tained in th is document.

Chapter 1.

Getting Started

Chapter 2.

Single-Channel
Repeater Installation

Chapter 3. Eight­Channel Repeater
Installation

Describes what a repeater is, the types of repeaters,
specification s, a nd t he contents of installa tion kits.

Provides step-by-step instructions for installing
single-channel pole-mount and sleeve-mount
repeaters.

Provides step-by-step instructions for installing
eight-channel pole-mount and decorative-mount
repeaters.

This document uses the following conventions.

Convention Example

Keypresses are in
Menu paths are in

bold. Press Enter when complete.

bold.From the Start menu, choose File > Save As.

(This example instructs the user to choose File
from the
the

Start menu; then choose Save As from

File menu.)

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Convention Example

Computer commands to be

At the C: prompt, type

cd itron/bin

typed by the user are in

Courier New font.

File names are in Courier

font.

New

The data is uploaded to the

upload.dat file

Hypertext links are blue.See Contents on page iii for the complete table

of contents.

The last li ne in a table is
defined by a thick gray
line.

CAUTION This type of note warns the user that fa ilure t o heed the info rmation i n

Note the thi ck gray line below this row. If the
table continues on another page, the column
headings are repeated on each page.

the note could re sul t i n l oss of data. Be sure to car ef ull y r ead a CAUTI O N not e
and heed the advice/instructions.

WARNING! This type of not e is used to war n of potent ial phys ical harm

to the user or hardware. It is critical tha t you pay strict attention to
WARNING notes, r ead the information carefully, and heed the
advice/instructions.

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Chapter 1

Getting Started

What is a Repeater?

Overview The repeater is a network component that collects data from nearby ERT end-

points and forwards data to a collection device, such as a cell control unit (for
Fixed Network applications ) or a Mobile Collecto r radio (for Mobile Collection
applications).

A repeater expands the footprint of these devices by forwarding data between
endpoints and the CCU or Mobile Coll ector radio . Single- channe l repea ters for­wards both standard consumption messages (SCM) and interval data messages
(IDM), and eight-channel repeaters forward SCM, IDM, and Type 25 packets
(which are used to indicate positive outage notifications and restorations).

The CCU or MC radio, in turn, communicates the data to the Fixed Network
Collection Engine or Mobile Interface. The CCU or MC radio opens communi­cation sessions a t regular intervals, l istening for data from the network repeat ers.
The CCU or MC radio then processes returned data according to the default or
custom parameters configured at the Collection Engine or Mobile Interface for
each meter. Repeaters communicate with ERT endpoints and the CCU or MC
radio in the 900 MHz radio band.

Repeater Identification

Repeater Types Itron offers two t ypes o f repe aters : sin gle-c hann el and eight- channe l. E ach typ e

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Each repeater has a unique identification number stored in its internal flash
memory. The ID number is used for remote unit communications, setting the
timing for acknowledgements , setting th e index into the tra nsmit, receivi ng hop
tables at power up, setting the random sequences in the transmit hop table, and
other functions. A repeater does not track other repeaters within its communi­cation range.

of repeater can be installed multiple ways.
The type of repeater you install will depend on your site characteristics and

network needs. See Planning for Repeater Installations on page 6 for more
information.

To learn how to install these types of re peaters, see:

• Chapter 2, “Single-Channel Repeater Installation” on page 7

• Chapter 3, “Eight-Channel Repeater Installation” on page 19

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What is a Repeater?

Repeater Specifications

Each repeater type (single-channel or eight-channel) and installation option
(pole-, sleeve-, or decorative-mount) has slightly different specifications. See
the tables below for a description of eac h type of repeater an d installation opt ion.

Single-Channel Pole-Mount Repeater

The following table lists the physical specifications for the single-channel, pole­mount repeater.

Pole-Mount Repeater Specification Description

Power Source Single-phase 240V or 120V AC
Operating and Storage Temperature -40 to +75 C
Storage Temperature -40 to +85 C
Operating humidity 5 to 95% non-condensing relative

humidity

Product identification Numeric and bar coded repeater

module serial number
ANSI Compliance C12.1 standards
Receive/Transmit Frequency Range 908-924 MHz
Data Integrity Verified in every data message

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What is a Repeater?

Single-Channel Sleeve Mount Repeater

The following table lists specifications for the single-channel, sleeve-mount
repeater.

Sleeve-Mount Repeater Specification Description

Power Source Single-phase 240V or 120V AC
Operating and Storage Temperature -40 to +75 C
Storage Temperature -40 to +85 C
Operating humidity 5 to 95% non-condensing relative

humidity
Product identification Numeric and bar coded repeater

module serial number
ANSI Compliance C12.1 standards
Receive/Transmit Frequency Range 908-924 MHz
Data Integrity Verified in every data message
Meter Form Factor 2S 240V 3-wire Class 200

1S 120V 2-wire Class 100
Meter Sleeve Mount J4S, J5S

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