Diehl 500W Water Meter ERT Alarms and Events

FDM supports extended alarms and events for third-party Diehl meters. The meters pass the alarms and events through the Gen5 network to the UtilityIQ head end.

Note:  The encoder driver on the Diehl meter must be reprogrammed to support these alarms and events. For more information, refer to Diehl Metering document Diehl-Metering-Encoder-Interface, version 3.0 or later.

Event
Code

Alarm/Event Name

Alarm/Event Description

5

Magnetic Detected

ERT has detected an external magnetic field.

500S Cellular devices log the event within 15 seconds of occurrence. To prevent excess events, the tamper interrupt is ignored for 15 minutes after a log entry is created. For the mag event to be logged, the state must change from no mag to detected and it has to be at least 15 minutes from the last mag event.

541

Corrupt Alarm Data Received From Meter

The endpoint has received a corrupt data character in the Alarm Flags field of the encoded frame from the attached meter.

The endpoint logs this event as soon as it receives the corrupt data character from the meter. The event in the endpoint is not logged again for the remainder of the current day (day ends at midnight UTC endpoint time). This results in a maximum of one of this event being logged per day.

1800

Air in tube Error

Configured as an alarm by default.

The BPD generates the alarm once every 24 hours starting at midnight UTC.

Corresponds to Err7 in the Diehl meter.

Air in supply system, flow rate measurement not possible.

1801

Leak Alarm

Configured as an alarm by default.

The BPD generates the alarm once every 24 hours starting at midnight UTC.

Corresponds to Alarm5 (Leak Error) in the Diehl meter.

The Diehl meter activates this alarm once per 24 hours. The meter resets the alarm 15 minutes after the leakage has been cleared.

1802

Checksum Error

Corresponds to C-1 (Checksum-Error) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD generates the alarm once every 24 hours starting at midnight UTC.

Electronic error: the meter must be replaced.

1803

Temperature Measurement Error

Corresponds to Err1 (Temperature Measurement Error) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD generates the alarm once every 24 hours starting at midnight UTC.

Medium temperature too low or too high < 22°F / > 212°F (< - 30 °C / > 100 °C), or cable temperature sensor disconnected or cut off.

1804

Ultrasonic Hardware Error

Corresponds to Err4 (US-Hardware Error) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD generates the alarm once every 24 hours starting at midnight UTC.

Ultrasonic hardware error, ultrasonic transducer defective or short-circuit, or cable ultrasonic transducers disconnected or cut off.

1805

Power Consumption out of limit Error

Corresponds to Err5 (Power Consumption out of limit Error) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD generates the alarm once every 24 hours starting at midnight UTC.

Communication not possible (too frequent reading over optical interface).

1806

Overflow Error

Corresponds to ErrH (Overflow Error) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD generates the alarm once every 24 hours starting at midnight UTC.

1807

Temperature- Hardware Alarm

Corresponds to TMH (Temperature-Hardware Error) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD generates the alarm once every 24 hours starting at midnight UTC.

1808

Reverse Flow Alarm

Corresponds to Alarm1 (Reverse Flow Alarm) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD logs the alarm once every 30 days starting at midnight UTC.

The Diehl meter activates this alarm if the consumption was below the limit configured for the meter. If the alarm has not occurred for 30 days, the meter resets the alarm.

1809

No Usage Alarm

Corresponds to Alarm3 (No Usage Alarm) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD logs the alarm once every 30 days starting at midnight UTC.

The Diehl meter activates this alarm once per 30 days.

The meter resets the alarm as soon as 15 minutes after the issue is resolved.

1810

Measurement Alarm

Corresponds to Alarm4 (Measurement Alarm) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD logs the alarm once every 30 days starting at midnight UTC.

The Diehl meter activates this alarm if both error Err4 and error TMH are active during eight consecutive minutes.

The meter resets the alarm after 30 days if the issue is resolved.

1811

Low Temperature Alarm

Corresponds to Alarm6 (Low Temperature Alarm) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD logs the alarm once every 30 days starting at midnight UTC.

The Diehl meter activates this alarm if the temperature is less than 3°C after four consecutive temperature measurements (every 16 seconds) and the meter detects Err4 at the same time.

The meter resets the alarm after 30 days if the issue is resolved.

1812

Empty Pipe Alarm

Corresponds to Alarm7 (Empty Pipe Alarm) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD logs the alarm once every 30 days starting at midnight UTC.

The Diehl meter activates this alarm if Err7 is active.

The meter resets the alarm after 30 days without air.

1813

Overflow Alarm

Corresponds to AlarmH (Overflow Alarm) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD logs the alarm once every 30 days starting at midnight UTC.

1814

End of Life Alarm

Corresponds to Alarm9 (End of Life Alarm) in the Diehl meter.

The BPD generates the event only once.

The Diehl meter activates this alarm if the calculated battery life is less than 400 days.

1815

High Temperature Alarm

Diehl Hydrus 1.3: Not supported

Diehl Hydrus 2.0: Meter raises this alarm when it detects that the measured medium temperature is greater than 90 degrees Celsius for 60 consecutive minutes. Meter lowers the alarm three days after the measured medium temperature is less than or equal to 90 degrees Celsius for 60 consecutive minutes.

1816

Fallback Mode

Diehl Hydrus 1.3: Not supported

Diehl Hydrus 2.0: Meter raises this alarm when it detects a significant deviation in the two measuring paths. Alarm is lowered 3 days after the deviation of the two measuring paths goes away. Note that this only applies to the Hydrus 2.0 Bulk (DN50 (2") and bigger) meters.

1817

Metrological Log Access

Diehl Hydrus 1.3: Not supported

Diehl Hydrus 2.0: Meter raises this alarm when an entry is made into the metrological log (only for LAB Role). The meter never lowers this flag. The endpoint should log this event when it sees the meter indicate the alarm, and then only log it again if it sees the meter alarm go away and then reappear.

3040

High Flow Threshold Configuration Changed

A change was made to the HighFlowEventConfiguration.