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Metercat 6.4.0.

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Release Notes

Metercat™ Style Number format:


• 100G000R29 (unrestricted version)
• 100G000D29 (demo version expiring September 30, 2017)

Installation and Upgrading from Earlier Releases


The Metercat Release 6.4.0 installation will automatically uninstall any earlier version of Metercat.
When installing on Windows 7 or higher the following error message may be seen. This error will not result in any
Metercat malfunctioning and can be ignored; If this error occurs please click OK and continue the installation.

New Features and Enhancements


Support for the new REXUniversal meters with SynergyNet (IPv6) communication
• In Tools > Machine Settings, a new “UDP_C1222” connection type is available for communicating with
meters that are connected over a SynergyNet (IPv6) mesh network.
• In Tools > Phone Book a new “UDP_C1222” type is available for creating entries for meters that are
connected over a SynergyNet (IPv6) network. The “UDP_C1222” entry allows specifying the IPv6
address and port of the meter.
• A new Status > SynergyNet view has been added to the REXUniversal Long Diagnostic viewset. This view
shows the status information related to the SynergyNet connectivity of the meter
• A new SynergyNet Notification view has been added to the REXUniversal Long Diagnostic viewset. This
view shows the notification configurations (configured by Connexo NetSense) in the SynergyNet meter
and the statistics associated with notification communications initiated by the meter.
• The Logs Configuration component provides a new “SynergyNet Ipv6 Connected” option for the
“REXUniversal connectivity” choices. This option must be selected when creating a Log configuration
component for REXUniversal meters with SynergyNet communication.
− Selecting this option allows configuring the High priority Notification Events.
The meter sends notification for these events to Connexo NetSense as they are detected.
• All REXUniversal tasks supported for the optical port may also be used when communicating with a
REXUniversal meter over a SynergyNet connection (UDP_C1222), except for the following: Program,
Clear Data, Test Mode On, Test Mode Off.

Elster Solutions
Raleigh, North Carolina
www.elster.com

© 2016 by Elster. All rights reserved.


Metercat 6.4.0.0 2
Release Notes

Support for REX2 meters with new firmware version 6.0


• The “Current Billing”, “Previous Billing” and “Self-Read” views (in the REX Data viewset) have been
updated to show the Energy and Demand billing data supported by the REX2 firmware version 6.0:
− Up to 6 Energy sources; 2 Tiered and 4 Total-Only energy sources
− Up to 2 independent Demand sources
• The “Quantities’ and “Display” views (in the REX Data viewset) have been updated to show the
expanded Energy and Demand metering configuration supported by the REX2 firmware version 6.0:
• The “Event Log Data” view (in the REX Data viewset) has been updated to show the new events
supported by the REX2 firmware version 6.0:
− Optical Login Failure
− Optical Table Read and Optical table Write (argument is the Table number)
− Optical Procedure Executed (argument is the Procedure number)
− Disconnect Switch Opened/Closed
(where userID = 2 indicates the operation was requested via optical port)

Support for A3 ALPHA meters with new firmware version 6.0


• The A3 ALPHA Logs component has been expanded to allow the configuration of the new events
available in A3 ALPHA firmware version 6.0:
− Disconnect Switch Opened Optically
− Disconnect Switch Closed Optically
− Disconnect Switch Opened Remotely
− Disconnect Switch Closed Remotely
− Optical Access Success
− Optical Access Failure
− Phase A Reverse Polarity Detected Begin
− Phase A Reverse Polarity Detected End
− Phase B Reverse Polarity Detected Begin
− Phase B Reverse Polarity Detected End
− Phase C Reverse Polarity Detected Begin
− Phase C Reverse Polarity Detected End

• The A3 ALPHA “Event Log Data” view has been expanded to show the new events available in A3 ALPHA
firmware version 6.0.
• The Program > Properties > Memory allocation view has been expanded to show the estimated Number
of Days of Interval Data for an A3 ALPHA meter with 256kB of main memory

Additional new features


• A new WAN Ping task for A3 ALPHA meters with Ethernet-WIC board allows testing the connectivity of
the Ethernet-WIC meter to a given IP address.
• A new Meter Health Report task for REX2 meters evaluates the health of a target REX2 meter, reporting
any potential issues.

Issues Resolved
• When exporting MV90-HHF format files for A3 ALPHA meters, the in-progress (and therefore incomplete)
profile data interval will now be omitted.
• When exporting MV90-HHF format files for REXUniversal meters, the START and STOP dates in the HHF
file have been corrected and are no longer inverted.
• In the REXUniversal Billing Views, enable the interpretation of negative values for Net summation
quantities.
Metercat 6.4.0.0 3
Release Notes

• Execution of a Diagnostic Read task on a REX2 meter that has been upgraded from firmware version
5.3 to version 5.4 completes successfully and no longer generates a table read error.
• When generating a report from a REX2 Metercat Stored Reading file, the Temperature Monitoring
section is correctly generated and no longer empty.

General Notes
• Metercat 6.4.0 has been tested on Windows® Vista, Windows® 7, Windows® 8 and Windows® 10
operating systems. Metercat 6.4.0 functionality on earlier Windows® versions is not guaranteed.
• For machines without an existing copy of Metercat, the default installation path is C:\Program Files
(x86)\Elster\Metercat\. For Metercat upgrades, the installation path will default to wherever the prior
version was installed.
Note: If you do not use the default path when upgrading an existing Metercat installation you will not
have access to the configuration files, readings, and reports of the earlier version unless you manually
move them to the new path after completing the installation.

Known Issues
• Attempting to edit or view more than six programs simultaneously causes serious demands on
operating system and database resources and may result in error messages such as “General SQL
Error: Cannot open any more tables.”
• In User Management, when authorizing programs for user groups, even programs for families and types
disabled through System Preferences are visible.
• When communicating over C12.21, the programming of a meter equipped with an ICP module version
2.x may fail if the Metercat program contains a Special Option Board component.
− The recommended workaround is to execute the full meter programming in two steps: First, remove
the Special Option Board component from the program and execute the program task. Then
program the ICP module by executing the ‘Configure Special Option Board’ task with the desired
component.
• When the Interval Data of REX2 meters with firmware version 4.0 is configured to record “events only”
(order form configuration) the power outage/restoration and time change events are not displayed in
the Event Log Data view. The events are correctly displayed in the Event Log Data view in the case of
REX2 meters with firmware 3.x.
• When Google Chrome and Metercat are installed on the same computer an “R6030: CRT not initialized
at launch” error may occur when starting Metercat. The workaround is to close Google Chrome or
uninstall it if closing is not sufficient. The same error may be observed when certain search plug-ins
(Dealio, Widgi, etc.) are installed in Internet Explorer and Firefox or when launching Metercat during a
Cisco Webex session when the desktop is shared. The workaround in these cases is to uninstall the
search plug-ins and close the Cisco Webex session. In certain cases launching Metercat before opening
the Cisco Webex session may be sufficient.
• When launching Alpha Keys (Tools > Launch Alpha Keys) an error may occur if there is a Modem
connection defined in the list of available Connections. The workaround is to delete the modem
connection from list of available ones and launch Alpha Keys again.
• When editing a Metering component, Metercat may not refresh the Display List configuration when the
Quantities configuration is changed and show in this case, an empty Display List. The workaround is to
configure Quantities before the Display List. If further changes are required in Quantities after the
Display List has been entered, then the user should review the Display List to ensure it is correct before
saving the component.
• For A3 ALPHA and A1800 ALPHA meters, Metercat may incorrectly timestamp some of the intervals
recorded before and after a Power Outage or a Time Change events if these events occurs during the
first minute of the last interval of a block, where a block is defined according to the load profile table
definitions in the ANSI C12.19 specification.
Metercat 6.4.0.0 4
Release Notes

Technical support
Contact Elster’s technical support at +1 800 338 5251 (US technical support).

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