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KYZ pulsing using the SMP IO-2230

distributed I/O unit

Introduction
Today, most electricity metering devices can display and report information upstream
about energy usage and demand. This is not the case for older metering devices such
as electromechanical watt-hour meters. To work around this problem, the KYZ pulsing
technique is used together with an external device to provide this important information
to the master controller.
In this document, Eaton provides a practical example of the micro PLC programming in
the SMP IO-2230 distributed I/O platform (external device) to achieve energy calculation
from a meter using the KYZ pulsing technique. The SMP IO-2230 platform provides a
micro PLC which can handle energy and/or demand calculation and send it securely to the
master controller.
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KYZ pulsing basic explanations
KYZ pulsing is used for measuring electricity, either in the form of
power demand (kW) or total energy usage (kW). The term KYZ refers
to the contacts designations (refer to Figure 1).
Figure 1: Form C contact configuration
Figure 2: Use case
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The KYZ Form C interface is supplied by the meter, the electric
current travels between K and Y or Z, changing the state of the Y and
Z contacts. When one contact closes the other one opens, providing
security for count accuracy. Each change of state is viewed as a
pulse and represent a certain amount of energy which is defined by
the electric meter (e.g. one rotation on the electrical meter can cor-
respond to one pulse).
When measuring the number of pulses, we can calculate the energy
usage and if we measure the frequency of the pulses, we can calcu-
late the power demand.
References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_meter
Use case
The KYZ interface of the meter is connected to the KYZ interface
of the relay (internal or external to the meter) which creates pulses.
The SMP IO-2230 unit can be used as a logic controller to calculate
the demand or total energy usage just with the rate and quantity of
pulses (refer to Figure 2).
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Configuring the KYZ pulsing on the
SMP IO-2230
Note: The Micro PLC is based on the OPENPLC project :
http://www.openplcproject.com which was created in accordance
with the IEC 61131-3 standard for software architecture and
programming languages for PLC. The OPENPLC project’s Web site
provides numerous resources for training and understanding the PLC
functionnality.
Also, refer to the SMP IO-2230 User Manual, section Micro PLC
for instructions on how to save, generate and build the micro PLC
project.
To configure KYZ pulsing:
1. Start SMP Manager and select the SMP IO-2230 unit that will be
used for KYZ pulsing.
2. From the Tools menu, start SMP Config.
3. In SMP Config, in the left pane, expand the IO Configuration
branch and expand the Analog Inputs branch.
4. Under Analog Inputs, select the Logical Inputs branch.
5. Enable the Rising Edge Counters for the specific Binary Input
contacts that you are using for KYZ pulsing. This mean that the
BI_xxRisingEdgeCounter and BI_yyRisingEdgeCounter should
both have their Disabled setting check box cleared. In this
example, KYZ pulsing is using BI 33 and 34.
6. Each contact change of state is considered one pulse, the number
of pulses indicates the measured energy. To get this measured
energy, the two counter values must be added. To do this, you
must create a Micro PLC instance in SMP Config:
• Still in SMP Config, in the left pane, expand the System branch
and select the MicroPLC branch.
• Create a Micro PLC instance and make sure it is enabled.
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7. In the left pane, expand your newly created Micro PLC instance
(KYZ in this example). Then, expand the Publish branch and select
Analog Inputs to assign an analog logic point to your KYZ_Total
analog input. In this example KYZ_Total is assigned to %QD100,
which is the published data point # 1(AI).
8. Subscribe to the two rising edge counters used for the KYZ
pulsing:
• In the left pane, in the newly created Micro PLC instance,
expand the Subscribe branch.
• Right-click on the Analog Inputs branch, select Subscribe
To and select the KYZ-related rising edge counters. In this
example, the two rising edge counters (BI 33 and BI34) are
assigned to %ID400 and %ID401, subscribed data points #1
and #2 respectively.
9. Create the logic to add the two rising edge counters:
• In the left pane, right-click on the Micro-PLC instance and
select Edit Micro PLCProject. You can also use the top menu:
Tools --> Edit Micro PLC Project.
• Create a logic to add the two points.
10. Send the resulting value to the master station, using the
protocol of your choice (SMP Config --> Server Branch). In this
example, we used the DNP3 protocol: SMP Config --> Server
Branch --> DNP3 --><Slave> --> Analog Inputs --> Analog
Inputs.
Note: <Slave> is the name given to the DNP3 server protocol
instance for this specific example. Also, make sure you are using
32-bit value in DNP3 --> <Slave> --> Group Default Variation.
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Reporting KYZ pulsing based on a timer 4. Subscribe to the two (2) binary inputs receiving the KYZ pulses
(Subscribe --> Analog Inputs). In this example, we use BI33 and
The micro PLC can be used to create a logic to report KYZ pulsing BI34.
based on a timer.
The following example counts the number of rising edges on BI33 and
BI34 and reports the total KYZ every 2 minutes. The time is of course
configurable.
Note: In this example, the Micro PLC instance is already created. Refer to the
previous section for help on enabling the rising edge counter for the specific BI
contacts you are using and to create the Micro PLC instance.
1. In SMP Config, in the left pane, expand the System branch,
expand the Micro PLC branch and select the KYZ instance that you 5. Launch the MicroPLC Editor and create logic in order to count the
created. In our example the Micro PLC instance is named KYZ. number of rising edges on both binary inputs and report the total
KYZ every x minutes (x=2minutes in this example).
2. Still in the left pane, expand the Publish branch and select the Refer to figure 3 at the bottom of the page for logic example.
Analog Inputs branch.
6. Send the resulting value to the master station, using the protocol
3. In the Right pane, create or rename three (3) variables: of your choice (SMP Config -->Server Branch). In this example, we
• KYZ_Total2Min used the DNP3 protocol: SMP Config Server Branch --> DNP3 -->
• KYZ_Counter1 <Slave> --> Analog Inputs --> Analog Inputs.
• KYZ_Counter2

Note: Make sure you are using 32-bit value in DNP3 --> <Slave> -->
Group Default Variation.

Figure 3: Logic related to step 5 (example)

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