Specifications, Specifications 7 – Badger Meter B3000 User Manual
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Programming Manual
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March 2014
SPECIFICATIONS
Display
Common
Simultaneously shows Rate and Total
5 x 7 Dot Matrix LCD, STN Fluid
B30A/B/L/M/S
6 Digit Rate, 0 5 inch (12 7 mm) numeric
7 Digit Total, 0 5 inch (12 7 mm) numeric
Engineering Unit Labels 0 34 inch (8 6 mm)
B30W/X/Y/Z
6 Digit Rate, 0 37 inch (9 4 mm) numeric
7 Digit Total, 0 37 inch (13 mm) numeric
Engineering Unit Labels 0 24 inch (6 1 mm)
Annunciators
Alarm 1(
1
), Alarm 2 (
2
), Battery Level (
), RS485 Communications (
COM
)
Power
B30A/B/X/Z
Auto switching between internal battery and external loop power; B30A/Z includes isolation
between loop power and other I/O
Battery: 3 6V DC lithium “D Cell” gives up to 6 years of service life
Loop: 4-20 mA, two wire, 25 mA limit, reverse polarity protected, 7V DC loop loss
B30L/M/W/Y
Loop: 4-20mA, 7V DC loop loss
B30S
Internal battery (3 6V DC Nicd) provides up to 30 days of power after 6…8 hours exposure of the
integrated photovoltaic cell to direct sunlight
Inputs
Magnetic Pickup
Frequency Range: 1…3500 Hz
Frequency Measurement Accuracy: ±0 1%
Over Voltage Protection: 28V DC
Trigger Sensitivity: 30 mV
p-p
(High) or 60 mV
p-p
(Low) - (selected by circuit board jumper)
Amplified Pulse
Direct connection to amplified signal (pre-amp output from sensor)
Outputs
Analog 4-20 mA
4-20 mA, two-wire current loop
25 mA current limit
Totalizing Pulse
One pulse for each Least Significant Digit (LSD) increment of the totalizer
Pulse Type:
(selected by circuit board jumper)
Opto-isolated (Iso) open collector transistor
Non-isolated open drain FET
Maximum Voltage: 28V DC
Maximum Current Capacity: 100 mA
Maximum Output Frequency: 16 Hz
Pulse Width: 30 mSec fixed
Status Alarms
B30A/M/Y/Z
Type: Open collector transistor
Adjustable flow rate with programmable dead band and phase
Maximum Voltage: 28V DC
Maximum Current: 100 mA
Pullup Resistor: External required (2 2 k Ohm minimum, 10 k Ohm maximum)