What are the differences between a PM8240 and an ION7400?

[Philippe_Morel]

Dear,

What are the differences between a PM8240 and an ION7400?

I can't find a clear table to show the differences.

Thanks,

Philippe

[Yut]

ION7400 has front ANSI optical port and two LED pulse output for VAR and WATT hour which is convenient for meter verification test the utility can perform accuracy test on both wh and varh easilily.

[RafaelCiriaco]

Additionally ION7400 can measure flicker, PM8000 does not have this feature.

[DanL · Accepted solution]

Here's my unofficial list of differences between ION7400 and PM8000 (differences I'm aware of)

1. display hardware differences:
   • ANSI type 2 optical communication port
   • USB virtual serial port
   • 2x additional (pre-configured) Wh and VARh optical pulse outputs
2. Firmware feature differences:
   • Support for Flicker module
   • Support for Mains Signaling compliance modules (max 5)
   • Support for display value scaling and display scrolling
   • Support for 2 extra display modes (3 vs 1), and 20 more custom displays (40 vs 20)
   • Support for an extra 61850 connection (5 vs 4)
   • Support for extra 75 DNP Slave Export modules (100 vs 25)
   • Support for DLMS
3. default Framework/Template differences
   • Transformer and Line Loss power compensation
   • Test mode framework
   • Extra display modes/screens
   • Flicker framework
   • Mains Signalling compliance framework