Additional Information Required for Software Controlled Electricity Meters

Instructions

Provide the information requested below in writing and attach it to your Application for Type Evaluation Testing or send the requested information by email at typeapprovals@ic.gc.ca along with your application.

When submitting an Application for Type Evaluation Testing for a software controlled electricity meter, please provide the following information:

  1. A list of all software modules installed in the meter. Identify the version numbers and which modules are legally relevant. Provide a justification for designating any software as legally non-relevant.
  2. A description of how each software version number of the software installed in the meter is displayed, printed or exported.
  3. A detailed list of all modifications made to the legally relevant software of the approved meter type to accommodate this application.
  4. A detailed description of the sealing or securing of all software and legally relevant parameters contained in the meter. If specific software installed in the meter is not secure, explain why.
  5. A list of all software residing in the sealed meter that can be accessed by an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) / automatic meter reading (AMR) module or through a communications port and all means of accessing the software.
  6. A description of the legally relevant software interface(s) and how they interface with the AMI/AMR module or a communications port including a description of the commands and data flows via this interface, and a statement of completeness (S-EG-05, 11.2 (a)(ii)).
  7. A list of all meter software, registers or programmable parameters that can be modified by an AMI/AMR module or through a communications port.
  8. A list of each AMI/AMR module or communications port that can facilitate modification of software, meter registers or programmable parameters once a meter has been sealed.
  9. A list of all legally relevant software and all legally non-relevant software (AMI/AMR, non-metrological) that is updatable when the meter is sealed.
  10. A list of all parameters that are modifiable when the meter is sealed.
  11. A list of all legal units of measure that are provided by the AMI/AMR module and are not already approved in the base meter.
  12. A list of all additional functionality (time-of-use, demand reset, pulse recorder, pulse output, etc.) provided by the AMI/AMR module.