PM8000 series overview

The PM8000 energy and power quality meters help meet the needs of your energy monitoring and cost management applications.

PM8000 meters comply with international metering accuracy standards. You can customize your meter by loading specialized frameworks, adding option modules, and incorporating mounting accessories into the physical installation.

Meter features

Power quality monitoring

• EN 50160 monitoring
• Flicker
• Harmonic measurements up to the 63rd harmonic
• Interharmonics (voltage and current)
• Power quality readings
• Rapid voltage change monitoring
• Sag/swell capture for voltage and currents
• Mains signaling evaluation

Power measurement

• 600 V direct connection on voltage inputs
• Active (kW), reactive (kVAR), and apparent (kVA) power
• Minimum/maximum readings of metered data
• Time of use support
• Trending and forecasting
• Water Air Gas Electricity Steam (WAGES) support

Device interface options

• Alarms (active and historic) display viewing and acknowledgment
• Configuration through integrated or remote display
• Multiple languages supported
• Web interface

Communications and time

• Dual port Ethernet (two physical ports, one Ethernet IP address)
• Modbus and Ethernet gateway protocols supported
• Time synchronization to 1 ms accuracy
• Variety of industry-standard communications protocols supported

Cybersecurity and device upgrades

• Advanced security
• Downloadable firmware and templates

Feature sets

Your meter is configured with a firmware-based feature set. The feature set your device ships with is an option at the time of sale. There are three feature sets available: Advanced, Standard, and Essential.

Feature set differences

Feature	Essential	Standard	Advanced
Interharmonics (voltage and current)	-	-	■
Individual harmonics logs (10 min)	-	-	■
Flicker	-	-	■
Mains signaling evaluation	-	-	■
EN 50160 compliance reporting	-	■	■
IEEE 519 compliance reporting	-	■	■
Rapid voltage change monitoring	-	■	■
Disturbance direction detection	-	■	■
THD and K-factor logging	-	■	■
Trending and forecasting	-	■	■
High speed sag/swell burst logging	-	■	■
Factory-configured historic data logs	-	■	■
Daily nominal logs	-	■	■
IEC 61000-4-30 Class	-	S	A
Harmonics	31	63	63
Waveform samples/cycle	128	256	512
Data recorders	10	50	64
Storage (MB)	64	512	512
Memory channels	160	800	1024

NOTE: The number of ION modules available varies between Advanced, Standard, and Essential. For more information on ION module counts, see the ION Module Details spreadsheet in your meter's firmware package, available on www.se.com.

All features included in your meter's feature set are available unless otherwise stated in this manual. You will see a banner or note that states the availability of a feature when there are feature set differences.

For example:

Available on: Advanced and Standard

In some cases, more specific information will be provided in a banner or in the text:

Factory-configured historic data logs are only available on Advanced and Standard.

Account management

If your meter’s user access information is lost, the meter is inoperable and cannot be returned to the factory.