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Gas SmartPoint alarms
Sensus gas SmartPoint modules monitor their operation for exceptional or abnormal conditions. When the module detects one of these alarm conditions it is logged in non-volatile memory. If the module is configured for fixed-base mode, an alarm notification message transmits to the RNI.
Alarm conditions

Electric meter alerts
Sensus electric meters and third-party meters in a FlexNet system generate alarms, errors and warnings. These alert notifications are transmitted in multiple ways.
Water meter alerts
Sensus water meters and SmartPoint modules in a FlexNet system generate alarms. These alert notifications are viewed on the LCD or through Device Manager.
Water SmartPoint alarms
Sensus water SmartPoint modules monitor their operation for exceptional or abnormal conditions. When the module detects one of these alarm conditions it is logged in non-volatile memory. If the module is configured for fixed-base mode, an alarm notification message transmits to the RNI.
Gas meter alerts
Gas meter alerts can originate from either the SmartPoint module or the metrology.
Gas SmartPoint alarms
Sensus gas SmartPoint modules monitor their operation for exceptional or abnormal conditions. When the module detects one of these alarm conditions it is logged in non-volatile memory. If the module is configured for fixed-base mode, an alarm notification message transmits to the RNI.
- Reporting alarms
  Alarms transmit via an alarm message or read message depending on whether they are in a Walk-by/Drive-by or Fixed-Base system.
- Latching alarms
  Latching alarms are alarms that continue to report for a period of time even after the condition clears.
- Clearing alarms
  Alarms may be cleared via message rather than waiting for the alarm to expire and self-clear.
- Alarm conditions
  - North American two-way gas SmartPoint modules
    The following describes the alarms, errors, and warnings for the North American two-way gas water SmartPoint modules.
  - Alarm message format
    The control byte and the repeat level/status byte in the header of each message indicate the presence of alarm conditions.
  - Walk-By/Drive-By mode
Smart Gateway alerts
The Sensus Smart Gateway Sensor Interface reports alerts that can originate from the Smart Gateway, and its attached digital inputs and sensors.
Base Station alerts
Base Stations have eight bits for alarms, which display differently depending on the model of Base Station.

Alarm conditions

NA2W gas SmartPoint modules detect and report five alarm conditions: broken pipe, backflow, magnetic tamper, tilt tamper, and cut wire tamper. NA2W Gas SmartPoint modules support two different meter styles. For a direct mount meter, reed switches are used to detect rotation of the meter drive dog. For a remote mount meter, pulses from the remote meter are accumulated. Not all alarm conditions are relevant to both meter types.