The present invention, in one embodiment, is a method for input/output (I/O)
board addressing and communications in an electronic electric meter having a microcomputer.
The method includes steps of providing interchangeable I/O boards of an electronic
electric meter with type identifiers; and determining, using a microcomputer of
the meter and the type identifier of the I/O board, a type of interchangeable I/O
board being utilized in the meter.
