Managed Meters Configuration

General

Name

Description

Metering Point

Property of a meter device or an online/offline trend log that collects the property values of the meter device.
NOTE:
This value needs to represent an energy or volume or another accumulation measurement in general, not a rate of change measurement like Power or Flow.

Historize Metering Point

Displays the Historized Metering Point dialog box

Location

Physical location of the meter

Path

Path in the System Browser where the meter is configured

Historize Path

Displays the Historized Meter Path dialog box

Classification

Name

Description

Media Group1)

The media group to which the managed meter is associated. For example, Fossil, Electricity, Water, Heating, Cooling.

Usage1)

Purpose for which the media group and its associated media type is used. For example, heating, power generation and so on.

Media1)

The type of media associated with the media group. For example, for the Fossil group, the media types are oil, gas, and wood chips.

1)

You can modify the values displayed in this drop-down list by editing the respective text group entry. For details, (search for Editing an Entry in a Text List in the Text Group Editor documentation)

Meter Synchronization

Name

Description

Media Unit (Input)

Unit of measurement for the selected media unit for the first meter.

Historize Media Unit

Displays the Historized Media Unit dialog box.

Report Unit (Output)

The required unit of measurement for the selected media unit in a report that contains data from the first meter. This unit can be identical with or different from the unit specified in the Media Unit field.

Offset

Value that must be specified for the first managed meter every time a rollover occurs in order to arrive at the exact meter reading.

Historize Offsets

Displays the Historized Offsets dialog box.

Notification Profile

Notification profile associated with the first managed meter. When you create a new managed meter, the default notification profile is associated with this meter. You can later modify this value.

Max Meter Reading

Maximum meter reading value of the first managed meter.

This is an optional field. If the maximum meter reading is not specified, then the maximum limit of the GMSreal type shall be considered as the maximum meter reading for the purpose of setting the warning limits for a meter rollover.