Introduction
The Metering app is the tool to calculate consumptions of resources (like water, electricity or gas) and charge the related costs to one or more assigned cost centers.
The calculation is based on measurement data e.g. of a trending.
To open the app click the Metering symbol on the Web Manager's dashboard:
Pages
The app contains of two pages which can be accessed on the left sidebar::
- Metering calculation page: set up and evaluate calculation charts.
- Metering configuration page: set up basic data and make assignments to the cost center plan.
Overview
A typical meter point - e.g. a water meter - contains of a trending, a resource and a cost rate.
The Trending delivers the raw data for the metering.
The Resource describes what is measured and the unit (e.g. m3, kWh).
The Cost Rate contains the price for the resource per unit (e.g. €/m3).
The calculated consumption of a meter will be charged to the Cost center.
Metering in NETx Core Server Studio
The meter points, set up in the Metering app, also appear in the Item Tree in the NETx Core Server Studio.
In the Module section there is a sub-section Metering, which shows the available meter points.
Each meter point contains several Server Items:
| Item Tree path | Property | Description |
|---|---|---|
| <meter point> | Value | Current meter reading. |
| <meter point>\Consumption\Current | Hour | Consumption of current hour. |
| Day | Consumption of current day. | |
| Week | Consumption of current week. | |
| Month | Consumption of current month. | |
| Year | Consumption of current year. | |
| <meter point>\Consumption\Current\Limits | Hour | Limit consumption of current hour. |
| HourReached | Limit reached for consumption of current hour. Item value is uncertain when hour limit is uncertain, otherwise true or false. | |
| Day | Limit consumption of current day. | |
| DayReached | Limit reached for consumption of current day. Item value is uncertain when day limit is uncertain, otherwise true or false. | |
| Week | Limit consumption of current week. | |
| WeekReached | Limit reached for consumption of current week. Item value is uncertain when week limit is uncertain, otherwise true or false. | |
| Month | Limit consumption of current month. | |
| MonthReached | Limit reached for consumption of current month. Item value is uncertain when month limit is uncertain, otherwise true or false. | |
| Year | Limit consumption of current year. | |
| YearReached | Limit reached for consumption of current year. Item value is uncertain when year limit is uncertain, otherwise true or false. | |
| <meter point>\Consumption\Current\Peaks\Day | MaxHour | Maximum hourly consumption of current day. |
| MinHour | Minimum hourly consumption of current day. | |
| <meter point>\Consumption\Current\Peaks\Week | MaxDay | Maximum daily consumption of current week. |
| MinDay | Minimum daily consumption of current week. | |
| <meter point>\Consumption\Current\Peaks\Month | MaxDay | Maximum daily consumption of current month. |
| MinDay | Minimum daily consumption of current month. | |
| <meter point>\Consumption\Current\Peaks\Year | MaxDay | Maximum daily consumption of current year. |
| MinDay | Minimum daily consumption of current year. | |
| MaxMonth | Maximum monthly consumption of current year. | |
| MinMonth | Minimum monthly consumption of current year. | |
| <meter point>\Consumption\Last | Hour | Consumption of last hour. |
| Day | Consumption of last day. | |
| Week | Consumption of last week. | |
| Month | Consumption of last month. | |
| Year | Consumption of last year. |