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 edit the cost center plan.
Overview
A typical meter point, e.g. a water meter, relates to a trending, a resource, and a cost rate.
The Trending provides the raw data for the metering.
The Resource describes what kind of utility is measured and the unit (e.g. water – m3, electricity – kWh).
The Cost Rate specifies 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 branch there is a branch, Metering, which shows the configured meter points. Each meter point contains several Server Items:
| Path | Item | 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 if 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 if 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 if 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 if 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 if year limit is uncertain, otherwise true or false. | |
| <meter point>\Consumption\Current\Peaks\Day | MaxHour | Maximum hourly consumption of current day. This value updates immediately. |
| MinHour | Minimum hourly consumption of current day. This value updates at the end of the current period (day). | |
| <meter point>\Consumption\Current\Peaks\Week | MaxDay | Maximum daily consumption of current week. This value updates immediately. |
| MinDay | Minimum daily consumption of current week. This value updates at the end of the current period (week). | |
| <meter point>\Consumption\Current\Peaks\Month | MaxDay | Maximum daily consumption of current month. This value updates immediately. |
| MinDay | Minimum daily consumption of current month. This value updates at the end of the current period (month). | |
| <meter point>\Consumption\Current\Peaks\Year | MaxDay | Maximum daily consumption of current year. This value updates immediately. |
| MinDay | Minimum daily consumption of current year. This value updates at the end of the current period (year). | |
| MaxMonth | Maximum monthly consumption of current year. This value updates immediately. | |
| MinMonth | Minimum monthly consumption of current year. This value updates at the end of the current period (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. |