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

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.
<meter point>\Consumption\Current\Peaks\Day	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.
<meter point>\Consumption\Current\Peaks\Week	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.
<meter point>\Consumption\Current\Peaks\Month	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.

NETx BMS Platform Documentation

Metering App

Introduction

Pages

Overview

Metering in NETx Core Server Studio