Configuring Managed Meters

Scenario: You want to integrate managed meters into the management platform and associate these meters to aggregator nodes in views.

 

Reference: For background information, see the reference section.

 

Workflow diagram:

 

 

Prerequisites:

  • You have installed the Managed Meters extension and added it into a project using the SMC.
  • You have assigned application rights to the Managed Meters.
  • System Manager is in Engineering mode.
  • System Browser is in Application View.

 

Steps:

1 – Create Notification Profiles
  1. Select Applications > Energy And Power > Notification Profiles.
  • The Notification Profiles application displays.
  1. Click the Notification Profile tab.
  1. In the Warning Notification section, select the relevant check box to issue a warning message in the event of a meter rollover, negative meter reading, or meter reading displaying 0.
  1. If you have selected the Meter Roll Over check box, ensure that you specify the warning limit. By default, this field is set to 50% of the maximum meter reading.
  1. Click Save .

 

2 – Create Managed Meters
  1. Select Applications > Energy and Power > Managed Meters.
  1. Click the Meter Management tab.
  • The Meter Management tab refreshes and displays the managed meter fields in the Managed Meter Configuration expander.
  1. Enter the information in the fields in the General, Classification, and Meter Synchronization sections in Managed Meters Configuration.
  1. Click Save .
  • The managed meter is created and is historized by default to January 1, 1970.

 

3 – Link Managed Meters with the Nodes
  • Navigate to the view with the nodes and select the node to which you want to link the managed meter.
  1. Select Applications > Energy and Power > Managed Meters.
  1. Drag the managed meter to the respective node in the Views tab and click Save .
  • The managed meter is associated with the respective node.