Setup/Change Meter

Explanation

Use this activity to to manage meters. Parameters of Value Type Accumulated will typically have a Start Value (which may be greater than zero, especially is the meter has been used elsewhere previously), and when a meter is changed, the old meter will have an End Value, as it is taken out and replaced. Many meters (for both Accumulated and Limit type parameters) have an ID, used for audit and tracking purposes - when a meter is changed, the ID also changes. Accumulated meters may also ‘roll-over’ when they reach the maximum value of the meter.

The Setup/Change Meter option allows for initial meter setup (register the Start Value, Meter ID and Meter Roll-over Value), and also meter changes (End Value for the old meters, as well as the key attributes of the new meter).

Note : meter changes can also be managed using the Manage Preliminary Readings wizard. The difference is that the dialogue Setup/Change Meter is used for a meter change where only the new meter Start Value/old meter End Value are entered, whereas the wizard is used when a meter reading has been recorded for a new meter, after it has been fitted, and the details of the meter change now need to be entered, retrospectively.

Prerequisites

The parameter can be of Value Type ‘Accumulated’ or  ‘Limit’.

System Effects

Two measurement records will be created for the Meter Change Date of Measurement Types ‘Before Meter Change’ and ‘After Meter Change’, recording the end value of the old meter, and the start value of the new meter. Depending upon the other data recorded, the 'After Meter Change' record may have a Meter ID value, and the parameter may have a Meter Roll-over Value set.

Window

Measurements for Object
Serial Object
Functional Object

Related Window Descriptions

Measurements for Object
Serial Object
Functional Object

Procedure

You can setup a the data for a meter or notify the change of a meter from the Measurements for Object window, the Serial Object window, Testpoints/Parameters tab or the Functional Object window, Testpoints/Parameters tab.

Setting up a meter or changing a meter from the Measurements for Object window:

  1. Populate the Measurements for Object window with an equipment object.
  2. Select the relevant parameter
  3. Right-click, then click Setup/Change Meter
  4. A dialogue box appears, showing details of the object and parameter/meter selected, with sections to record details of the old and new meters.
  5. In the New Meter section enter the meter Start Value and the Meter Change Date. If appropriate, enter the Meter ID and Meter Roll-over Value
  6. In the From Old Meter section enter the End Value of the meter being replaced, checking that the Meter ID, if present, conforms with the actual meter identity of the old meter.
  7. Click OK once the data has been entered

Setting up a meter or changing a meter from the Serial Object window:

  1. Populate the Serial Object window with an equipment object, select the Testpoints/Parameters tab
  2. In the Testpoints/Parameters tab, select the relevant parameter.
  3. Right-click, then click Setup/Change Meter
  4. A dialogue box appears, showing details of the object and parameter/meter selected, with sections to record details of the old and new meters.
  5. In the New Meter section enter the meter Start Value and the Meter Change Date. If appropriate, enter the Meter ID and Meter Roll-over Value
  6. In the From Old Meter section enter the End Value of the meter being replaced, checking that the Meter ID, if present, conforms with the actual meter identity of the old meter.
  7. Click OK once the data has been entered

Setting up a meter or changing a meter from the Functional Object window:

  1. Populate the Functional Object window with an equipment object, select the Testpoints/Parameters tab
  2. In the Testpoints/Parameters tab, select the relevant parameter.
  3. Right-click, then click Setup/Change Meter
  4. A dialogue box appears, showing details of the object and parameter/meter selected, with sections to record details of the old and new meters.
  5. In the New Meter section enter the meter Start Value and the Meter Change Date. If appropriate, enter the Meter ID and Meter Roll-over Value
  6. In the From Old Meter section enter the End Value of the meter being replaced, checking that the Meter ID, if present, conforms with the actual meter identity of the old meter.
  7. Click OK once the data has been entered