Associating Meters

Associating Meters, Tariffs and Consumers

A Meter must first be registered with the Organisation in the Device Module for it to be associated with a Site or Unit. The Upload Process is an exception to this rule, in which case the Meters are automatically registered on upload.

For a Meter to be associated with a Site or Unit, the Meter needs to be located using the Device Search. This search feature allows for a range of filters to quickly retrieve the requested Meter.

Search filters include:

• Installed
  • This will display the Meters that have been installed in the Organisation.
• Not Installed
  • This will display the Meters that have not been installed in the Organisation.
• Any registered meter
  • Display all Meters in the Organisation, whether they are installed or not.
• Register a new Meter
  • On selection, you will be taken to the Device Module, where a new Meter can be registered with the Organisation.

There are four types of Meter associations:

• Metering
  • The Meter measures the consumption at the associated Unit
  • The Meter is not Installed at the associated Unit
  • A condition for a metering-only association is that the Meter is installed at another Unit within the Site. A Meter cannot be metered unless it is installed.
• Installed
  • The Meter is physically installed at the associated Unit
  • The Meter does not meter at the associated Unit

• Metering and Installed
  • A Meter is installed and metering at the associated Unit.
• Checked
  • A Meter is checking another Meter; invariably a Meter is checking a municipal meter.
  • This Check Meter is installed beside the municipal meter.

See also Metering Proportion and Prepaid.