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Meters allow you to monitor operating parameters of assets, to trigger preventive maintenance actions. They can work as standalone units or have other meters associated with them.
Create a meter
To create a meter, follow these steps:
Go to Assets | Measurements | Meters;
In the list of meters, click on Create;
On the creation screen, fill in the meter details:
Meter;
Description (required);
Meter Type: Reading or Increment;
Unit (required);
Asset section: associate the meter with an element, through the Location Function, Family, Brand, Model and Asset Type fields;
Characterization section;
Average section: Average Calculation Method and Window Size of Moving Average;
Characteristics section: in each row, fill in the Characteristic, Value Type, Value, Unit and Enum Value columns. If more rows are needed, click on the + icon;
Remarks;
Click on:
Save and New, to save the meter and start a new record;
Save, in the arrow next to the Save and New button, to save only the meter.
Associate a meter with an element
When creating a meter, you must associate it with one of the following elements. The element defines the assets for which meter values can be recorded:
Element | Value recording |
|---|---|
Location function | You must select a location that has that location function. |
Family | You must select equipment or a tool of that family. |
Brand | You must select equipment or a tool of that brand. |
Brand and model | You must select equipment or a tool of that brand and that model. |
Location | You can only record for that location. |
Equipment | You can only record for that equipment. |
Tool | You can only record for that tool. |
If the meter has a parent meter, the following rules apply:
Location function: you can only select a parent meter that has the same location function;
Family: you can only select a parent meter that has the same family;
Asset (location, equipment or tool): you can only select a parent meter that has the same asset.
Assign characteristics
In the Characteristics tab, you can assign one or more characteristics to the meter. These can be of the following types:
Number;
Text;
Date/Time;
Boolean (true or false);
Enum.
When saving the record, the following validations are performed:
No repeated characteristics can exist;
Number: checks if the text entered in the Value field is a number, if the number of decimal places matches the characteristic's unit, and if the separator matches the user's language;
Date/Time: checks if the text entered in the Value field is a date, a time, or both;
Boolean: checks if the value entered in the Value field is 0 (False) or 1 (True);
Enum: checks if the Enum Value matches the values of the selected characteristic.
Define the average calculation
A meter's average can be calculated in three ways:
Global: average of the meter value based on all meter readings prior to the current reading. The value of the first reading is subtracted from the current reading, and the result is divided by the difference in days between the two readings. If there are readings only on the same day as the current record, the average is the difference between the current record and the first reading;
Moving Average Days: average calculation based on the readings recorded in a set of days prior to the current record. If there are no readings in that interval, the reading from the record prior to the current record is used. The number of days is defined in the Window Size of Moving Average field;
Moving Average Reading: average calculation based on the number of previous readings. That number is defined in the Window Size of Moving Average field.
For the average to be calculated when meter values are recorded, the Window Size of Moving Average field must be greater than zero.