Measurement point

How to add a new metering point to an energy group

Written By Evolo Support

Last updated 4 months ago

An energy monitoring data point corresponds to a data point that records meter readings. Using this data, the top-level system generates graphs and charts that constitute energy monitoring.

The measurement point supports only accumulating data points. That is, a data point that increases. An example of a non-increasing data point is voltage and power.

โš ๏ธ It is important to select โ€œAccumulatingโ€ as the type in โ€œthe layout for the logโ€ for the data point from which you want to retrieve energy data.

There are three types of meters:

  • Physical Meter
    Reads cumulative energy data from a data point in Evolo.
  • Elhub meter
    Reads a metering point from Elhub. Read more here.
  • Deviation meter
    Calculates the residual/deviation between the main meter and all sub-meters in the energy group. (deviation = main meter - sub-meters)

Add meter:

  1. Go to Configuration โ†’ Energy Monitoring
  2. Under the Metering Points tab, click Add New Metering Point
  3. Enter a name and, if desired, a description for the measurement point, and select the energy group to which it should belong.
  • Select a data point with an accumulating log for energy data, and include outdoor temperature (optional) for comparison with consumption.
  • To activate the Power tab, you can select a standard log (line) for power analysis.
  • Define an area to display energy consumption per mยฒ.

Example:

This meter is marked as Main Meter.

This allows me to select this meter as a parent under the"Sub-meter of" field when I add the next measurement point, so that the meters are displayed in a hierarchical structure.