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ION 7500 / ION 7600 User’s Guide Time of Use Configuration
Chapter 3 - Default Meter Functionality Page 65
Time of Use Configuration
The Time of Use module may only be important if you are using the meter in a
billing application (i.e. you are a power provider), as the module contains the
meter’s seasonal rate schedules. Typically, power consumers can ignore
Time Of Use configuration.
Seasonal Settings
The Time of Use module supports up to four separate seasons. Each seasons’ start
and end dates are set into the appropriate Season setup register.
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Ensure that there is no date overlapping when defining seasons and that every day of the year is covered
by your seasons. If there are gaps between seasons, the module returns an error and will not function.
If your rates do not change between seasons, you do not need to configure the
Season setup registers — Season 1 is the default, and all Season 1 rates are in effect
all year.
If you have different seasons, enter their start and end dates into the appropriate
setup registers. If your season is active on the same dates every year, you only need
to enter a single range of dates in the appropriate Season setup register. If the active
dates are different each year (for example, Season 3 becomes active every first
Monday in August), the start dates must be individually specified for each year.
Time Of Use Module Settings
The Time of Use module’s setup registers define your seasons’ start and end dates,
the day types where your rates may differ, and the rate schedules for each season’s
day types. The module compares the meter’s internal clock with the season, day,
and time of day settings in these registers, and changes its output registers to
reflect the current state of these settings.