Configuring the season tariff schedule – SATEC PM130 PLUS Manual User Manual

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‎Chapter 5 Configuring

T H E P M 1 3 0 P L U S

Configuring

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PM130 PLUS Powermeter Series

Configuring the Season Tariff Schedule

To configure your season tariff schedule, select Energy/TOU from the
Meter Setup menu, and then click on the TOU Calendar tab.

Figure ‎5-17: TOU Calendar Setup Dialog Box – TOU Calendar Tab

The meter TOU calendar allows you to configure any tariff schedule based
on any possible utility regulation. The calendar provides 32 entries that
allow you to specify profiles for working days and holidays through all
seasons in any order that is convenient for you, based on simple intuitive
rules.

To configure your season tariff schedule:

1. In the Season/Period box, select the

season, and in the Day Type box,
select a day type for this calendar
entry.

2. Define the time interval when this daily tariff schedule is

effective, based on the start and end weekdays and, for a
multi-season schedule, on the start and end month for the
selected season. It does not matter which order of weekdays
or months you select: the meter recognizes the correct order.

3. For exception days like weekends and designated holidays,

define a specific day either by a month and a month day, or by
selecting a month, a week and a weekday within the month.

There are no limitations on how to build your schedule. A common
recommendation is to use minimum time constraints and only when it is
needed to avoid ambiguity. You need not to define month days if a daily
schedule is effective all days of the month, or to define the start and end
months if it is effective through all the year. If you wish to define a
specific period within a month using the start and end days, put this entry

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