Meters in Locations

You can use the Locations (SP) application to add meters to location records. Adding meters to locations enables you to enter meters readings and maintain historical records of meter readings against that location. Readings such as room temperature, for example, might help you evaluate whether a heating or cooling system is working properly.

The system supports three types of meters:

Continuous Meters are cumulative and tend to measure consumption or accumulation. They include meters that track such things as miles, hours, engine starts, pieces produced, or fuel consumed.
Gauge Meters show a range of values such as fuel levels, temperature, pressure, noise level or, oil level. Gauge meters are recorded via condition monitoring points.
Characteristic Meters are observational in nature and have a list of possible values. They are used to track things such as noise level, vibration level, clarity, or color. Characteristic meters are recorded via condition monitoring points.

Note: You must use the Meters application to add a meter before you can attach that meter to a location.

You can use the Assets (SP) application to configure assets to accept meter readings from their locations. Then, by adding meters to locations such as assembly lines, you can have location meter readings roll down to all of the assets that are in that location.

Note: Meter readings for a location will not roll down to child locations.