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Basta Engineering, Inc.
1181 B Milo Circle
Lafayette, CO 80026
The features presented on this web page
are:
The Meter Monitor displays data
utilizing the
following window types:
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Last Meter Readings
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Real-Time
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Graph
The Last Meter Readings (LMR) window has the
following features:
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It is displayed when the Meter Monitor is
started.
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Displays last meter readings of all enabled
meters in a spread-sheet
format.
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The last meter readings data include meter ID
and name, date and time, alarm flags, setup, communication and meter error
flags, and totalizer and average value types (if available; if not, then current
value types only).
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Columns can be individually enabled/disabled
and their widths adjusted.
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Displayed units are settable.
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Update is performed every minute; thus, new
data are displayed no later than a minute
after they were acquired.
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Meters are displayed in ascending or
descending alphabetical order sorted by their IDs or names.
The Real-Time window has the following display
features:
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It is displayed on top of
the LMR window.
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Displays a gauge for each measured value.
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Each gauge displays measured value as an
analog arc meter with a digital value and unit.
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The Meter Monitor attempts to update every
meter with all of its gauges once per second. How often a
meter
will actually be updated depends on traffic and a number of opened
windows (meters).
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Each window displays date and time of
displayed data.
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Measured value ranges are individually
settable; display units are also settable.
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Alarm limits are settable and arc meters
have clearly
marked fields that correspond to alarm values.
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Up to 20 windows can be opened at a time.
The Graph window has the following display
features:
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Displays previously collected data in a
graphical format, with a selectable time
span.
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The time span can be set to 8 hours, 3 days,
30 days or 180 days. The display resolution is 5 minutes, 15
minutes, 60 minutes or 120 minutes, respectively. The scrollable
span is 1 month, 3 months, 1 year or 2 years, respectively.
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The graph has two modes: current and
history. The current mode updates when a new data point becomes
available. The history mode enables a user to view data collected
at any time in the past (data which cannot be accessed by scrolling in
the current mode) with a desired time span (i.e. resolution).
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The graph charts average, minimal and maximal
value types (if available; if not, then current only) of each measured value where each value can individually be
enabled or disabled for displaying.
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The graph displays the date and time and
digital values of the reading pointed to by the time cursor. It also
displays the totalizer values of a reading pointed to by the time
cursor.
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The graph displays the setup, communication
and meter error LEDs of a reading pointed by the time cursor.
The Meter Monitor enables a user to create a
custom
Modbus RTU device type utilizing the
following dialog boxes:
The Type Parameters dialog box enables a user to
set the following:
The Measurement and Polling Parameters
dialog box
enables a user to set the following:
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To select which measured values can be polled: mass and/or
compensated volume and/or energy. For water/liquid meters by
default the only measured value is volume.
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To select what value types are polled
current (needed for the Real-Time window) and/or average, min and max (if
available).
The Byte and Word Ordering Parameters dialog
box
enables a user to set the following:
The Totalizer Parameters dialog box enables a
user to set the following (each totalizer has its own fields):
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To select if a totalizer is used (polled).
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To select totalizer's data type (either a
16-bit unsigned or a 32-bit unsigned integer; or a floating point
number).
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To specify register address for each used
totalizer.
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To specify a scale (multiplication factor)
for each used totalizer.
The Measured Value Parameters dialog box enables a
user to set the following (each measured value has its own window):
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To select if a measured value is used, i.e. polled.
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To select measured value's data type (either a
16-bit unsigned or signed integer or a 32-bit unsigned or signed integer integer; or a floating point
number).
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To specify register address for each polled
value type (current, average min and max).
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To specify the scale (multiplication factor)
for each used totalizer.
The User Defined Request Parameters dialog
box enables a
user to set the following (each request has its own fields):
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To select if a request is used (sent).
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To select if a function code is sent only (no
data to be sent).
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To specify the custom function code.
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To specify register address to read data from
or to write data to.
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To specify number of registers to read or a
value to be written.
The Meter Monitor enables a user to
install a new meter utilizing the
following dialog boxes:
The Type Parameters dialog box enables a user to
set the following:
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To specify a meter ID (must be unique); the
meter ID cannot be changed.
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To select a device type from a drop down list
(the drop down list contains built-in and custom made device types).
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To select a meter type (dependant on the
device type previously selected) from a drop down list.
The Network Parameters dialog box
enables a user to set the following:
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To specify a device address.
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To specify a device password (if needed).
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To select a network from a drop down list.
The Measurement and Polling Parameters
dialog box
enables a user to set the following:
The Grouping and Optional Parameters dialog
box enables a user to set the following:
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To specify a meter name (must be unique); the
meter name can be changed later.
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To specify meter groups by location and by
type.
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To specify user account number.
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To specify contact name.
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To specify contact phone number.
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