Controller Setup - General

Energy Wizard Controller Setup - General - Energy

Start the Controller Setup program, click on the main "General" tab and then on the minor "Energy" tab.

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Units: Set the units that are being used by the Controller, either kW or kVA
Demand Period (mins): Select the number of minutes that are in the Demand Period. This is the period that the power supplier totalises energy into.
Send Target ToTag: Select the MicroScan Input Tag to send the current Target to. The MicroScan Input Tag should be set to "no scan analogue". Select "0" to disable.
Send Instantaneous Target To Tag: Select the MicroScan Input Tag to send the Instantaneous Target to. The MicroScan Input Tag should be set to "no scan analogue". Select "0" to disable. The Instantaneous Target is a percentage of the Target by how far through the period it is. So for a Target of 50, at the start of the period the Instantaneous Target = 0, half way through the period the Instantaneous Target = 25 and at the end of the period the Instantaneous Target = 50.
Used Energy From: Select the MicroScan Recorder, Page and Line that is displaying the amount of energy used by the site for the current period. The Recorder Line's value will be set by the Energy Wizard Monitor.
No of scans for averaging rate of use: Set the number of scans for averaging the rate of use of the Used Energy. Because electricity consumption is most often not smooth it is necessary to average its rate of use. Generally the smoother the consumption the less averaging required. However by experience it would appear that 4 or 5 is a good starting point.