Use

This function enables you to allocate devices to one another and store additional attributes.

A distinction is made between controlled devices, such as meters, and controlling devices, such as a transformer switched in series.

Integration

You usually define device allocations on the initial screen for device installation.

The device allocation is terminated if one of the devices undergoes a technical removal.

Prerequisites

The devices to be allocated to one another must have undergone a technical installation and have certain characteristics depending on the allocation type. Only water or gas meters or pressure regulators may be part of a pressure regulator allocation. Only meters that measure indirectly can be in a transformer allocation.

Features

Device allocation is historical.

Time slices in periods that have already been billed can no longer be changed. These time slices can only be displayed. However, you can divide one time slice into two slices and maintain them.

It is also possible to define an allocation without an allocated device in order to store the attributes of the device allocation. For example, measured pressure can be stored in a pressure regulator allocation although the pressure regulators do no exist in the system.

The attributes measured pressure for the pressure regulator allocation or billing factor for transformer allocations are relevant to billing and mandatory for gas meters or meters that do not measure directly.

Device allocations can be defined at the register or device level of the controlled device. Metering devices (meaning devices with registers) are allocated at the register level. Devices without registers are always allocated at the device level. The controlling device is always entirely allocated to the controlled device.

It is possible that a controlling device (such as a ripple control receiver) has been replaced during the time slice of the device allocation. In this case, the device that is valid at the beginning of the time slice is displayed. You must also set the TM indicator (device not valid for the entire period). You can double-click on this indicator to display the valid devices with corresponding validity periods. You can also display these devices by selecting the appropriate line and choosing  Extras History

It is also possible to define your own allocation types. To do this, you add new entries to the table of allocation types. These allocations are not relevant to billing, however.

Activities

When you maintain billing-relevant device allocations, you must enter meter readings for the devices. In the case of sub-annual changes, you must enter meter readings manually.