Windmill 826 - Utility Meter MonitoringThis package logs data from utility meters - sending the consumption readings to a central PC running Windows. It lets you monitor demand in real-time and identify patterns of use of electricity, gas, water and so on.
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Features
- Log the counts from the volt-free contacts of your utility meters
- Continuous monitoring, logging and display using Windmill software.
- See consumption in real-time
- Record total usage and usage over your chosen set intervals, for example each minute's or hour's demand
- Chart data and show tables of recent readings
- Alarm indication on all readings - set thresholds above or below which alarms are triggered and logged
- Each 826 Utility Meter Logger can monitor 8 meters
- Up to 29 Utility Meter Loggers can be connected to 1 COM port, monitoring up to 232 meters
- Many COM ports can be monitored at once
- Maximum count of over 16 million
- Option for communication over a modem, so you can retrieve readings remotely
- Data is stored both locally by the battery-backed 826 Utility Logger and remotely on the PC, ensuring no loss of information
- All data is time-stamped
- Modular, buy only what you need now and expand later if necessary
- Works with any meter emitting contact closure pulses
- Conditioning can be added to monitor other signals such as logic and high voltage pulses
- Windmill software runs under Windows - it's easy to use and involves no programming
- Reports can be automatically generated in the Windows application of your choice, Word or Excel for example
- Comprehensive User Manual
- Free technical support for life
Software
The modular Windmill software suite offers data logging, charting, alarm indication and DDE links to other applications like Excel. You can also add process mimic generators to create your own data displays involving live moving bars, analogue meters, colour coded alarms, control buttons, changing icons and time and date labels.
Data can be passed to other software such as spreadsheets or databases
What you get for your Money
The utility meter monitoring package starts at £395 and includes:
- The Windmill data acquisition and control software suite for real-time logging, charting and alarm indication.
- One Microlink 826 Utility Meter Logger which can monitor 8 meters
- One Microlink 800 RS232-to-RS485 converter
- One 9 V DC power supply unit which supports up to 29 Microlink 826 loggers
- One RS232 lead to connect the Microlink 800 converter to the computer's COM port
- Free technical support for life
The Microlink 826 Utility Logger communicates with the computer either remotely by modem or using an RS485 lead. When using RS485 you need an RS232-to-RS485 converter, which lets you connect the Utility Logger to the computer.
Optional Extras
- Additional Microlink 826 loggers cost £195 each.
- A US Robotics External Modem costs £75.
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Windmill 826 Utility Meter Monitoring Package Specifications
MICROLINK 826 LOGGER
Dimensions: 150 x 85 x 40 mm
Microlink to PC interface: RS485
Meters monitored per 826: Up to 8
No. 826s per COM port: Up to 29
8 Counters per unit monitor contact-closure pulses
Conditioning can be added to monitor other signals
such as logic and high voltage pulses
Maximum count: 16 777 216
External power supply: 9-24 V DC
Battery backed: can maintain time and date
for over 10 days
Memory size: 256 epochs from each meter
WINDMILL SOFTWARE
Operating system: Windows 95 or later
Minimum PC requirements: 486 processor
8 MB RAM
VGA Graphics
Logs both total usage and usage per epoch (unit of time)
Reads data at any time
Can pass data in real-time to third-party Windows
software like Excel