This 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.
See also the new Microlink 840 for utility meter monitoring over Ethernet and Internet for just £295.
Features
- Consumption logged periodically (eg every half hour) both locally by the battery-backed 826 and at the PC
- Data files can be read by Excel, Energy Lens, and other software
- 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
- All data is time-stamped
- Log the counts from the volt-free contacts of your utility meters
- 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
- Comprehensive User Manual
- Free technical support for life
Software
The modular Windmill software suite offers data logging, charting, alarm indication and sends data directly 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, databases and energy management software.
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 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. This is included in the price.
