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Chapter 8—Input / Output PowerLogic™ PM5500 series user manual
WAGES monitoring
WAGES monitoring allows you to record and analyze all energy sources and utilities
usage.
Your energy system may use several different types of energy. For example, you may
consume steam or compressed air for industrial processes, electricity for lights and
computers, water for cooling and natural gas for heating. WAGES monitoring collects
the usage information from all these different energy sources to enable a more
complete energy analysis.
WAGES information can help you:
• Identify losses or inefficiencies.
• Modify demand to reduce costs.
• Optimize energy source usage.
WAGES application example
You can connect your meter’s digital input to a transducer that sends a pulse for every
15 liters of water. After configuring an input metering channel and assigning it to the
digital input, the meter is able to detect and record the incoming pulses. An energy
management system can then use the information from the meter to perform WAGES
analysis.
Related topics
• See “Input metering setup” on page 73 for details on configuring input metering.
Digital input setup
The digital input ports (S1 to S4) can be configured using the front panel or ION Setup
software.
NOTE: It is recommended you use ION Setup to configure the digital inputs, as setup
parameters that require text entry can only be modified using ION Setup.
Configuring digital inputs using ION Setup
You can use ION Setup to configure the digital inputs.
1. Start ION Setup.
2. Connect to your meter.
3. Navigate to I/O configuration > I/O Setup.
4. Select a digital input to configure and click Edit. The setup screen for that digital
input is displayed.
5. Enter a descriptive name for the digital input’s Label.
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Water flow meter
15 L/pulse
Energy meter
Input Metering
Channel 1
Unit code: L
Digital input 1
Energy management system
WAGES analysis software