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1. INNOVATIVE ENERGY SOLUTIONS THE PowEerCost MONITOR Set Up Guide Display Unit Icons And Buttons Now that you have installed your PowerCost Monitor Sensor Unit successfully you must program your Display Unit The pictures below illustrate all the various icons and values that can be displayed at any given time on your Display Unit as well as the locations of all the available buttons Current Values and kWh Signal Quality indicator Consumption History Indicator Battery Levels Time of Use Indicators Disk Emulator Totals and kWh Tiered Rate Indicator Day and Time I Outside Temperature 2 ah oF Icon Button Purpose Disk Emulator When spinning indicates that the Display Unit is receiving a signal from the Sensor Unit The higher the energy consumption the faster the disk emulator spins Consumption Graphical representation of the power consumption over the History last 7 days See the User Manual for more detailed explanations Battery Levels Status of the Display Unit and Sensor Unit batteries When a battery is fresh the icon is not visible the black area on the icon increases as the battery becomes depleted Icon Button Signal Quality KW RATE THRESHOLD OFF PEAK ON PEAK CLEAR SYNC SET MODE 12 24 oC F Light Purpose Provides an indication of the quality of the signal from the Sensor Unit The more bars the better the2. and hold the SYNC buttonon the front of the Display Unit until it beeps approx 3 seconds The Display Unit goes into ID Mode and it begins to search for your Sensor Unit 2 Press and release the RESET button on the battery cover of the Sensor Fl i Unit The indicator light flashes and the Display Unit exits ID mode kl Your values should be appearing after a few minutes If this is not the case see the Troubleshooting section in the User Guide Bor LUE XING 187 Kenmount Road St John s NL Canada A1B 3P9 www bluelineinnovations com Toll Free 866 607 2583 P N BLI 00195 Rev2 BlueLine Innovations Inc PowerCost Monitor is a trademark of BlueLine Innovations Inc
3. signal Dollar Mode Current Values are shown in dollars per hour hr and consumption totals are shown in dollars Kilowatt Mode Current Values are shown in kilowatts kW and consumption totals are shown in kilowatt hours kWh Tiered Rate Indicator Appears on the display with a number under it indicating the current rate in tiered rate mode This indicator only appears in Configuration mode Tiered Rate Indicator Appears on the display indicating that the value to enter or modify represents the number of kilowatts at which the rate changes Appears during normal operation to indicate that a consumption threshold has been exceeded and that a new rate applies Time of Use Indicators Appear on the display to indicate one of two possible different rates charged by the utility company during the day Increase During setup each press of the button INCREASES the target value on the display by various increments In some cases if you Press and Hold the value is increased by a much larger increment for example the Kh increases by increments of 1 0 instead of 0 1 Decrease During setup DECREASES the target value on the display by various increments In some cases if you Press and Hold the value decreases by a much larger increment for example the Kh value decreases by increments of 1 0 instead of 0 1 Press and hold to reset the Totals to zero Press and hold to enter ID mode Press and hold to enter configuration mo
4. value If the Display Unit is not in 24 hour mode the AM PM indicator changes whenever the HOURS value exceeds 12 4 Press SET The HOURS value you set is stored and the MINUTES value starts flashing 5 Press or Set the correct minutes of the time of day Increase or decrease the MINUTES value 6 Press SET Your MINUTES value is stored and a Day of Week segment starts flashing 7 Press tt or 4 Set the correct day of the week Select the correct Day of Week segment 8 Press SET Your Day of Week segment is stored and the currently stored Kh value flashes 9 Press OR Press and Hold ff or U Set your meter s Kh Factor Each button press increases or decreases the Kh value by 0 1 Press and hold to change the value by increments of 1 0 If you have an electromechanical meter enter 7 2 If you have an electronic meter enter 1 0 Now from the two setup procedures below select the one that is appropriate for your billing mode SINGLE or FLAT RATE or TIERED RATE for TIME OF USE please refer to section 6 5 of the User Guide SETUP SEQUENCE Single Flat Rate Mode 10 Press SET Your Kh value is stored 1 is displayed under RATE and the currently stored value for Rate 1 flashes next to the kWh segment 11 Press or U Set your electricity rate Each button press increases or decreases the displayed Rate value by 0 1 12 Press SET Your Rate is stored The THRESHOLD segment app
5. HOLD TO 0 If needed you can set a 2nd threshold and a 3rd rate by repeating steps 12 to 15 above Your Display Unit can accommodate up to 9 rates 18 Press SET Your second electricity rate is now stored The Display Unit quits Configuration mode and is now fully configured for operation Display Functions This is a short description of the Display Unit functions For a full description of each function please read Section 7 in the User Guide CHANGING THE TEMPERATURE DISPLAY FORMAT Press C F This button changes the temperature display from degrees Celsius C to degrees Fahrenheit F and vice versa CHANGING THE TIME OF DAY DISPLAY FORMAT Press 12 24 This button changes the time display from 12 hour AM PM to 24 hour military format and vice versa ILLUMINATING THE DISPLAY Press LIGHT This button turns on the blue display backlight for 5 seconds ACTIVATING DOLLARS AND CENTS MODE Press All values are displayed in either dollars and cents or cents per kilowatt hour kWh ACTIVATING KILOWATT MODE Press KW All totals are displayed in either kilowatts kW or kilowatt hours kWh RESETTING THE CONSUMPTION TOTALS Press CLEAR All consumption totals and consumption history peak values are set to zero LOSS OF SIGNAL In the event that your Display Unit loses the signal from the Sensor Unit ig the screen displays dashes instead of numbers Ee 7 1 Take your Display Unit it to your meter Press
6. atisfy between given hours of the day YOU CANNOT SETUP YOUR DISPLAY UNIT USING THIS QUICK START GUIDE IF YOU ARE BILLED ON A TIME OF USE BASIS See section 6 5 in your User Guide Single Flat Rate Example 0 063 kWh 0 063 6 3 cents kWh kilowatt hour You are paying 6 3 cents per kilowatt hour at all times Tiered Rate Example 1200 kWh 0 063 kWh and 1369 kWh 0 075 kWh 0 063 6 3 cents 0 075 7 5 cents kWh kilowatt hour You are paying 6 3 cents per kilowatt hour the first rate for the first 1200 kilowatt hours the threshold and 7 5 cents per kilowatt hour the second rate thereafter In our example you consumed 2 569 kilowatt hours in total of which the last 1 369 were charged the second rate 7 5 cents SETUP SEQUENCE Common Steps IMPORTANT The instructions that follow assume that your Sensor Unit is transmitting signals normally to your Display Unit Your Display Unit should show 1 The Disk Emulator spinning Y il 2 The Signal Quality indicator showing al a good quality signal 1 Press and Hold SET After 3 seconds the Display Unit beeps and enters Configuration Mode The HOURS digits of the clock are flashing 2 Press and Hold MODE if required If the OFF PEAK ON PEAK indicators are displayed press and hold to display the RATE and THRESHOLD indicators 3 Press ff or J Set the correct hour of the day Increase or decrease the HOURS
7. de In Configuration Mode press and hold to switch between Tiered Rate and Time of Use operating modes Time Format Press to switch the clock between 12 hour and 24 hour time display format Temperature Format Press to switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit degrees temperature display format Backlight Press to illuminate the display backlight for 5 seconds Before Starting If you need any clarification of the procedures detailed below please refer to the appropriate section of your User Manual Before you start setting up your Display Unit you must determine the type of billing your electricity provider is applying to your account Retrieve a recent electricity bill and find out which of the following three billing modes applies in your case SINGLE FLAT RATE Mode Your bill shows a single value in cents per kilowatt hour You are charged a SINGLE FLAT RATE for electricity consumption TIERED RATE Mode Your bill shows more than one value in cents per kilowatt hour You are charged a TIERED RATE for electricity consumption You pay the first usually the lowest rate until you reach a threshold and you start paying another usually higher rate thereafter TIME OF USE RATE Mode Your bill shows different values according to various time periods during the day You are billed on a TIME OF USE basis You pay different Off Peak and On Peak rates reflecting the overall demand your electricity provider must s
8. ears and the currently stored Threshold flashes 13 Press Q SET THE THRESHOLD TO 0 14 Press SET Your electricity rate is now stored The Display Unit quits Configuration mode and is now fully configured for operation SETUP SEQUENCE Tiered Rate Mode 10 Press SET Your Kh value is stored 1 is displayed under Rate and the currently stored value for Rate 1 flashes next to the kWh segments 11 Press or J Set your first electricity rate This is generally the lowest rate on your bill Each button press increases or decreases the displayed Rate value by 0 1 12 Press SET Your Rate is stored The THRESHOLD segment appears and the currently stored Threshold flashes 13 Press OR Press and Hold or 4 Set your first rate threshold Each button press increases or decreases the displayed THRESHOLD value by 10 units Press and hold to change the value changes by increments of 100 14 Press SET Your Threshold value is set 2 is displayed under RATE and the currently stored value for the Rate 2 flashes next to the kWh segments 15 Press tt or Q Set your second electricity rate This is generally the highest rate on your bill Each press of one of these buttons increases or decreases the displayed Rate value by 0 1 16 Press SET Your second rate is stored The THRESHOLD segment appears and the currently stored value for the second Threshold flashes 17 Press Q SET THE SECOND THRES
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