Time of Use (TOU) Program Management

Tariff schedules, or Time of Use programs, are easily created. After you have created a tariff schedule, you can manage these files using the TOU Program Manager.

Creating a Time of Use Schedule

In , select Options > Edit TOU Programs.

Click Make a New TOU Program.

A New Program appears in the left window of the display. Click on this to rename it.

Click the Edit (Launch Program Editor).

Follow the instructions on screen and click Finish when you are done and Close.

Downloading a Time of Use Schedule into an meter

Start and connect to your meter.

From the Factory Configuration screen (root window of the node diagram), right-click the Sample TOU module under Time-Of-Use Setup. The ION Module Setup dialog box appears.

Click the Quick TOU button.

Select the TOU schedule you want and click OK.

Advanced TOU Schedule Configuration

The TOU program editor provides an advanced mode that lets you make configurations supported by the meter but that are not provided in the TOU Editor described above. The advanced TOU is useful in the following cases:

When TOU seasons do not use a fixed start or end date that is the same in every calendar year.

Alternate days defined as a specific date and are not a particular day of the week.

Accessing Advanced TOU Mode

In , select Options > Edit TOU Programs. Select a TOU Program or create a new one and click Edit (Launch Program Editor).

Hold the CTRL key and right-click on the text in the Seasons section of the Seasons and Rate Definitions screen.

A dialog appears that lets you add a setup register override or delete or modify an existing setup register override.

To add a new setup register override, click Add.

Select a setup register from the drop-down list then type in the register value (available registers are: Seasons 1, 2, 3, and 4, and Alt 1, and 2 Days).

To delete an existing setup register override, select it from the list and click Delete then OK.

To modify a register, select it from the list and click Modify. Make your changes and click OK.

Click OK to return to the TOU Program Editor.

Click the Summary tab in the TOU Program Editor. This compiles the schedule to include the setup register overrides you just defined.

The Device Setup Register Values section of the summary displays the register values that will be sent to the meter and includes the configured values. The TOU Program Log Output section of the summary displays the log generated while the TOU schedule is compiled. Any setup register overrides that are defined appear as entries in this log file.