Manual Reset Meter

Objective

Manually reset a meter due to the physical meter being replaced with another device or reaching its maximum reading thus needing to be reset.

How to reset a meter

  1. Open the meter's edit screen.
  2. Click the Readings tab.
  3. If the meter is currently running, pause the meter using the Pause custom action in the Assist panel in the sidebar.
  4. Click on Manual Reset Meter in the Assist side panel. The Manual Meter Reset screen opens.
  5. Enter the Last Reading for the current meter (optional), First Reading for the new/reset meter and select whether the latest reading should be used as the last reading.
  6. Save the record.

As a result

  • The meter reading is listed on the Readings tab and plotted on the Readings graph.
  • Two meter readings are added when a meter is reset; one for the old meter's Last Reading and one for the new meter's First Reading.
  • The Reading and Cumulative Reading values are updated based on the Last Reading and First Reading of the new/reset meter.

Example

A meter has the following meter readings before it is reset and replaced with another meter:

Reading Cumulative Reading
10 100
20 110
30 120

Scenario 1: The physical meter (with a reading of 30) is removed and replaced with a different meter with a starting reading of 50. The meter is manually reset using the following configuration:

  • Last Reading: blank
  • First Reading: 50
  • Use Latest Reading As Last Reading: true (this means the old meter is removed displaying the last captured reading of 30)

As a result a new record is added to the Readings table with a Reading value of 50 and the Cumulative Reading unchanged at 120.

Reading Cumulative Reading
10 100
20 110
30 120
50 120

Scenario 2: The old meter is removed while it is at a reading higher (50) than the last recorded reading of 30 and replaced with a different meter with an starting reading of 100. The meter is manually reset using the following configuration:

  • Last Reading: 50
  • First Reading: 100
  • Use Latest Reading As Last Reading: false

As a result, a new record is added to the Readings table with a Reading value of 100 (the starting reading of the new meter) and the Cumulative Reading of 140 (the cumulative reading is increased with 20 as the Last Reading is 20 more than the last Reading value of 30).

Reading Cumulative Reading
10 100
20 110
30 120
100 140

Keep in mind

  • The First Reading is the starting reading that is displayed on the new/reset meter at the time of installation. This is the baseline from where the meter readings will start to be measured.
  • If the First Reading of the new/reset meter is not zero at the time of installation, the reading will not contribute to the overall reading of the meter it is being installed as.
  • Refer to manual meter reset for the related validations.