Meter - Equipment

The equipment page contains the equipment that is linked to the meter. Use Menu > Meter > Meter > Search and navigate to the Equipment page. Refer to Equipment May Be Associated With Meters for more information.

Description of Page

To modify a piece of equipment, simply move to a field and change its value. To add a new piece of equipment, press + to insert a row, then fill in the information for each field. The following fields display:

Equipment ID Indicate the unique identifier of the equipment.

Note:

This is actually the unique ID of an item as an item must be set up for each piece of equipment that can be linked to a meter. Only items with an item type defined on the meter's meter type's equipment collection may be defined (in other words, the valid types of equipment are defined on the meter's meter type).

Badge Number This is a display-only field that contains the equipment's badge number.

Equipment Type This is a display-only field that contains a description of the equipment's item type.

Equipment Count This field should be 1 except when you are using an item to define a generic piece of equipment. If you use an item to define a generic piece of equipment, you can indicate the number of such generic pieces of equipment that are associated with this meter.

Install Date Define the date that the equipment was installed at the meter.

Removal Date Define the date that the equipment was removed from the meter.

Comment Enter a comment to explain anything unusual about the piece of equipment.