rainforest EMU-2, User Manual

Page 1: ...www rainforestautomation com EMU 2 Energy Monitoring Unit User Manual Version 1 03 Sep 2012...

Page 2: ...pies can be sold given or loaned to another person Under the law copying includes translating into another language or format Rainforest Automation may have patents patent applications trademarks copy...

Page 3: ...tion to Your EMU 2 10 Screen Navigation Flowchart 12 EMU 2 Display Screens 13 Startup 13 Current Time 13 Meter Reading 13 Current Usage 14 Daily Totals 14 Total to Date 14 Previous Totals 15 Current P...

Page 4: ...e radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will n...

Page 5: ...ke some time for your utility to enable the smart meter to connect with your device You must wait until this process is complete before proceeding your EMU 2 will not function correctly until the smar...

Page 6: ...reens You may see these two screens a few times This could take 1 2 minutes When your EMU 2 finds the smart meter and successfully communicates with it you will see this screen A short time later the...

Page 7: ...ns on your EMU 2 simultaneously and release b Press the Bottom Button c Select the language you would like your EMU 2 to use 3 25 pm Jun 3 2011 Restart Restart Skip Top Button scrolls through language...

Page 8: ...ht and working left After you have entered all 5 digits of the energy price you will see this screen e Press the Bottom Button and you will see the battery screen f Press any button to return to regul...

Page 9: ...tautomation com EMU 2 User Manual 9 Features of Your EMU 2 Red Yellow Green Top Button Bottom Button Display Battery Cover Information Label Indicator LED Lights Magnetic Feet Keyhole Slot Power Plug...

Page 10: ...e If you unplug your EMU 2 so that it is powered only by the backup batteries then the unit will run with the backlight off all the time and will go into Sleep Mode after 2 minutes of inactivity In Sl...

Page 11: ...to the left of the Display that various status conditions Normally the green LED should be on while the EMU 2 is in Active Mode and Rest Mode When there is a new text message waiting to be read the re...

Page 12: ...reen Previous Totals screen Current Usage screen Total to Date screen Manual Mode Top Button 5 seconds Reset Battery screen Current Time screen Bottom Button Bottom Button 4 minutes inactivity 1 minut...

Page 13: ...from the smart meter Your EMU 2 updates this data every 4 minutes while it is in Active Mode If you are generating your own electricity and have a Net Metering agreement with your utility then there...

Page 14: ...hows a running total from the start of the day midnight up to the present At midnight today s totals will be transferred to Yesterday and a new running total is started The graphs show hourly data wit...

Page 15: ...evious Totals screen and the new current time period is started If the Start and Stop Dates in the Billing Dates screen are set to manual then the current time period will run until it is manually res...

Page 16: ...age will be displayed as a text message on the Message screen and the price will be automatically set This will override any price value that has been set manually Message The Message screen will disp...

Page 17: ...ur utility telling them that you have read the latest text message that they have sent to you If you wish to view the message again press the Top Button and you will be sent back to the Message screen...

Page 18: ...figuration Mode press and release both buttons simultaneously Then press the Bottom Button to get to the Select Language screen The currently selected language will have an arrow beside it Press the T...

Page 19: ...he Previous Totals screen and the next billing period is automatically started The default billing period is a simple monthly cycle beginning at 00 00 01 on the first day of the month and ending at mi...

Page 20: ...of the batteries Four bars indicates the batteries have a good charge Fewer bars indicate the battery charge is reduced The batteries should be replaced if the Battery screen shows only one bar When y...

Page 21: ...see Step 3 Step 1 Restart the EMU 2 If the EMU 2 screen is not displaying anything and it does not respond to button presses then try restarting the unit To restart your EMU 2 a Remove the batteries...

Page 22: ...EMU 2 and the smart meter can be disrupted for a variety of reasons Try the following a Move the EMU 2 to a different location that is closer to the smart meter b Move the EMU 2 away from wireless ro...