Overview:

A Plant Meter is used to record usage of Plant Items, and provides the basis for a range of functions in the plant module including the timing of required servicing. A Plant Item can have multiple meters attached to it e.g. a Kilometer-based meter and an Hour-based meter.

This screen is used to create the types of meters that you will be using for your plant.

Screen Guide:

Open

To create additional meters, click + New and fill in the new line.

• Meter Code is the shorthand code for the meter.

• Description is the longer description of the meter.

• Details is a space for additional details about the meter.

• Meter Type can be either Calendar Days for date-based meters, or Reading for meters that are measured periodically like hours or kilometers.

• Units is the unit of measurement for the line.

• Clock Value is the default reading at which this meter will "clock." 

• The Bin column can be ticked to delete unused meters, but if data has been entered using this line, it cannot be deleted.

Next Steps:

Once you have your Plant Meters, they can be utilised in individual Plant Items in the Meters Tab.