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Appendix 

System Setup Menu  

 

The System Setup menu allows you to select the way the 
IHD connects to a meter, adjust time and date as well as 

the rates charged per kWh. Select 

Exit

 from within the 

System Setup Menu to return to Main Menu. 

Change activation code 

 

If you have new meter placed on your home you may have 

to 

Change Activation Code

 to connect to the meter you 

have.  Scroll to this option and select. The ability to change 

this activation code may be password protected. To enter 

the numerical password, use the UP 

 or DOWN 

 

buttons to increase or decrease the number for each digit. 
Then press the 

 Button to move to the next digit.  

 

 

The activation code menu screen allows for programming the unique identifier of the radio in your smart 

electricity meter. This unique identifier must be properly entered for your In-Home Display to 
communicate with your smart electricity meter. 

Note:

 This unique identifier may already be 

programmed into your device when you received it.  If not, it should be provided by your In-Home 

Display provider. If you do not have it, consult your In-Home Display provider. Once the activation code 

has been successfully entered, it should not be changed. Entering a wrong activation code will prevent 
your In-Home Display from communicating to your smart electricity meter. 

 

To enter the activation code, use the UP 

 or DOWN 

 buttons to increase or decrease the number 

for each digit. Then press the 

 Button to move to the next digit. The digits include numbers and most 

letters. 
When the last digit has been entered, a confirmation message will be displayed. If you wish to correct 

your activation code, select 

No

 to go back and correct it. If you are satisfied that you have entered the 

correct number, select 

Yes

 to continue. You will then move to the start-up screen.   

Note the activation code shown is an 

example only

Allow meter to connect to IHD  

 

The 

Allow Meter Connect

 can be selected from the setup 

menu This allows the utility company to connect the correct 

meter to your IHD. This menu screen allows for the utility 

company to send a command to your IHD to be recognized 
by your meter. 

Note:

 This process may take several hours to 

a day to be completed by your utility company.  

Set Time/Date 

 

Although 

Set

 

Time / Date 

allows for manual setting of Date and Time this is normally not required, as 

the date and time are automatically obtained from the electricity meter.  In cases where the meter 

provides time and / or date, any manually entered time and / or date will be overwritten by the values 

from the smart meter. 

To 

Set Date

, scroll to this option and select. A 

Set the date

 

screen will appear. Use the UP 

 or DOWN 

 button to 

select the desired year, month and day. To help verify the 

date selected, the day of the week will be automatically 
displayed. Press 

 to select and advance to the next entry, or 

to complete the date setting and return to 

Set

 

Time / Date

 

menu. 

Although efforts are made to provide accurate electricity cost information, ALL COSTS ARE ESTIMATES FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, NOT FOR BILLING. 

Summary of Contents for In-Home Display

Page 1: ...limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment uses and generates 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 t...

Page 2: ...mmary 5 Average daily comparison 5 Resetting Summaries 5 Your Historical Usage 6 Last 24 Hours kWh and 6 Last 24 Hours numerical history 6 Last 30 days kWh and 6 Last 30 days numerical history 6 Your Real time Usage 7 Current Usage 7 Light bulbs 7 Instantaneous 7 Reference 8 Main Menu 8 Preferences Menu 8 Language 8 User Interface 8 Number Format 9 12 24 hour time format 9 Setting Billing Date 9 A...

Page 3: ...meter connection During this time the Indicator Light Bar will glow red sweeping back and forth On the screen an antenna icon will appear to indicate that the IHD is searching When the meter connection is found the Summary view will be displayed If no connection is found after 10 minutes the message No Signal Found will be shown The device will continue to search for the meter connection At this p...

Page 4: ... and the Detailed Summary Light Bar The Light Bar glows Red Yellow or Green The Light Bar light moves from left to right appearing to rotate at a rate that corresponds to the amount of energy being consumed The higher the rate of consumption the faster the light will turn For Time of Use TOU the color is usually determined by the rate period and for volumetric use the colors are determined by whic...

Page 5: ... your daily consumption for today is lower than the week s average a happy face will appear NOTE each value reads 0 0 when first turned on Resetting Summaries Pressing the button in the Overall or Detailed Summary views accesses this menu NOTE Each billing period the summaries will automatically be reset to your billing date This can be manually adjusted to any date in the past if you wish to moni...

Page 6: ...n order This does not include any monthly base charges Last 30 days kWh and This screen displays up to 30 vertical bars showing the daily consumption kWh for the last 30 days excluding any data from the current day As the week progresses the graph adjusts such the most recent day of data is always added to the right side of the graph and the oldest day s data is removed from the left The current d...

Page 7: ...city use per hour at the present rate of consumption based only on variable costs Light bulbs Each light bulb represents 100W of electricity being used and corresponds to the number displayed in the previous screen rounded down to the nearest 100W increment If the amount of electricity is greater than the number of light bulbs that can be displayed 60 bulbs 6000 W the view will revert to the Curre...

Page 8: ...and then Set Backlight Use the UP or DOWN buttons to change the brightness Then press the Button to select the new setting To turn the tone on or off select User Interface Although efforts are made to provide accurate electricity cost information ALL COSTS ARE ESTIMATES FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY NOT FOR BILLING and then Tone On Off Scroll to the desired option and press the Button to select ...

Page 9: ... buttons to increase or decrease the day of month setting Then press the Button to make the desired selection If you have more than one month per cycle you will be able to edit the number of months in the repeat every line Pressing the Button after the setting the number of months moves to the bottom line which indicates when the next billing date will be If you are on a multi month period you can...

Page 10: ...ess the Button to move to the next digit The digits include numbers and most letters When the last digit has been entered a confirmation message will be displayed If you wish to correct your activation code select No to go back and correct it If you are satisfied that you have entered the correct number select Yes to continue You will then move to the start up screen Note the activation code shown...

Page 11: ... be applied Electricity costs are calculated and stored using the IHD s rates in effect at the time the electricity is consumed New electricity rates will impact electricity costs as of their effective date and time A rate change will not alter stored electricity costs Electricity usage and cost data are stored every 15 minutes This information is displayed in various ways in the History and Summa...

Page 12: ... screen The large number on this screen matches the kWh reading on the smart electricity meter together with tier details if applicable Version Info Version information can be viewed from the System Info Menu Version Info displays the serial number for the IHD circuit board and its software and hardware versions The other lines contain troubleshooting information and the bottom corner shows intern...

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