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Changes for page 3. Metering Channels

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14 14  CENTO software can work with a variety of metering devices that have the ability to measure and store power and power profiles. The metering function is enabled by adding the metering protocol corresponding to the device on the **Device editing** page (Settings > Devices, tags, channels > Devices), then, similar to other polling protocols, the parameters of communication with the device (RTU address, TCP/UDP port, timeout and number of connection attempts) and scheduled polling parameters (cron of CENTO rules) are specified, to configure electricity metering, the file number is specified in the "File#" field,  which stores power and power profiles.
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16 -We will consider the survey of historical data of interval values of accumulated electricity using the example of SATEC devices. For this purpose, the// SATEC (Modbus TCP)// protocol is used (see Fig 2.1).
16 +We will consider the survey of historical data of interval values of accumulated electricity using the example of SATEC devices. For this purpose, the// SATEC (Modbus TCP)// protocol is used (see Fig 2.1).
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84 84  Viewing and changing the metering parameters in the memory of the metering device is carried out in accordance with the instructions of the operating manual for this device.
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86 -2.2. Setting up metering channels
86 +=== 2.2. Setting up metering channels ===
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88 +Electricity meters often do not need to manually add channels to the list of tags, so all the settings are in the metering protocol.  The display of the used accounting channels from the protocol automatically appears on the **Tags, channels** tab, but with a ban on editing actions.
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92 +Figure 2.2. Display of metering channels
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94 +Clicking on the channel name or its ID, redirects to the **Device editing: editing** page, as shown in Fig. 2.1.
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96 +The forms for filling in the fields for setting up electricity metering protocols are different and depend on the type/model of the device, instructions for working with the protocols can be described in different manuals and, if necessary, provided to the User