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DISPLAY ACTION
Debt £2.99 Insert £5 value of Coins
£5.00 Credited
Rate - Debt £2.01
Example 3:
3.7.2 Excess Credit
The message “Excess Credit” is displayed if a coin is inserted that would cause the pre-paid
credit to become greater then £999.99.
3.7.3 Emergency Credit Repayment
When the pre-set emergency credit has expired, coins must be inserted that are of sufficient
value to give a pre-paid credit of at least £1.00 above the emergency credit debt.
4. PRIVATE MODE PROGRAMMING
4.1 Programming Method
After REMOVING THE CASH BOX and pressing either of the exposed recessed black private
mode switch buttons, the following 10 parameters can be sequentially viewed/ modified using
the RED and GREEN buttons on the meter.
STEP PROGRAMMING SETTINGS
1 DD/MM/YYYY - HH:MM Current Date and Time
2 Zero Credit No Yes Manually Zero Credit - No or Yes
3 Set Credit £XXX.XX Manually Set Credit
4 Emergency Credit £XX.XX Emergency Credit Value
5 Emergency Credit Avail £XX.XX Emergency Credit Available point
6 Rate 1 Unit Cost £XX.XX Rate 1 - Cost per kWh Unit
7 Rate 2 Unit Cost £XX.XX Rate 2 - Cost per kWh Unit
8 Standing Charge £XX.XX Standing Charge per 24 hours
9 Operational Mode Meter Timer Select Meter or Timer operating mode
10 Factory Defaults No Yes
Reset to Factory Defaults excluding kWh
cumulative totals
To display/modify a particular parameter first press either private mode switch button upon the
message ‘PROGRAMMING’ will be displayed. Next press the RED button until the Date and
Time are displayed.
Each press of the GREEN button will increment the value above the cursor. Each press of the
RED button for less than 3 seconds will move the cursor one place through the programmable
setting of the displayed parameter. To store the new value press the RED button for greater
than 3 seconds, then on releasing the RED button the next parameter for programming will
be displayed. If no buttons are pressed within 10 seconds the display will revert to its normal
operation mode without saving the new value.
Example: To change the value on Rate 1 Unit Cost the sequence of events will be as follows:
STEP ACTION DISPLAY
1 Press either private mode switch button PROGRAMMING
2
Press and release the RED button for less
than 3 seconds
Date and Time
DD/MM/YY HH:MM
3
Press and hold the RED button for greater
than 3 seconds to store the value
Date and Time
DD/MM/YY HH:MM
4
Press and hold the RED button for greater
than 3 seconds to store the value
Zero credit
No Yes
5
Press and hold the RED button for greater
than 3 seconds to store the value
Set Credit
£XXX.XX
6
Press and hold the RED button for greater
than 3 seconds to store the value
Emergency Credit
£XXX.XX
7
Press and hold the RED button for greater
than 3 seconds to store the value
Emergency Credit Avail
£XXX.XX
8
Press and release the GREEN button
until the correct value is shown
Rate 1 Unit Cost
£XXX.XX
9
Press and release the RED button for less than 3
seconds to move the cursor one place through the
programmable setting of the displayed parameter
Rate 1 Unit Cost
£XXX.XX
10
Press and hold the RED button for greater
than 3 seconds to store the settings
Rate 1 Unit Cost
£XXX.XX
11
Press and hold the RED button for greater
than 3 seconds to store the settings
Rate 2 Unit Cost
£XXX.XX
12
Press and hold the RED button for greater
than 3 seconds to store the settings
Standing Charge
£XXX.XX
13
Press and hold the RED button for greater
than 3 seconds to store the settings
Operational Mode
Meter Timer
14
Press and hold the RED button for greater
than 3 seconds to store the settings
Factory Defaults
No Yes
15 Exiting Programming
METER MODEMETER MODE