The purpose of the groups feature in Guidewheel is to allow you to:
Get a sense of energy consumption used by a factory section or group of machines that serve a similar purpose, e.g. compressors connected to a common Compressed Air network
Accurately calculate energy consumption across several machines that work together to create a particular product
Identify total energy generated at any one time when there are multiple sources e.g KPLC grid and solar
Track non-metered consumption
Once groups are created, they can then be used to track the efficiency of:
A factory section or a group of machines
Non-metered production loads
To create groups, go to the settings page and locate the groups table.
With the pop-up that appears, create a customized group name and check the devices to add. Save once complete.
Is Negative
If you check "is negative," the consumption of that device will be subtracted from the others (rather than added).
For example, if you wanted to track the energy consumption by non-metered devices, you would need the total energy generated by the source and deduct all energy already metered. In this case:
Select all devices
Select "is negative" for the metered once
Create a nickname for the group
Save the group
When you go back to Guidewheel Calculations or Production sections, you can now start tracking energy consumption for any group you create.
