The Power Reader is a small device that can be installed on existing electronic or mechanical meters to visualize electricity consumption. It transfers meter reading data to a PC every 15 minutes where consumption can be viewed graphically, allowing users to track usage, budget, and compare to other households. The Power Reader also includes features like setting electricity consumption alarms and posting savings on social media.

1. Power Reader
Save up to 25% on your electricity bill
Retrofit for existing mechanical and electronic meters

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Power Reader
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Features
• Save up to 25% of your power bill
• Keep track of your electricity consumption
• Locate power hungry appliances and eliminate standby power
• Manage your electricity budget
• Visualizes current wattage consumption
• Compare consumption with other households
• Set & Receive energy alarms
• Post your savings on Facebook and Twitter
• Fits 98% of all power meters on the market
• Easy installation with video guide
NorthQ has developed a small Power Reader that can be easily installed on existing electronic or mechanical
meters in order to visualize electricity consumption in private homes. The meter reading solution is based on
the Z-Wave wireless standard, which is ideal for controlling automation products within the home.
Electricity data is transferred to a PC every 15 minutes, where it can then be visualized in the form of graphs,
enabling customers to keep track of their electricity consumption, and monitor their CO2 emissions, etc.
Furthermore, it is possible to enter a budget for how much you want to consume in EUR or kWh per year. The
widget on the screen continuously monitors and updates the electricity consumption data to indicate whether
you are under or over budget. You are then able to compare your electricity consumption in the current year
with that in previous years. It is also possible to compare the consumption in your current home with other
types of homes, e.g. apartments, houses, villas, etc.
Apart from the obvious financial benefits, this solution enables you to play a part in the global efforts to improve
our environment through the reduction of CO2 emissions.
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1. Power consumption eGadget
The graph illustrates your power consumption registered by the eGadget either every 15 minutes, hourly or
on a daily basis. You can toggle between them by clicking on the graph. The blue line indicates your electricity
budget. Below the graph the date and time of the last reading are displayed.
2. Current consumption
The counter displays the current power consumption in watts. By toggeling you can select total meter
consumption or the yearly countdown budget.
3. RSS feed
The NorthQ eGadget displays continuous headlines from news sources depending on your choice of language.
To read the full story, simply click on the text.
4. Status
The status bar will display important notifications. When any updates are available the following icon ! appears
in the lower-right corner of the eGadget. To update your device and/or the eGadget software simply click on the
icon. When the sensor is in real-time mode the information will be updated every 5 seconds and the following
icon will appear .
5. Help
If you have any questions or problems with your device or eGadget software, click on the icon. This button will
open your browser and will take you to the NorthQ’s support homepage (FAQ).
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6. Advance settings
In order to make changes to the values you entered during the installation or to access the advance settings
menu click here.
7. The close button and the minimize button
If you do not wish to see the eGadget all the time on your screen, then you can close or minimize it. The
eGadget can be opened at any time without data loss.
8. Detailed graph
To see detailed information about your power consumption open the graph.
9. Forcasted consumption and electricity bill
You can visualize your forecasted electricity bill based on your own average consumption since installation.
Further, the graph will also visualize if you are on track with your budget or in which month your budget is
expected to run out.
10. Battery level
The mouse-over feature of the battery icon will show you the exact battery level in percentage. If the battery
level is too low it will flash red and indicate it is time to change batteries.
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5. Power Manager
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SAVINGS/OVERUSE YEAR MONTH DAYS HOUR 15 MIN. Villas
Total consumption 78.78 78.78 10.25 1.05 0.83
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Apartments 5295 431.51 14.38 0.6 0.15 Second homes
2 Saving/overuse -5171.22 -352.73 -4.13 0.45 0.68
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1. The detailed graph
The graph illustrates the power consumption registered by the Power Reader either every 15 minutes, hourly
or on a daily basis. You can toggle between them by changing the period in the drop-down box on the right.
You can also navigate between older or newer readings.
You can select various data series in order to compare your power consumption with other households. Further
you can decide how many values (bars) you wish to display in the graph by entering a certain number in the
“Show” field.
Consumption can be visualized as a column or a line graph. Consumption can also be displayed as acumulated
values.
2. Savings/overusage
In this section the Power Manager you can keep track of your savings. It displays how much you have consumed
in kWh, in Euro (or local currency) or how much CO2 emission has been produced. A table visualizes your
savings or overusage in comparison with other household owners. A red background will appear if you have
surpassed the average consumption for the given type of housing.
3. RSS feed
The RSS feed displays news from your prefered news channel. The feed can be changed or disabled.
4. Export to Excel
Power Manager offers export function to excel (.csv file).
5. Statistics
You can select various data series in order to compare your power consumption with other households.
The consumption can be visualized as a column or a line graph. The consumption can also be displayed as
acumulated values.
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Total consumption 78.78 78.78 10.25 1.05 0.83
EXPORT Apartaments
Apartments 5295 431.51 14.38 0.6 0.15 Second homes
2 Saving/overuse -5171.22 -352.73 -4.13 0.45 0.68
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6. Calendar
If you would like to see the consumption for a specific day you can click on the date in the calendar and it will
be shown in the graph. It’s also possible to select a specific time during the day.
7. Social networking websites
Power Manager can post your savings on Facebook and Twitter. A window will appear to help you decide which
information you wish to post. You can select the language you want to share in.
8. Alarms
This tab allows you to set or view any electricity alarms or notifications regarding your power consumption.
9. Forecasted electricity bill
The tab visualizes your forecasted electricity bill based on your own average consumption since installation.
The graph will visualize if you are on track with your budget or in which month you will exceed your budget.
10. Main graph
This button will will take you to the detailed graph.
11. Period and Units
It is possible to select and display different time intervals. You can choose between a quarterly/ hourly/ daily/
monthly or yearly interval. Period allows you to visualize savings in your own currency, kWh or CO2.
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7. Forecast tab
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1. Forecasted consumption
This forecast analyses your historical consumption and estimates when you will exceed your budget. The tree
will change color based on your consumption.
You can select the following time periods for the forcast: today,this month and this year.
2. Budget exceed date
The graph displays in which hour, day or month you will exceed your budget.
3. Overview table
The table visualizes your footprint in days or hours compared to your budget or different types of households.
For example, the green color indicates that you are ahead of budget, yellow - within budget, and red - above
budget.
4. Forecasted electricity bill
You can compare your forecasted bill with the budget. If you are under budget your savings will be shown in
the green colored cell. The cell will turn red if the forecasted bill will exceed your budget and yellow if you are
within budget.
The blue line next to the coins indicates the accumulated consumption so far this year.
5. Period and Units
It is possible to select and display different time intervals. You can choose between a quarterly/ hourly/ daily/
monthly or yearly interval. Period allows you to visualize savings in your own currency, kWh or CO2.
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8. Alarm tab
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1. Alarms
The table presents all active alarms. If an alarm is active the bell icon will appear and if the alarm was
triggered the icon will start blinking. Selecting any particular alarm will allow you to see detailed informations
about what triggered it. You can modify the alarm by using the arrows. The alarms can be set to nightly, daily,
weekly, monthly or yearly consumption and can be used to compare it with your budget or different types of
households.
You can disable an alarm by clicking on it. This icon x will appear to indicate that it has been disabled.
2. Add/Remove alarms
Alarms can be added or removed by clicking on the respective bells.
3. Energy footprint
The budget and consumption for the selected alarm is shown along with the energy footprint. If the
consumption is under budget the footprint will be green. A red footprint indicates that the consumption has
exceeded the budget and a yellow footprint indicates that you are within budget.
4. Calendars
The two calendars show detailed information about when low and high consumption was generated.
5. Units
This drop-down offers the option to visualize the alarm gauge in kWh,CO2 or the local currency.
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1. Budget
The budget button will change the posting message to highlight how much you have saved in euros or your
local currency compared with your budget.
2. Forecast
The forecast button will post a picture of your estimated electricity bill shown as a graph.
3. Calendar
The posting message will show the number of green, yellow and red days during the last month.
4. Consumption
The message will contain a snapshot of your consumption from the main graph.
5. Alarm
The alarm button will post the periods of high and low consumption.
6. CO2
The message will focus on the CO2 emission.
7. Promote
You can let your friends know how the NorthQ Power Reader helped you reduce your electricity bill.
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12. Technical specifications
Kit contains: Battery lifetime
• 1x USB Z-Wave stick • Mechanical meters: min.10 months w/15 minutes
• 1x Power Reader interval wakeup time
• 1x 5 meter sensor cable • Electronic meters : min. 15 months w/15 minutes
• 1x PC-software interval wakeup time
• 2x Installation template
• 2x AA alkaline batteries Specifications
• 1x Mounting kit • Detachable 5 meter sensor cable for increased
• 1x Quick installation guide transmission range
• Weatherproof (both wireless transmitter and sensor
Minimum System Requirements: cable)
• Processor: Single Core 1 GHz • Wall mount bracket & installation accessories included
• RAM: 1 GB • One button for pairing, un-pairing, real-time mode,
• HDD: 100 MB free space range test, calibration and reset
• Screen: 800x600 pixels • LED to indicate: pairing, un-pairing, real-time mode,
range test, calibration, reset, pulse counts
Wireless communications • 512Kb EEPROM (equivalent to 3 months storage stored
• Frequency: 868.42 MHz(EU) every 15 minutes).
• Wireless range: 25-35 meter indoor / 50-110 meter • Real-time clock
outdoor
• Sensor Supports Z-wave Command Classes Supported
• EU Z-Wave (5.03) RF version • COMMAND_CLASS_METER
• Mechanical (Ferraris type), electronic and infrared • COMMAND_CLASS_METER_TBL_MONITOR
meters • COMMAND_CLASS_FIRMWARE_UPDATE_MD
• Wireless firmware update • COMMAND_CLASS_BATTERY
• Wake-up time: • COMMAND_CLASS_BASIC
• Preset to 15 min. interval • COMMAND_CLASS_CONFIGURATION
• Selectable wake-up intervals: • COMMAND_CLASS_CRC_16_ENCAP
• 15, 30, 45 minutes • COMMAND_CLASS_MANUFACTURER_SPECIFIC
• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 hours • COMMAND_CLASS_TIME_PARAMETERS
• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 days • COMMAND_CLASS_WAKE_UP
• 1, 2, 3, 4 weeks • COMMAND_CLASS_TIME
• 1 month
• Z-Wave certified Operating Conditions
• CE certified (88/378/EEC, 2004/108/EC, 2006/95/EC • Operating Temperature Range: 0 ~ 50°C
directive) • Operating Humidity Range: 20 ~ 90%
• Storage Temperature Range: -20 ~ 70°C
USB stick Supports • Storage Humidity Range: 15 ~ 95%
• EU Z-Wave (4.54) RF version • Weatherproof
• Z-Wave certified Product Size:
• USB 2.0 • Sensor: L*W*T = 28.6 * 26.6 * 9.1 mm
• Wireless range: 25-35 meter indoor / 50-110 meter • Main Unit: L*W*T = 93 * 75 * 34.6 mm
outdoor
Tri-color LED
• red – no service detected
• green – transmitting & receiving meter data
• blue – waiting for connection
Software Requirements
• XP / VISTA / WINDOWS 7
• WINDOWS 8 (requires .net framework 3.5 and 4.5)
• Adobe Air 2.9 or higher (will be installed along with the
PC-software)
• .Net framework 3.5 sp1 or higher
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