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Save up to 25% on your electricity billRetrofit for existing mechanical and electronic meters

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Power Reader

NQ-90210Features• 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 eGadgetThe 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.

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2. Current consumptionThe counter displays the current power consumption in watts. By toggeling you can select total meter consumption or the yearly countdown budget.

3. RSS feedThe 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. HelpIf 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).

6. Advance settingsIn 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 buttonIf 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 graphTo 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 levelThe 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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1. The detailed graphThe 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/overusageIn 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.

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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 feedThe RSS feed displays news from your prefered news channel. The feed can be changed or disabled.

4. Export to ExcelPower Manager offers export function to excel (.csv file).

5. StatisticsYou 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.

6. CalendarIf 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 websitesPower 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. AlarmsThis tab allows you to set or view any electricity alarms or notifications regarding your power consumption.

9. Forecasted electricity billThe 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 graphThis 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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1. Forecasted consumptionThis 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 dateThe graph displays in which hour, day or month you will exceed your budget.

3. Overview tableThe 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 billYou 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. AlarmsThis button will will take you to the alarms.

6. ForecastThe 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.

7. Main graphThis button will will take you to the detailed graph.

8. 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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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 will appear to indicate that it has been disabled.

2. Add/Remove alarmsAlarms can be added or removed by clicking on the respective bells.

3. Energy footprintThe 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. UnitsThis drop-down offers the option to visualize the alarm gauge in kWh,CO2 or the local currency.

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1. BudgetThe 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. ForecastThe forecast button will post a picture of your estimated electricity bill shown as a graph.

3. CalendarThe 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. AlarmThe alarm button will post the periods of high and low consumption.

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The message will focus on the CO2 emission.

7. PromoteYou can let your friends know how the NorthQ Power Reader helped you reduce your electricity bill.

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Kit contains: • 1x USB Z-Wave stick • 1x Power Reader • 1x 5 meter sensor cable • 1x PC-software • 2x Installation template • 2x AA alkaline batteries • 1x Mounting kit • 1x Quick installation guide

Minimum System Requirements: • Processor: Single Core 1 GHz • RAM: 1 GB • HDD: 100 MB free space • Screen: 800x600 pixels

Wireless communications • Frequency: 868.42 MHz(EU) • Wireless range: 25-35 meter indoor / 50-110 meter outdoor • Sensor Supports • EU Z-Wave (5.03) RF version • Mechanical (Ferraris type), electronic and infrared meters • Wireless firmware update • Wake-up time: • Preset to 15 min. interval • Selectable wake-up intervals: • 15, 30, 45 minutes • 1 - 12 hours • 1 - 6 days • 1 - 4 weeks • 1 month • Z-Wave certified • CE certified (88/378/EEC, 2004/108/EC, 2006/95/EC directive)

USB stick Supports • EU Z-Wave (4.54) RF version • Z-Wave certified • USB 2.0 • Wireless range: 25-35 meter indoor / 50-110 meter 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

Battery lifetime • Mechanical meters: min.10 months w/15 minutes interval wakeup time • Electronic meters : min. 15 months w/15 minutes interval wakeup time

Specifications • Detachable 5 meter sensor cable for increased transmission range • Weatherproof (both wireless transmitter and sensor cable) • Wall mount bracket & installation accessories included • One button for pairing, un-pairing, real-time mode, range test, calibration and reset • LED to indicate: pairing, un-pairing, real-time mode, range test, calibration, reset, pulse counts • 512Kb EEPROM (equivalent to 3 months storage stored every 15 minutes). • Real-time clock

Z-wave Command Classes Supported • COMMAND_CLASS_METER • COMMAND_CLASS_METER_TBL_MONITOR • COMMAND_CLASS_FIRMWARE_UPDATE_MD • COMMAND_CLASS_BATTERY • COMMAND_CLASS_BASIC • COMMAND_CLASS_CONFIGURATION • COMMAND_CLASS_CRC_16_ENCAP • COMMAND_CLASS_MANUFACTURER_SPECIFIC • COMMAND_CLASS_TIME_PARAMETERS • COMMAND_CLASS_WAKE_UP • COMMAND_CLASS_TIME

Operating Conditions • Operating Temperature Range: 0 ~ 50°C • Operating Humidity Range: 20 ~ 90% • Storage Temperature Range: -20 ~ 70°C • Storage Humidity Range: 15 ~ 95% • Weatherproof

Product Size: • Sensor: L*W*T = 28.6 * 26.6 * 9.1 mm • Main Unit: L*W*T = 93 * 75 * 34.6 mm

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