Functionality

The Energy Meter can only have one input but a maximum of 4 outputs.
All sides can be configured except for the front because that's the reserved face for the screen.

If you have multiple outputs, the Meter will always try to equally split the energy between all of them.

It has an unlimited transfer rate. Therefore, the limitation only comes from the attached objects.
To prevent having an unlimited cable, it is not possible to attach a Meter to another Meter.

There are some mods with pretty unique implementations of cables like Pipez.
The mod currently has a workaround for that but in case you find other mods which don't work properly with the Meter, please report them!

Main Modes

Transfer Mode

• the default mode
• acts like a normal cable
  • Energy Meters *can't be chained to create a limitless cable
• will try to equally distribute all incoming energy to valid outputs
• only limited by the input and outputs

Consumer Mode

• will take priority over all outputs
• voids all incoming energy (acts like a trash can)
• useful if you want to measure all incoming energy without the need to transfer it somewhere

Accuracy Modes

Exact Mode

• displays the average rate over the last 5 ticks (0,25 seconds)
• will discard previous values and calculate an exact new value per period
• could lead to spikes if energy is flowing inconsistently

Interval Mode

• accepts custom tick interval and calculates the average over that period
  • custom tick interval can be defined in the GUI
  • apply the change by pressing Enter or by unfocusing the text box
• will factor in the rate from the previous period
• smoothes out spikes
• improves accuracy over multiple period cycles

Zero Threshold

The zero threshold offers a handy functionality to measure time over very long intervals.
By default, the threshold is set to 5. A value of 5 tells the Meter to reset the transfer rate to 0 if there were 5 ticks without any energy flow.

If you have a setup that only takes energy every few ticks, this can be annoying because you don't want it to reset.
In this case you are able to increase the threshold value. Keep in mind that you can't exceed the interval because this wouldn't have any effect.

A very good example is the Industrial Foregoing Mining Laser which only takes 1000 FE every 50 ticks.
It only drains the 1k FE on the first tick and then has 0 energy flow for 49 ticks until it repeats.

If you have the threshold lower than 50, you will get pretty odd results but if you set it to 50 or higher, it will ignore zero flow rate during the 49 ticks. Since it's calculating the average the result will be (1000 * 1 + 49 * 0) / 50 = 20 FE/tick.