Update your TED 5000 for increased precision.

Recent firmware updates to the TED 5000 device greatly improve the precision of TED's Energy Posting feature, and help PlotWatt to identify each of your appliances more consistently by reducing signal noise. If you signed up with PlotWatt prior to August 2011, you can easily update your TED to take advantage of these new features.

Note: This update improves the precision of Energy Posting only. Users who connect with PlotWatt in "advanced" mode by forwarding the TED5000 port on their router are already operating with maximum precision.



1. Open your TED 5000 Footprints dashboard and click “Help > About” to find your firmware version numbers. If you have the latest TED 5000 firmware (Gateway Version 1.0.452 and Footprints Version 1.0.240 or above), proceed to Step 2. Otherwise, update your TED firmware by following the instructions at http://tinyurl.com/TEDupgrade



2. After updating the firmware, open a new browser window and sign into your PlotWatt account. Click on your user name in the upper right hand corner of the dashboard to see your profile.




3. Select “Manage your TED5000” to see the activation URL and a unique key specific to your house. Keep this page open.


4. Refresh your TED5000 Footprints window, and click “Edit > Deactivate Energy Posting” to reset your connection with PlotWatt.

5. Then, click “Edit > Activate Energy Posting” and input your unique PlotWatt activation URL and key. After hitting “Ok,” a window should pop-up confirming your reconnection with PlotWatt.com.

6. You are now using the latest firmware and have improved the accuracy of your energy cost breakdown! Good work!