PXM 2000 Quick Start Guide
Network Planning
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Network Planning
The hardware for the Power Xpert Meter 2000 family is similar to other EATON IQ 250
and 260 meters except that these meters include an integrated, multi-function Ethernet
network gateway card . The Power Xpert Meter 2000 Gateway Card provides many of
the features found in the rest of the Power Xpert line of meters, including:
• Local web server
• Modbus/TCP communitations
• SNMP communications
• Power Xpert Software (PXS) communications
• BACnet/IP communications
The Network PC requires a web browser (Internet Explorer versions 7 or 8 are sup-
ported) and an installed version 6 or later of the JAVA J2SE JRE (Java Runtime Environ-
ment) . If Java is not already installed, you or the network administrator may download
it from
www .java .com
and install it per Sun’s instructions . See the
Power Expert Meter
2000 User and Installation Guide
for additional information .
An Ethernet connection is used for configuring the meter’s gateway card communica-
tion settings via a web browser . You may need to contact your network administrator for
some network and configuration information . In preparation, you will need to decide if
the meter will be manually assigned a fixed (static) IP address or will be automatically
assigned a fixed IP address by a DHCP server somewhere on the network . With either
method the assigned network address must not change once the meter has been de-
ployed . Changing the IP address will cause loss of communication until the associated
client PCs change the corresponding meter’s IP addresses .
Discuss with your network administrator whether you should manually configure the
meter with an assigned IP address or whether the DHCP server will assign one . For
the DHCP server to provide a fixed IP address, your network administrator will need to
know the MAC address assigned to the meter .
H
Caution
Eaton strongly recommends using a fixed IP address if an Eaton PXS system will be ac-
cessing the meter . Otherwise, should the IP address change (after a power outage, for
example), PXS will no longer be able to access data from the meter .
The MAC address is found on a small label that consists of 14 letters and numbers . It
looks something like:
002080850047EF
Locate the MAC address on your meter and record it here .
MAC Address
: ______________________________________________________________
Is DHCP going to be used to assign the IP address to your meter? ___ Yes ___ No
If
Yes
:
Provide the MAC address to the network administrator and record the fixed IP address
the network administrator will assign to your meter in the DHCP server here:
IP Address: __________________________________________________________________
