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Installation Overview ........................................................................

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Summary of Contents for PowerLogger 1000

Page 1: ...AlsoEnergy PowerLogger Contents 1 Installation Overview Error Bookmark not defined 1 1 Setting up PowerLogger 3 Connect 24 VDC power to the top of PowerLogger 3 ...

Page 2: ...g 6 1 5 Utilities 8 1 5 1 Bus Tools 9 1 5 1 1 Bus Scan 9 1 5 1 2 Device Ping Test 10 1 5 1 3 Bus Test Raw 10 1 5 1 4 Register Watch 11 2 Power Logger configuration in PT 10 2 1 Creating the device in PT 10 2 2 Device screen in PT 12 2 2 1 Tabs 12 2 2 1 1 Configuration 12 2 2 1 2 Data 14 2 2 1 3 Events 14 2 2 1 4 Alerts 14 3 PowerLogger Standard Operation 36 4 Networking Ports 186 5 Specifications ...

Page 3: ...ices to the PowerLogger 1000 in port 1 or 2 PORT 1 PORT 2 GROUND 10 14 DATA 11 15 DATA 12 16 SHIELD 13 17 TR is a 120Ω termination resistor Jump TR to Data if termination is required There will be two wires on the Data terminal 1 4 After all connections are complete turn power on 2 Loading Screen On power on the loading screen appears the logger program will start in 30 seconds ...

Page 4: ... Screen Information shown on this screen Time date H U L Heartbeat Upload Logging Firmware version 1 16 2 20 OS version OS1 9 Last Upload Last time that data has been sent to PowerTrack Last Heartbeat Last time that the PowerLogger heartbeat to PowerTrack Num Devices Number of devices configured in PowerTrack that are associated to the ...

Page 5: ...PowerLogger PowerLogger counts as one device MAC Address of the LAN port LAN IP Local IP address At the bottom of the screen we can see three active buttons Network View Log Utilities ...

Page 6: ...ion like the IP address subnet gateway MAC address and Static or DCHP If any changes in the network configuration need to be made we can use the Set IP Net option to change IP settings Network Testing Use the Quick test button to test the internet connection ...

Page 7: ...Start to begin test Once we start the test we will automatically see the network status and AE communication status as well as other information regarding time or SD card and NAND writing function This screen shows a successful test ...

Page 8: ...gs to PowerLogger to refresh the server cache is required before this step Read Inputs It gives information about some inputs state as well as board temperature or input voltage Start Threads Start all processing Stop Threads Stop all processing Backlight Allows to change the backlight intensity Reboot It will reboot the PowerLogger Beep Test Test the buzzer in the PowerLogger Storage Format Forma...

Page 9: ...rLogger Select Baud rate RS485 port to scan P1 P2 Scan range 1 255 The window on the right will show the device ID followed by ERR or OK If it says OK that means that there is a device with that ID connected to that port This utility is useful to find unknown devices on the port Scanning all valid addresses 1 255 to see how many devices are connected on the RS485 port and what their IDs are ...

Page 10: ...number that we can see on the screen matches with the PowerTrack ID number of each device as seen in the upper right of the Hardware section on PowerTrack 6 3 Bus Test Raw Bus Test will allow testing of devices already configured for the PowerLogger on the PowerTrack monitoring Select the device ID and click Start ...

Page 11: ...ll show the value of the registers we are polling To do this we need to select the starting number of the registers to poll Reg register select if this register is an input register holding register etc Func 01 02 03 04 select how many registers to poll 10 as default select the data type UInt16 float by clicking at the button showed as UInt16 in the picture Once everything is configured click Star...

Page 12: ...te we want to create it in Once we are in that site we are going to click Hardware under Maintenance box Once we click Hardware we should be able to see the hardware screen on the right side of the screen To be able to add a new device we must click the button on the upper right corner on the screen The Add Hardware window will pop up ...

Page 13: ...the device to differentiate it from the other devices Data logger gateway ID Type MAC address of the device Data logger gateway type AE_Maki should be selected Hardware type Gateway should be selected Device PowerLogger Gateway Click OK ...

Page 14: ...guration tab we can see general information about the device We are going to divide this section in 3 different sections to ease the reader understanding of the document In the upper section of the screen we can see the information we added when creating the device like Description Install date Driver Gateway ID There are some options that we can select like Enabling the device or not Debug mode O...

Page 15: ...he device and we can send some commands To install the latest firmware and parameters in the device we must follow the following steps Click Default firmware Click Default params Uncheck and re check the Update check box Wait for around 20 min without changing anything Check that the client firmware matches the server firmware Some commands can be sent to 2 2 1 2 Data Data tab will allow us to see...

Page 16: ... corner of the screen 2 2 1 4 Alerts In the alert tab we will able to see the alerts that have been created for this device We will be able to set some parameters like the trigger alert or active time At the same time if we don t want to subscribe to all the events in the events tab we can subscribe to only the alerts we are interested in To do this we can click the Subscribe button in each one ...

Page 17: ...s window will allow us to add some settings to the device Normally all we need is the uploading rate 200 by default 2 2 1 6 Other tabs The other tabs SCADA Tags Server Archive and Notes are not important for configuration purposes ...

Page 18: ...uration data to query devices connected to it 8 The AEGWL packetizes the received device data and sends it to the AEWS via https 9 The AEGWL sleeps for the configured length of time 10 The AEGWL wakes up and repeats the process at step 3 4 Networking Ports The AEGWL is designed to exist in a DHCP or static IP environment behind a firewall It does not need an external internet IP address or ports f...

Page 19: ...r Consumption 1 7W Operating Environment 40 to 85 C 40 to 185 F 10 90 relative humidity non condensing Storage Temperature 40 to 85 C 40 to 185 F Chassis DIN rail mountable metal 3 tall by 2 wide by 1 deep ...

Page 20: ...ache using the following link http www alsoenergy com aeservlet scache man cmd cleargateway gid PL1000 MAC address After that get config using the UI or PowerTrack command Check that the Power Logger s network is configured properly Check site network or cell modem Check that the devices have been configured properly in PowerTrack devices IDs baud rates modbus ports Port Scan doesn t detect any de...

Page 21: ...ce If the problem still exists check site network or cell modem Bad clock ERR on main screen This error usually happens when there is a network issue so the unit cannot grab the date time from the internet Most of the times it can be fixed rebooting the unit If that doesn t work check network connection Touchscreen is not calibrated Power cycle the device Screen calibration can be accessed with 3 ...

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