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USER MANUAL
3.
THE WEB INTERFACE
3.1.
Accessing the Web Interface
To access the web interface for the WattsOn-MCM, open a web browser and direct it to the device
’
s IP address. (To
discover the device
’
s IP address for the first time, refer to
Section 2.3Network Discovery and Network Settings,
p.
11). We recommend using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome to access the web interface, but other standards-compliant
web browsers should work fine.
Figure 1. Accessing the Web Interface
The web interface provides a number of status indicators and configuration features.
Note
—
Default Password:
By default, the configuration pages are protected with a password.
The first time you access the web interface, the default username and password will be
admin
and
admin
. This password can be changed, if desired; see
(p. 19).
On large screens, the left-hand side of the web interface contains the different configuration pages available. They are
divided into two sections, Connected Devices, which contains features related to the attached devices, and Gateway,
which contains features that pertain to the Ethernet/Wi-Fi gateway itself. The center of the interface shows the current
configuration/status page
–
Information, by default. On small screens, the menu opens via a button at the top-right of
the screen, which is shown with this symbol:
☰
3.2.
Node Setup
The first time the Web Interface is accessed, or after any new nodes are added
or removed, the Configuration Wizard is displayed. If there were already some
nodes installed previously, only the new or replaced nodes will be shown for
configuration.
To access the wizard at any other time, or to re-configure previously-
configured nodes, click on the "Card Setup Wizard" button in the menu.
Click "Next" to start configuring the cards. The web interface may issue a
prompt for a username and password (the default is "admin" and "admin" on a
new WattsOn-MCM).
There are three steps for configuring each node:
1.
Adding a name and note to each of its three channels (optional)
2.
Setting the CT ratio, and depending on the CT type, its phase compensation
3.
Pairing each current channel to a voltage channel
Click the "Next" button to move through each step on each node. Some or all of the nodes can be skipped with the "Skip
Card" button, and it can be configured later. All remaining cards can be skipped with the "Skip to End" button. To skip