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E50F2A, E50F5A Installation Guide
Manually Setting the Meter Time Using the Plugin
1. If the plugin is not open, right-click on it and select “Browse…” from the context menu. If it is already open, click on the
“Network Variables” tab.
2. Press the “STATUS” button on the left.
3. To set the meter time from the computer’s time, press the “SYNC TO PC TIME” button.
4. To set the meter time to a custom time, modify the custom time (field below the current time) and press the “SET TO CUSTOM
[TIME]” button.
Configuring the Data Log (E50F5A only)
The E50F5A meter includes a data logging feature that holds 5760 time stamped records for 3 meter parameters. The logging
interval is fixed to the demand subinterval length, which can be anywhere between 10 seconds and 9 hours. The default logging
interval is 15 minutes (900 seconds), which allows for 60 days of data stored in the log. This data can be downloaded to a CSV file
on a computer using the plugin.
The log can be set up in either Single Shot Mode or Continuous Mode (default is Continuous Mode). In Single Shot Mode, the meter
records data until the buffer is full. When the buffer is full, the meter stops recording new readings and retains the 5760 records it
has already saved. In Continuous Mode, the meter continues to record data as long as it is operating. The log buffer can only hold
5760 records at a time, however, so once the meter reaches 5760 records the oldest is deleted each time a new record is saved.
Once full, therefore, the buffer will always hold the most recent 5760 records.
Setting up the log
1. If the plugin is not open, right-click on it and select “Plugins”-> “Veris E50 Download Log” from the context menu. If it is
already open, click on the “Data Logging” tab.
2. If the device is not online, has not been commissioned, or the LonMaker Management Mode is OffNet, the “Data Logging” tab
will not be visible. To show this tab, click the “Help” menu and select Advanced->”Force Toggle Logging Visible.”
3. Expand the “LOG SETUP” section using the arrows on the right side of the header.
4. To get the current setting from the meter or the database, press the “GET PRESENT SETTINGS” button. If the configuration
properties on the device do not match the database, a prompt appears to choose which values to load. The database may
contain zeros for the points to log when a device is first created, since the E50 device template does not contain defaults for
these configuration properties (to prevent defaults from the device template conflicting with factory defaults stored on the
device). When first configuring logging, if the device is online (or soft offline), choose to get values from the device.
5. Select the three points to log (drop-down lists give log point indices corresponding to the Configuration Property table of this
guide, the names of the network variables the data points correspond to, and descriptions of each).
6. Choose to enable or disable the log, and which logging mode to use (continuous or single shot).
7. When finished making changes, press the “APPLY SETTINGS” button. If the device is online (or soft offline), commissioned, and
the LonMaker mode is OnNet, the configuration property settings are applied to both the network database and the device. If,
however, the above conditions are not met, the configuration property settings are written to the database only. A dialog box
appears when the write is finished, stating where the values were written to. If values were not written to the device (database
only), the device must be resynchronized to the database at a later time. See the “Configuration Property Resynchronization”
section below.
8. If the logging interval (Demand Subinterval Length) was not set to the right value while configuring the meter using the
“METER SETUP” tab (“Device Configuration Instructions” section above), perform the following steps. Otherwise the log has
been successfully configured.
9. Switch to the “METER SETUP” tab of the log.
10. Press the “GET PRESENT SETTINGS” button to get all of the current settings.
11. Under the “OTHER SETTINGS” section, change the demand subinterval length to the desired logging interval (keeping in mind
that demand is also affected).
Using the LNS Plugin
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