Specifications

Alarms and events
An active alarms window (that automatically pops up in any case of alarm) advises the
user if a setpoint has been exceeded or if a communication error is present; it allows
the qualified users to acknowledge the selected alarm. A proper database allows to
access the list of the events (login, logout, startup, alarm acknowledgment, etc.) and
of the alarms (setpoints, communication errors, missing data storage, etc.) and to
carry out filter-based searches. The setpoint alarms can be associated to both an up
and a down threshold on all the variables measured by all the instruments of the
network. The alarm can be software, being displayed in the Active alarms windows
and stored in the Alarms and events log, or hardware-based, being stored as above
and switching the digital output of the instrument that are pointing out the anomaly.
This powerful tool allows the operator to monitor any anomaly of the installation and
of the loads in real time, so as promptly decide and plan any maintenance actions,
thus avoiding possible damages to the loads and/or expensive stopping of the
machinery.
Statistical analysis
PowerSoft carries out statistical analysis on the power trends and energy
consumption by extrapolating the demand of each day of the week, the week-based
consumption trends and the estimation of the ideal installed power for each tariff,
calculated with a selectable confidence level. All this information is aimed to build-up
an optimised load profile so to negotiate a better contract with the utility supplier. To
improve the reliability of the analysis, any data with abnormal consumptions due to
external events can be filtered and removed, as well as the weekends and the
holidays.
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Internet connectivity
PowerSoft can manage an automatic e-mailing module, able to
notify the electrical system status to one or more e-mail
addresses. The e-mailing can be carried out on regular basis
and/or as a consequence of a defined alarm or event.
In cost-sharing applications, the energy/utility bill of each final
user can be sent to his e-mail box, while the administrator can
receive the consumptions summary of all the customers.
The web-server module allows to remotely access PowerSoft,
using a standard browser without additional licenses, in order to
access all the realtime information and historical data from
wherever you are.
Costs estimation
According to the utility contract parameters, the software allows
to estimate the costs, relevant to a selected period, due to the
energy, water and gas consumption. This is useful to perform the
cost allocation among the monitored lines, to display the daily
trend of the consumption or to identify the reasons of any penalty.
The above features are structured to manage a complex multi-
tariff contract. The different tariffs during the day and the
distribution of the typical-days among the year can be set
according to the supplier tariff regulations in a very easy and
extremely flexible way. Up to 12 tariffs, 24 tariff changes per day,
365 different typical-days per year can be simply configured.