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Sheet 02
Power Xpert Monitoring Software
Foreseer Class
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Power Xpert Software
Foreseer Class
Power Xpert Software, Foreseer Class
is the solution for those needing to
monitor their entire facility or an enter-
prise’s thousands of critical facilities
infrastructure pieces, including HVAC,
UPS, power distribution generator,
fire-detection, security systems, or
other communicating sub-systems
from hundreds of manufacturers, on
one screen. With a vast repertoire of
existing or custom designed device
interfaces, Foreseer Class allows you
to customize your complete monitor-
ing solution, throughout your organi-
zation, regardless of size.
Foreseer Class is fully distributable to
allow different monitoring capabilities
to be deployed at different sites allow-
ing you to purchase only what is
needed. Many competitive systems
offer a one-size-fits all type approach
where you end up paying for more
capacity than is needed. With Foreseer
Class, you pay for only what you need,
when you need it. Here we will describe
three systems we have defined:
■ N-Class System — Designed for
smaller IT or network sites.
■ D-Class System — Designed for the
large data or communication centers.
■ E-Class System — Designed for
enterprise-wide applications.
Foreseer Class Systems
N-Class System (up to 3,000 points)
Small systems are available in the form
of the Foreseer N-Class server. The
N-Class server is an excellent system
to get started in the high-performance
monitoring world. With the N-Class
server, you will receive all the features
of the medium and large systems
(D- and E-Class) but tailored for a
fewer number of real-time monitored
and trended data points.
D-Class System (up to 12,000 points)
Medium systems are available to
address either a single site with more
devices that an N-Class server can
accommodate or be used as the man-
agement system to connect to one or
more remote sites using a distributed
architecture design. Foreseer Class
software is able to connect to devices
at remote sites using multiple N-Class
or D-Class servers at each site. Using
Foreseer Class in a distributed archi-
tecture design provides an effective
means to communicate with a mini-
mum amount of bandwidth required
over a wide area network. Finally, a
medium system can be configured
for redundancy. The Foreseer Class
redundant server can be added to an
existing system to be used in a hot
standby mode where in the event that
the primary server goes offline for
any reason, the backup continues to
monitor.
E-Class System (25,000 – 250,000 points)
E-Class systems are available to
address large enterprise-based systems
as a single centralized site with up to
250,000 monitored points monitored
over a wide area network. It also
addresses systems through the
deployment of a distributed architec-
ture where remote systems are
designed for fully functioning stand-
alone systems, but report data back to
single centralized server. The Foreseer
E-Class server is able to connect to
devices at remote sites using multiple
N-Class or D-Class servers at each site.
Using Foreseer Class in a distributed
architecture design provides an effec-
tive means to communicate with a
minimum amount of bandwidth
required over a wide area network.
Finally a medium system can be
configured for redundancy.
Power Xpert Software, Foreseer
Class Available Options
Manager of Managers (MOM) — The
Manager of Managers or (MOM)
option in Foreseer Class provides for a
powerful means to integrate data from
multiple locations where each location
is running its own Foreseer Class
server. This unique feature provides
for a very robust and scalable system
where the total number of integrated
points on the centralized MOM server
can be as large as 256,000 points.
Modbus Gateway — The Modbus
Gateway option in Foreseer Class
offers an affordable and efficient
means to export all device information
gathered by the Foreseer Class server
in a common format via the Modbus
RTU protocol. Utilizing the existing
RS-232 serial port on the computer
running Foreseer Class, no additional
hardware is required. Modbus RTU
register maps are created using an
onboard tool and can be exported to
a standard text file for reference when
designing the interface for a third-
party software package that utilizes
the Modbus RTU protocol.
Secure Web Server (https) — The Secure
Web Server Option in Foreseer Class
provides an encrypted means to protect
all data that is viewed via a standard
Web browser on the Internet or intranet.
Utilizing the Open SSL package from
the Internet, Foreseer Class software
is able to provide 128-bit encryption
between the Foreseer Class Web
server and the Web browser client.
Both registered certificates from a
third-party provider or self-signed
certificates are allowed to be used
with this option.
Channel Packs — Foreseer Class
channel packs are a quick means of
expanding your existing Foreseer
Class system.
There are three expansion options:
■ N-Class system beginning at 1536
channels and expansion through
increments of 512 additional channel
licenses.
■ D-Class system beginning at 6144
channels and expansion through
1024 channel licenses.
■ E-Class system beginning at 24,576
channels and expansion through
4096 channel licenses.
Redundancy — Foreseer Class offers
redundancy to safeguard valuable
information. The inclusion of one or
more extra Foreseer Class servers
provides the highest possible levels
of system reliability. In the unlikely
event that one Foreseer Class server
fails then the remaining servers can
carry the load of the power monitoring
system.