System information
2.5-10
For more information visit: www.eaton.com CA08104001E
February 2009
Power Management Systems & Products
i
ii
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Sheet 02
Power Xpert Monitoring Software
Custom Ethernet-Enabled Software Monitoring
046
Custom Ethernet-Enabled
Software Monitoring of IT and
Facility Power Equipment
General Description
Using Web servers all connected
through your enterprises network to
Ethernet switches, Data Acquisition
Terminals and Data Acquisition
Engines PXS Foreseer can communi-
cate directly with Power Xpert devices
(i.e., PX Meters, PX Gateways and PX
Gateway Cards), as well as those third-
party devices communicating via
our multi-vendor device drivers to
perform 24-hour, 7 days a week, and
365 days a year monitoring of every
communicating point on your power
system network.
Connectivity Components
■ Power Xpert devices
■ PX Meter 4000/6000/8000
■ PX Gateway 400/600
■ PX Gateway Cards 1000/2000
■ PowerVision Server
■ SNMP connector
■ Modbus TCP connector
■ Third-party device drivers
Options
■ N-Class System (up to 3000 points)
■ D-Class System (up to 12,000 points)
■ E-Class System (25,000 – 250,000
points)
Note: All three class systems have available
an editing package for editing and creating
Web views, but only the Class D and E allow
for a redundant server.
Communication Interfaces
■ Web-browser
■ Ethernet TCP/IP
■ Modbus TCP
■ HTTP
■ SNMP
■ XML/SOAP
Power Monitoring Applications
■ Real-time viewing of power/energy
readings
■ View trended power/energy
readings
■ User-defined events
■ E-mail notification
■ Instantly trend and graph utility
information from multiple locations
Installation Applications
■ Low Voltage Switchgear
■ Medium Voltage Switchgear
■ Low Voltage Motor Control Centers
■ Medium Voltage Motor Starters
■ 1-phase and 3-phase UPSs & PDUs
■ CRAC units
■ Standby Generators
Communications Applications
■ Building Management System
(BMS)
■ HMI
■ Energy Management Systems
Figure 2.5-4. Power Xpert Software Foreseer Class Application
Data Ac
q
uisition Termina
l
(DAT)
The DAT has 16 di
g
ital
in
p
uts for exam
p
le:
Generator, Buildin
g
Alarm,
Fire Alarm contacts
,
etc
.
A DAE basically captures
information from a N-Class
S
y
stem where there is no
l
oca
l
mon
i
tor
i
n
g
an
d
sen
d
s
i
t
to
t
h
e
ce
n
t
r
a
l M
O
M
se
rv
e
r
.
DA
E
Foreseer Central Mana
g
er
of Managers (MOM)
A
D
A
T
A
A
Web Browser
Client
COMPUTER ROOM A/C
GENE
R
AT
OR
POWER
COMPUT
ER
R
OOM
PO
WER
A
B
B
B
B
B
B
Foreseer Class
Software
Computer
Server
UPS
STS
PD
U
CRA
C
A
TS
B
Generator
Chiller
Rack
C
oo
l-
in
g
A
C
C
D
Legend — Foreseer
Class Connectivity Components
A
B
C
D
Ethernet
Serial
Data Acquisition Engine
(DAE)