EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE USER MANUAL HANDBUCH HANDLEIDING MANUEL DESCRIPTIF РУКОВОДСТВО ПОЛЬЗОВАТЕЛЯ КЕРІВНИЦТВО КОРИСТУВАЧА
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Energy meter with LAN interface Energiemessgerät Energiemeter met LAN interface Compteur d'énergie avec interface LAN Измеритель мощности и энергии с сетевым интерфейсом Вимірювач потужності та енергії з мережевим інтерфейсом 2 All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 1.1. Features LAN Energy Meter, accessible from anywhere within your LAN, creates insight in your energy consumption (voltage/current/power) Get your power consumption curves via Internet - no permanent computer connection required No external IP-address at home? No problem. Your own user account on EnerGenie.com will let you view and analyze the energy costs via Internet with any PC or even mobile phone.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 1.3. System requirements LAN socket Internet connection is required for uploading the information to EnerGenie.com server 1.4.
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EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 3. Installation of EGM-PWM-LAN To use EGM-PWM-LAN please follow next steps: Connect EGM-PWM-LAN to the wall socket first and then to the LAN socket (or your computer LAN card) with the provided patch cord or vice-versa. It is strongly recommended to avoid damp or wet places for installation.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE NOTE: by default the factory setting of EGM-PWM-LAN is DHCP enabled. If your LAN has a router with built-in DHCP server (which is very common) then EGM-PWM-LAN will automatically get an IP address from the DHCP server. Proceed to section 3.2 below in this case. NOTE: you may prefer to connect EGM-PWM-LAN directly to the managing computer LAN adapter (network card) using the supplied crossover RJ-45 cable (option B).
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Gateway: 192.168.0.1 DNS:0.0.0.0 DHCP: enabled IP filtering: disabled Power Manager client port: 5000 ... EGM-PWM-LAN then searches for an IP address from your eventual DHCP server. If no DHCP server is found within 1 minute, EGMPWM-LAN will then automatically revert to the default settings (see above, with IP: 192.168.0.254).
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 3.2. Power Manager installation It is now time to identify which IP address has been obtained by EGM-PWM-LAN. We need to carry out the following: Insert the Power Manager CD into a PC CD-ROM drive. This PC can be connected either to the same LAN where the device is (if you chose option A section 3.1) or directly to the device with the crossover RJ-45 cable (if you chose option B section 3.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 3.3. IP configuration The utility LAN Find (see Figure #4 below) will run automatically during the software installation but it can also be started from Start/All Programs/Gembird/Power Manager. The IP range where you would like to search for EGM-PWM-LAN will be set automatically according to the IP settings of your LAN adapter but can be changed manually in the Adapter subnet fields. Now press the Search button.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Figure #4 The window of your default internet browser will be then opened to give you access to the built-in web-server. See section 4 below for the further details.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 4. The web server Your EGM-PWM-LAN is equipped with a web-server which allows managing the device using any web browser such as Internet Explorer etc. 4.1. Web-server login page To access the web server of EGM-PWM-LAN, just open Internet Explorer (or other browser) and input the IP address of EGM-PWM-LAN (for example http://192.168.1.241). If you have used LAN Find utility to locate EGM-PWM-LAN then you will be taken to this webpage automatically.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE After a successful login you will face the Energenie page (see section 4.2 below). NOTE: There is a possibility that you might then need to open the LAN settings page (see section 4.3 below) to complete the IP configuration. 4.2. EnerGenie page With the help of EnerGenie page (see Figure #6 below) you will be able to see the current power consumption of the load connected, Irms, Vrms and Energy.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE button on the Login page to create a new account. After your successful login (regardless whether you created a new or used an existing account) your EGM-PWM-LAN is automatically registered. Return back to the EnerGenie page of your EGM-PWM-LAN (see Figure #6 below). Push Activate button to let the device initiate communication with EnerGenie.com server.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Figure # 6 After a successful registration and activation the button Register will be renamed to Login (and will then open the Login page of EnerGenie.com) and the button Activate will turn into Deactivate.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE EGM-PWM-LAN from Internet use then Deactivate button to stop communication of the device with EnerGenie.com server. If you eventually decide to change registration of your EGM-PWMLAN and assign it to another account, it will be possible via EnerGenie.com website (see section 5 below). See section 5 below for further details on managing your EGMPWM-LAN via EnerGenie.com website.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 4.3. LAN settings page Figure #7 On the LAN settings page (see Figure #7 above) you can set up DHCP, IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway, DNS server and IP filter (up to 3 IP addresses can then be enabled for remote access). The new settings will be applied immediately after you press the Apply button.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway, DNS server will be used only if the DHCP option is disabled. If you set DHCP option it is recommended for your own convenience to set up your DHCP server so that it always provides the same IP address to EGM-PWM-LAN. To do that you will need to know the MAC address of EGM-PWM-LAN. It can be found on this page or on the bottom sticker of the device. The MAC address is fixed and cannot be changed.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 4.4. Device settings page On the device settings page you can setup name, password and internal time of EGM-PWM-LAN (see Figure #8 below). Figure #8 To be able to setup the schedule of EGM-PWM-LAN you have to first setup its internal clock correctly. Enter the current local time and date.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Alternatively if the option Use NTP for timer correction is enabled (by default) then the time will be taken from NTP server. The device will try to connect with the server every 18 hours. The first synchronization would take place in 15 seconds after you press the Apply button. NTP server field should have a valid name of NTP server (by default “pool.ntp.org”).
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 4.5. Web-server logout Having finished working with EGM-PWM-LAN, choose Log Out in the main menu. If you don’t do this, you will be logged automatically after 10 minutes of inactivity. While you are logged to the web server, it can’t be accessed from any other computer. If another user tries to access the web server which is running an active session the error message will be shown on the login page: Somebody with another IP has already logged in.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 5. EnerGenie.com device interface With your free personal account at EnerGenie.com website you will be able to access your EGM-PWM-LAN from anywhere in the world using any Internet-enabled device (desktop PC, laptop, smartphone etc). See section 4.2 above on how to register your EGM-PWM-LAN on the server and setup the connection. 5.1. Logging in To login into your EnerGenie account just open the webpage www.energenie.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Figure #9 Check Remember me checkbox for automatic login in the future (the website will then save a cookie on your computer). If you lost your password, click Forgot password button. 5.2. Device management page After a successful login you will see the list of your registered devices (see Figure # 10 below).
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Figure #10 24 All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE This page will automatically update itself and will keep showing you the time when your device was last seen online (the latest time when the device communicated with the server), external IP, MAC address, link to device web-interface (this link works in case that your computer is in the same local network with the device). Values of Real Power (Watts) and Day and Night Energy (WattHours) will be shown.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Figure #11 26 All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 6. Adding the EGM-PWM-LAN To be able to manage installed EGM-PWM-LANs, please, do the following: Install Power Manager software on a PC connected to your local network.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE In the Add LAN device window (see figure #13 below) please, enter correct IP address, port number (5000 by default) and password (1 by default) as configured on the Device settings page (see section 4.6 above) of the web server. To disconnect from the device uncheck the option Enable, set this option again to regain the access. Click OK button to return to the LAN devices window.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE To edit the LAN device, select it and click the Device settings button, or just double click on the LAN device To remove the LAN device, select it and click the Del button in the keyboard If the status of EGM-PWM-LAN shows the device is not Connected it could be due to the following reasons: Incorrect IP/Port/Password specified in the Add LAN device window PC is not connected to the local network You are trying to access EGM-PWM-LAN from the PC which
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Figure #14 EGM-PWM-LAN is connected to local network (ping test is ok) but not responding. Reset EGM-PWM-LAN by pressing the Reset button (A) on the side control panel (see Figure #2 above) or switch it off and then on again (see Figure #1 above) NOTE: The Reset button A (see Figure #2 above) can sometimes help if EGM-PWM-LAN can’t be accessed or works abnormally. The device will then be restarted.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 7. Power Manager Your EGM-PWM-LAN has an offline and an online working mode. It is “offline” whenever it is not connected to a PC, or when the PC is turned off. The device will come “online” automatically when it is connected to a PC with the Power Manager software running. In this mode the software keeps downloading the power readings from the EGM-PWM-LAN into a database.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE To open the Power Meter window, select your EGM-PWM-LAN device from the list (see Figure #12 above) and then click the Power meter button (see the chapter 8 below). 8. Power Meter The Power Meter window can be opened in either a minimized or maximized mode. The minimized Power Meter window is shown in Figure #15 below. This window is useful for monitoring selected measured values. It displays: A single measured value (e.g.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Figure #15 Push Maximize button in this window to open the full-size Power Meter window – see Figure #16 below.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE This window displays all the measured values: Real power (P) Active impedance (R) Frequency of current (Fq) Energy consumed (E) The cost of energy consumed (money sign) RMS voltage (V rms) Peak voltage (V peak) RMS current (I rms) Peak current (I peak) It is beyond the scope of this manual to explain the physical meaning of these values. For most consumers the energy and its cost are the most interesting.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Figure #17 Choose the rate (per kWh) and currency. If you have different rates for peak hours and off-peak hours, just check the box Use Day/Night modes. You will then be able to enter the dual rates and the start/finish times for these modes.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 9. Using the charts In the online mode the values of P, R, Fq, Irms, Vrms and Cost are continuously logged into the database. These readings can be used to build time charts. To display the charts just click on the desired value in the Main Power Meter window (see Figure #16 above) or push the Chart button in the Power Manager window (see Figure #12 above). This will open the Chart window as displayed in Figure # 18 below.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Figure #18 EGM-PWM-LAN Cost 37 All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE The horizontal axis represents the date/time and the vertical axis represents the values of the chosen parameter. Note: The scale of the vertical axis changes automatically once you browse or zoom the chart. The scale will be chosen in such a way that all the values within the displayed time period fit onto the screen.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Tip: You can calculate the total energy consumption within a certain period pushing the Calculate button - see Figure #19 below Figure #19 EGM-PWM-LAN Real Power 39 All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE - The zooming tool allows changing the time scale of the chart.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 10. Advanced features The Power Manager software also allows you to define a number of user-defined events. Possible events are: Lighting up the indicators in the Power Meter window (see Chapter 8 above), or run a user-specified application.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE this parameter exceeds a certain maximum – fill in the Max field then. If you wish the event to be triggered when the value of this parameter drops below a certain minimum – fill in the Min field. Secondly you select the desired action from the Action list box. If you choose to execute a specific application or program, you can select the path to this application in the Path field. It is possible to give the event a practical name in the Name field.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE 11. Troubleshooting Problem The status of EGM-PWM-LAN in Power Manager does not become Connected EGM-PWM-LAN is connected to local network (ping test is ok) but not responding. Connection to EGM-PWM-LAN is lost. It seems something is wrong with its IP address. Solution Try to ping the device (see section 6.
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EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE Waste disposal: Entsorgungshinweise: Do not deposit this equipment with the household waste. Improper disposal can harm both the environment and human health. For Information about waste collection facilities for used electrical and electronic devices, please contact your city council or an authorized company for the disposal of electrical and electronic equipment. Werfen Sie dieses Gerät nicht in den Hausmüll.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE WARRANTY CONDITIONS The warranty period is 24 months and begins with the sale to the end user. The receipt must clearly list the date of purchase and the part number, in addition it should be printed. Keep the receipt for the entire warranty period since it is required for all warranty claims. During the warranty period the defective items will be credited, repaired or replaced at the manufacturer's expense.
EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE GARANTIE VOORWAARDEN CONDITIONS DE GARANTIE De garantietermijn bedraagt 24 maanden en gaat in op de aankoopdatum van het product door de eindgebruiker. Op de aankoopbon moeten de aankoopdatum en productomschrijving duidelijk vermeld staan. Gelieve de aankoopbon de gehele garantieperiode te bewaren, deze is ten alle tijden benodigd voor alle garantie aanspraken. Tijdens de garantieperiode zullen alle gebreken verholpen of vervangen worden door de fabrikant d.m.
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