User Manual

Packet Power™ Wireless Current Monitoring Module Manual

Packet Power Solution Overview

Communications

The CMM communicates using Packet Power’s wireless network. As soon as a CMM is

installed and powered up, it automatically tries to join the wireless network. If you already

have an operating Packet Power network within your facility all information from the CMM

will shortly become accessible.

If you do not yet have a Packet Power network operating within your facility, a separate

radio gateway device called an Ethernet Gateway is required to create the wireless network

needed in order to gather information from the CMM. A software application operates in

conjunction with the radio gateway device(s) to control how information is gathered and

formatted for transmission over an IP network for consumption by various other applications.

Please refer to the online software support section of www.packetpower.com for additional

information regarding wireless gateway and software setup.

The P5J6 model may use a radio operating at 2.4GHz, a radio operating in a subset of the

range between 860 and 930MHz (the exact frequencies vary with region – please contact

Packet Power for details), or both depending on how the firmware in the module is

configured.

The network operates in a mesh topology. Each device in the network must be within

range of at least one other device in the network. The effective range of the radio in the

CMM varies depending on several factors, including the environment in which the product is

used. Typically, the device has an effective range of 25 to over 100 feet. The CMM will not

transmit effectively if it is installed in an enclosure that blocks radio signals.

Every site where the CMM is deployed must have installed at least one compatible

Packet Power Ethernet Gateway device and associated software to collect data and

prepare it for transmission to approved monitoring and analysis applications.

The rate at which monitoring information is gathered from a CMM depends primarily on the

ratio of the number of CMMs to the number of gateways. It can range from every few

seconds to 100 seconds or more.