User Manual

Packet Power™ Smart Power Cable User’s Manual

Figure 6: Packet Power Communications Architecture

Power Cable will not transmit effectively if it is installed in an enclosure that entirely blocks

radio signals such as fully enclosed metallic enclosures.

Every site where a Smart Power Cable is deployed must have installed at least one

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

prepare it for transmission to approved monitoring and analysis applications. It is not

necessary for all cables to communicate directly with the Gateway. As long as each cable

can communicate with at least one other cable, and one cable can also communicate with

the Gateway, information from all cables will reach the Gateway.

The rate at which power monitoring information is gathered from a cable depends primarily

on the ratio of the number of cables to the number of gateways. As an example, at a ratio

of 100 cables per Gateway, a Gateway should read from each cable every 5 to 15 seconds.

The system will automatically reallocate network traffic across Gateways when new

Gateways or devices are added.

Note: In the event of a loss of power to a power cable, energy consumption information (Wh) is

retained in non-volatile memory and will be transmitted when power is restored.