Chapter 7 monitoring meters, 1 viewing real-time data – E-Mon E-PS-E-RTU-N User Manual
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Chapter 7 Monitoring Meters
Viewing Real-time Data
PowerSmart+ Power Quality Meter
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Chapter 7 Monitoring Meters
7.1 Viewing Real-time Data
Real-time data can be continuously retrieved from your devices and
updated on the screen at the rate you defined in the Instrument Setup.
To get real-time data from your meter:
1. Ensure that the On-line button on the Power Software toolbar is
checked.
2. Select the device site from the list box on the Power Software
toolbar.
3. Point to RT Data Monitor on the Monitor menu, and then select a
data set you want to view.
Polling Devices
Click on the “Poll”
or “Continuous poll”
button to poll the meter once
or continuously.
Click on the Stop button
to stop continuous polling.
The following picture shows a typical data
monitor window.
Figure 7-1: RT Data Monitor Window
You can open as many monitor windows as you wish, either for different
sites, or for the same site using different data sets. An open data monitor
window is linked to the current site and does not change if you select
another site in the site list.
You can view acquired data in a tabular form or in a graphical form as a
data trend.
Organizing Data Sets
Power Software supports 33 programmable data sets with up to 40 data
parameters. Set #0 is intended for simple meters, which have a limited
number of parameters, and is not recommended for the use with the