Rockwell Automation 1426 PowerMonitor 5000 Unit User Manual

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Rockwell Automation Publication 1426-UM001F-EN-P - November 2013

Setup

Chapter 3

Native Ethernet Communication Setup

Choose the Configuration folder and choose the CommunicationsNative page.
The PowerMonitor 5000 unit is set up by default to obtain an IP address
automatically from a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server. If
your power monitor is on a network served by a DHCP server, and the power
monitor is connected to the network, it has probably already been assigned an IP
address.

We recommend that each power monitor be assigned a static, or fixed, IP address,
because DHCP addresses can change from time to time, resulting in loss of
communication with client applications. Obtain a fixed IP address, subnet mask,
default gateway, and other network setup parameters from your network
administrator. Another option can be to set up the power monitor as a reserved
client in the DHCP server.

Refer to

Communication on page 181

for more information on communication

setup parameters.

EXAMPLE

This Metering_Basic page illustrates the setup for a 480V, 3-phase system with 1000:5 current transformer
(CT) ratios on all phases and the neutral.