Rockwell Automation Energy Management Accelerator Toolkit Quick Start - Manual (Page 150)

150 Rockwell Automation Publication IASIMP-QS016C-EN-P - October 2014
Chapter 7 FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix Software Meter and Tag Setup
Creating Energy Meters for OPC Server Device
You are now ready to create an energy meter for the OPC Server device
and assign tags to the meter.
For the Efficient Industries Plant 1 example, you will create a Data Center
meter for the OPC Server.
Create Energy Meter
1. Click the Meters tab.
2. Navigate to and select a group to
assign the meter.
For this example, select
Electricity under the
Engineering subdomain.
3. Click the Meters tab on the
right.
4. Click Add a new meter.
5. Choose the Parent group.
For this example, choose
Electricity.
6. Choose the meter type.
For this example, choose Electric.
7. Choose the device associated with
the meter.
For this example, choose Data
Center.
8. Enter a meter name.
For this example, enter Data
Center Meter.
9. Enter the access path of the OPC Server.
For this example, Channel_0_User_Defined was entered, which is the same as the Kepware channel name.
10. Click Save.
Electric Main (PM 3000)
Boiler House (PM 1000)
Production 1 (PM 1000)
Production 2 (PM 1000)
Shipping/Receiving/DC (PM 1000)
Electricity (Group)
Data Center (OPC Server)
Power House (PM 1000)