PAS - Getting Started
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1. Host Port so2 Protocol Modbus ATU seia Port Moder Henaup Cancel Apply Programming Your Meters Creating Setups for Your Meters Off Line PAS allows you to prepare setup data for your meters off line without the need to have the meter connected to your PC You can save these data in the meter s site database and then recall and download tt to the meter when you have the meter on me O prepare a setup for your meter select a meter site from the list box on the toolbar and then select the desired setup group from the Meter Setup menu Click on the tab with the name of the setup you want to create and fill in the boxes with the desired configuration data for your meter General Setup PM295 After you have completed the setup click on the Save as button The name of the selected site database appears in the File name box by default If you want to save your setup into another site database select it from the file pane Click on OK PROGRAMMING YOUR METERS Note PAS uses the Basic Setup data as a reference in all setup dialogs Create the Basic Setup configuration for your meter first and save it to the site database before preparing other meter setups If you want to reuse setups from another site you can simply copy setups from that site to your present site database Click Open select the desired site database and then click OK The opene2. 09 10 99 19 00 07 010 24119 0 480 170 09 10 99 19 01 23 570 24163 0 490 185 m 10 10 99 08 34 20 980 23099 0 990 4323 r 1010 99 08 34 43 710 23675 0 960 4318 1010899 12 47 10 910 23720 0 560 4111 fie pe Be pn a pol a a a a a em D Proc D Program Files Pas_2 Samples1 Koq10_05 snl Ready 13 1402 23 32 20 Viewing the Waveform Log aveform log data can be displayed in five different views When you open a new file PAS shows you a waveform graph with overlapped waveforms Each waveform window has a local toolbar from where you can open another window for these waveforms to examine data in a different view You can open all five views together to analyze different properties of the waveforms such as wave shape disturbances unbalance or spectrum When you move to another waveform record all views are updated simultaneously to reflect the changes in the waveforms The status bar at the bottom of the waveform window shows you how many recotds the log file contains and the record number for the record currently displayed in the window Use green arrowheads M 4 PI on the PAS toolbar to move from a record to record Selecting Waveform Channels A single waveform record can contain up to 25 waveforms including up to 8 AC channels V1 V4 1 14 or 15 18 one VDC channel and up to 16 digital channels which you can s
3. button amp amp on the toolbar is checked Uncheck it before entering the Configuration dialogs Setting up Communications Your meters can be connected to a PC through serial communications directly to your PC RS 232 port via the RS 485 to RS 232 converter or through a modem the Internet using the SATEC ETC 2002 Network Communicator or the USB port To provide PAS with information on your meter location select Configuration from the Tools menu In the Communication group on the Instrument Setup tab select the type of a connection for your meter and set the device communication address you assigned to the meter The Sampling Rate box defines a rate at which PAS will update data on your screen when you continuously poll the meter in the PAS Data Monitor If you selected Serial Port Modem Site click on the Connection tab to select a port on the PC through which PAS will communicate to your meter Selecting a Protocol for a Serial Port Modem On the Connection tab click on Protocol and select the communications protocol as you have selected in your meter COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR METERS Protocol Setup x Response Time out Eoo mz Break Time out Jig ms Retries 1 5 E a Protocol Modbus RTL men The remaining settings in this dialog do not normally need to be changed The Response Time out box defines the maximum time in milliseconds that PAS will wait for the m
4. You can copy the entire data table or graph or part of the data into the Clipboard or into another application such as Microsoft Excel or Word in order to expand yout report Click with the right mouse button on the data window and choose Select All If your current view represents a table click on the upper left corner of the table where the No label is commonly displayed Click with the right mouse button on the window again and choose Copy or click the Copy button on the toolbar Run the application to which you want to copy data position the cursor at the correct place and then click the Paste button E on the application s toolbar ot select Paste from the Edit menu Saving Data to a File To save data to a file click on the Save button Me Select the type of a file in which you want to keep the data The choices are commonly the ASCII file with a log specific extension and the mdb database Select a directory where you want your log file to be stored To avoid confusion do not store data files into the Sites directory where site databases are located 16 VIEWING LOG FILES Select an existing file or type the name for a new file and then click Save Printing Data to a Printer To print data to a printer click the print button amp on the toolbar select a printer and click OK If you want to check how your document appears on the printed page select Print Preview from the File m
5. 50 63 Recording Time 0 320 sec Sampling Rate 32 samples cycle mome eee Ie el GH tale ae ca a LLG TT 33 75 ai 0 004 16 88 80 0 119 9 159 9 199 9 239 9 279 8 Time ms A el 0 000 ms ee O71 0 99 20 50 55 501 D Program Files Pas_2 Samples1Kog10_10 vilf Record 4 of 16 O7 0 99 20 50 55 Ready 13 11 02 23 36 37 Viewing Waveforms Waveforms can be displayed in two views overlapped and non overlapped To select the first view click on the button B representing a single waveform on the 21 VIEWING LOG FILES local toolbar to select a non overlapped view click on the button two waveforms Fa PAS 1 2 5 D Program Files Pas_2 Waveform Log 1 KOGENREN fm Waveform Log 1 13 61 V 18 48 kY 19 90 kY 0 0 13 23 V 18 21 kY 19 10 kV 117 9 13 02 V 18 57 kV 18 30 kY 120 2 303 6 A 423 8 A 430 8 A 23 6 304 4 A 432 5 A 432 5 A 143 0 304 7 A 427 3 A 429 0 A 97 1 Waveform data are recorded to files in series that may contain many cycles of the sampled waveforms A waveform window can display up to 64 waveform cycles If the waveform contains more than 64 cycles the scroll bar appears under the waveform pane allowing you to scroll through the entire waveform Viewing an RMS Plot PAS can show you the cycle by cycle RMS plot of the sampled AC waveforms To open the RMS view click on the button representing two curves above horizontal ax
6. Log Sorting Events Filtering Events Viewing the Data Log Viewing the Waveform Log Selecting Waveform Channels Customizing Line Colors and Styles Viewing Phasor Diagrams Viewing Symmetrical Components Selecting Primary and Secondary Units Using the Marker Lines Using a Zoom Viewing Waveforms Viewing an RMS Plot Viewing a Spectrum Chart Viewing a Spectrum Table Customizing Date Order Customizing Timestamp Selecting Voltage Disturbance Units 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 22 23 24 25 25 25 Introduction The following paragraphs outline some of the differences between this version of PAS in comparison to previous versions you may have used Installation If you install the new PAS into the same directory where your current version of PAS is installed it is recommended that you do not uninstall your old PAS before installing this version otherwise your present PAS configuration database will be destroyed Your current configuration database and all data files you have are still functional in the new PAS File Formats Although PAS allows you to open ASCII log files created by previous PAS versions and even to store data from the screen to ASCII files most new features will only use the Microsoft Access mdb database format This format allows you to store different types of logs to a single database as separate tables and makes it easy to transport your databases onto other PCs Autom
7. record a time so that a multi record waveform series may not be viewed in this mode as a single waveform For information on using different log views see Chapter 5 Viewing Log Files Note If you decide to view historical data on line make sure you leave unchecked the box Do not scan entire file in the Select Logs dialog when configuring the automatic uploading see Note in section Uploading Historical Data on Demand otherwise you may discover that the last logs are missing from yout log files 15 Viewing Log Files Data stored into data files can be viewed on the screen in different formats You can see haw they look on your screen and check diferent options by opening sample files you recewed with PAS They are located on your disk in the Samples diredory under the PAS installation diredory Opening a Log File o open a log file click on the Open button f at left of the toolbar or select Open from the File menu In the Files of type box select the type of files you want to view enter the directory where your files are located and select a file you want to open If this is an mdb database click once on the file name with the mouse to receive the database contents on the right pane select a desired table from this pane and then click Open The following operations are available in all log views regardless of the particular log you are viewing Exporting Data to Another Application
8. setups from the meter to the site database check the On Monitoring Your Meters Viewing Real time Data Reat tme data can be continuously retrieved from your meters and updated on the screen at a rate you defined in the Instrument Setup o poll your instrument select a meter site from the list box on the toolbar select RT Data Monitor from the Monitor menu and then select a data set you want to view PAS supports 33 programmable data sets each consisting of up to 40 data parameters Set 0 is intended for old SATEC meters such as PM170 PM270 PM290 which have a limited number of parameters To re organize data sets select Data Set from the Monitor menu or click on the button on the toolbar You will see some predefined data sets and others which are empty You can freely modify both to organize data in sets that will be convenient for you to use Data Set X RT Data Set Definition Set REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS J oe m RT PHASE THD YIRT RT PHASE 1 RT RT PHASE E I2 RT RT PHASE En I3 RT ieee RT PHASE kvari RT Yv RT PHASE w kvar2 RT RT TOTAL kvar TOT RT RT TOTAL E TOT RT RT TOTAL RT PHASE w kvar3 RT RT PHASE k81 RT E RT PHASE kvA2 RT RT PHASE Box RT RT TOTAL RT TOTAL RT AUX 14 RT RT AUX E RT as TOT RT PF LG TOT RT PF LD TOT RT lala lala lala lala le lee le ele Cancel Apply MONITORIN
9. 2 pores na asa o 0 034 44 0038 0 0 017 2741 0457 0 oo 74 on 0 0 002 co Po ba pail wW fan D 23 VIEWING LOG FILES Viewing a Spectrum Table To view the harmonics spectrum in a table view click on the button H on the local toolbar PAS allows you to view either a spectrum table for the selected channel or all channels V1 V3 and I1 I3 in a single table Refer to section Selecting Waveform Channels above for instructions on how to select waveform channels 24 Customizing Your Views Customizing Date Format T o change the way PAS displays the date select Customize from the Tools menu click on the Preferences tab select the preferred date order and then click OK Customizing Timestamp T he timestamp is normally recorded in the data log files and displayed on the screen at a 1 ms resolution If you have an application that does not support this format you can instruct PAS to drop the milliseconds To change the way PAS records and displays the timestamp select Customize from the Tools menu click on the Preferences tab select the preferred timestamp format and then click OK Selecting Voltage Disturbance Units hen programming a voltage disturbance trigger in your meter the operate limit for the trigger can be set as a percent of the nominal voltage in RMS units or in amplitude units To change the disturbance units select Customiz
10. 586 215916 SETUP CHANGE SETPOINT SET SP OPERATED SP OPERATED 129399 13 58 78 000 SP EVENT 3iL31 RT 213699 SP OPERATED 1203 99 13 58 79 000 COMMUNIC EVENT ALARM SP SETPOINT SET 12 0399 13 59 79 000 COMMUNIC EVENT ALARM SP SETPOINT SET 12 03 99 13 59 79 000 SP EVENT HDO1 V1 SP OPERATED 12 03 99 13 59 79 000 1273 99 13 59 79 000 SP EVENT SP EVENT 129399 13 59 78 000 COMMUNIC HDO1 V2 HDO1 V3 EVENT SLARM SP SP OPERATED SP OPERATED SETPOINT SET 129399 14 02 79 000 COMMUNIC DATA LOG SETUP SETUP CHANGE 129399 14 02 78 000 COMMUNIC DATA MEMORY CLR DATA LOG 12 03 99 14 02 79 000 COMMUNIC DATA LOG SETUP D Program Files Pas_2 Samples1 Balin evl ZA SETUP CHANGE bat Ready Sorting Events Normally event records are shown in the order based on the date and time of the event appearance PAS can rearrange records in the order based on a cause of the event and then sort records within each group according to the event time To change the sorting order click with the right mouse button on the Event Log window select Sort check a desired sort order and then click OK Filtering Events The event log usually contains a large amount of records that concern events caused by different sources You can use filtering to find and work with a subset of events that meet the crite
11. G YOUR METERS To run data polling check the On line button ge on the toolbar and then click on either the Single poll button or Continuous poll button W When in continuous poll you can stop it by clicking on the Stop button EQ Esa PAS 1 2 5 D Program Files Pas_2 RT Data Monitor Set 1 PM295 File Edit View Monitor Logs MeterSetup Tools Window Help SH tS B F Pmags oe gt wn OB e fm RT Data Monitor Set 1 PM295 aoe Data Monitor Set 1 REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS 13 11 02 23 19 17 VILI2RT Y2L23RT Y3L31 RT MRT I2RT SRT kV RT 134 E 102 9 08 23584 23584 23584 2314 2305 2305 54671 134102 23 19 09 23672 23584 23584 2305 2305 2305 54515 131002 23 19 10 23584 23584 3412 23 19 10 23584 23584 23584 2314 2305 2305 54515 se ea a 34102 23 19 11 23672 23584 23584 2314 2305 2305 54774 134102 23 19 12 23672 23584 23584 2314 2305 2305 54626 1341 02 23 19 13 23672 2314 2305 2305 54671 13102 23 19 14 23584 2305 2305 2305 54463 1341 02 23 19 15 23584 2305 2305 2305 54567 1311102 23 19 16 23584 2314 2305 2305 54878 1341102 23 19 17 23584 23584 2314 54671 Ready 13 1 02 23 19 43 You can open as many data monitor windows as you want either for different sites or for the same site using different data sets Note When you open a data monitor window it is linked both to the current si
12. OK Seral Port Setup x Baud Rate EERIE Data Bits stop Bits 1 Parity No Parity corce COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR METERS Communicating through a Modem On the Connection tab select in the Device box a local modem installed on your PC through which you will communicate to your meter Click on Phones to add the phone number of the remote modem to the phone list Type the phone number in the Phone number box add comments if you desire click Add and then click OK In the Phone number box on the Connection pane select the phone number from the list Click OK Communicating through Internet Click on the Connection tab Click on the IP address and type in the IP address of the ETC 2002 Network Communicator to which your meter is connected In the Protocol box select communications protocol that you set in the meter Type the TCP port number for your protocol in the Host Port box Use the following table to correctly select the TCP port for your protocol Modbus RTU 502 DNP3 20000 SATEC ASCII 5002 If you wish adjust the time that PAS waits for a connection before announcing an error and the number of retries PAS will use to recetve a response from the meter if communications fail Configuration X Instrument Setup Connection m Internet Domain Name IP Address Wait for answer 30 sec eTo 182 Oe ia Retries 1 5 1
13. SATEC Powerful Solutions PAS Power Analysis Software for Windows Version 1 2 5 Getting Started SATEC Ltd BG0337 Rev A1 Table of Contents Introduction Installation File Formats Automatic Data Retrieving Embedded Communication Test Preprogrammed Data Sets Creating a New Site Setting up Communications Selecting a Protocol for a Serial Port Modem Communicating through a Serial Port Communicating through a Modem Communicating through Internet Creating Setups for Your Meters Off Line Downloading Setups to Your Meters Uploading Setups from Your Meters Viewing Real time Data Changing the Data View Adjusting the Number of Rows in a Multi Record View Saving Data to a File Printing Data to a Printer Copying Data to Another Application Real time Data Logging Viewing Real time Min Max Log Viewing Real time Waveforms Updating the Clock in Your Meters 0 O On N A A A A Q 10 10 10 11 11 12 Remote Relay Operations on Your Meters12 Uploading Historical Data on Demand Using the Upload Scheduler Adding a New Site to the Schedule Configuring a Schedule for the Meter Activating a Schedule for the Meter Suspending the Scheduler Running the Scheduler on Demand Recording Upload Problems Viewing Historical Data On line Opening a Log File Exporting Data to Another Application Saving Data to a File 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 Printing Data to a Printer Viewing the Event
14. atic Data Retrieving PAS allows you to retrieve all data logs from your meters at once and store them to a database either on demand or on a time basis e g daily or weekly using a predefined schedule Embedded Communication Test PAS incorporates the test features that were previously included in the DOS based PComTest program allowing you to test communication with your meters Preprogrammed Data Sets Any data sets you have prepared for the RT Data Monitor and RT Min Max Log are still functional in the new PAS although they need to undergo a simple procedure before you can use them open the Data Set dialog and scroll through all active data sets and then save them Perform this procedure for both the RT Data Monitor and RT Min Max Log Communicating with Your Meters Creating a New Site Tn order to commmuracate with your meters you should create a separate site database for each one where all meter settings are stored PAS keeps all site settings in a file with a name you give ut and the extension mdh When you install PAS on your computer a ctrectory named Sites is created in the PAS installation chrecory It is advised to keep all your site databases in this cerectory o create a new database for your meter select Configuration from the Tools menu and then click Sites at right on the Instrument Setup tab From the Look in box select the directory where a new database will be stored Type a site name fo
15. click OK You can also change the colors for the waveform background and eridlines Options Ei Channels Phasor Display P Justify Numbers Oscilloscope Window Channels Color Maroon Style Y Thickness 1 point Background O hite i Grid Visible 19 VIEWING LOG FILES Viewing Phasor Diagrams Waveform views have an additional pane at the lower right where PAS draws phasor diagrams for displayed waveforms The phasor diagrams show you the relative magnitude and angle of the fundamental harmonic for the selected voltage and current channels All angles are taken relative to the reference voltage channel Options Ed Channels Phasor Display W Triangle Cancel api To change the reference channel click with the right mouse button on the waveform window select Options click on the Phasor tab check the channel you want to make a reference channel and then click OK If you leave the Triangle box checked PAS will connect the ends of the voltage and current vectors by lines showing you tree phase voltage and current triangles This may be useful when analyzing voltage and current unbalances Phasor diagrams are calculated for one waveform cycle pointed to by the left marker line As you move the marker the phasor diagrams are updated reflecting the new marker position Viewing Symmetrical Components Waveform views have an additional pane at the ri
16. d setup will be copied to your site database You can also copy all setups from one site database into another site s database Select a meter site from the list box on the toolbar from which you want to reproduce setups and then select Copy to from the Meter Setup menu Select the site database to which to copy setups from the present database and then click OK Downloading Setups to Your Meters PAS allows you to update each setup in your meter one at time or to download all setups together from the site database on the toolbar select a meter site from the list box on the toolbar and then select the desired setup group from the Meter Setup menu Click on the pane with the name of the setup you want to download to the meter and then click Send gt update a particular setup in your meter check the On line button gf To download all setups to your meter at once check the On line button K6 on the toolbar select a meter site from the list box on the toolbar and then select Download Setups from the Meter Setup menu Reply Yes to the PAS warning message Uploading Setups from Your Meters PAS allows you to update the site databases with the setups currently presented in your meters line button amp on the toolbar select a meter site from the list box on the toolbar and then select Upload Setups from the Meter Setup menu Reply Yes to the PAS warning message T o upload the
17. e from the Tools menu click on the Preferences tab select the preferred units and then click OK 25
18. ee all together in a non overlapped waveform view Other waveform views may offer you fewer channels or sometimes only a single channel 18 VIEWING LOG FILES Options Channels Phasor Display T Check All IT Check Al ETN T Clear all Clear Al Components mig Jon F ps ME Tbe F ono Li Joa Loom BIE oe ate Oe of ons T voc oe F pis Hor E ors Moe F pie cae w voltage ol Erima l Secondary Eumernt i Friman l Secondary If you do not want to view all waveforms together on one screen you can use filtering to work with a subset of waveforms that meet your criteria PAS will temporary hide waveforms you do not want displayed To select desired waveform channels click with the right mouse button on the waveform window select Options check the channels you want displayed on the Channels tab and then click OK Note Waveforms recorded by the PM295 and PM296 to the Waveform Log 2 at a rate of 128 samples per cycle may not be displayed all together in one waveform view Only two waveforms related to the selected phase will be shown Customizing Line Colors and Styles Waveforms for different channels can be shown in different colors using different line styles To change the colors or line styles click with the right mouse button on the waveform window select Options click on the Display tab adjust colors and styles for channels and then
19. enu Viewing the Event Log vent log files are displayed in a tabular view one event per row PAS loads the entire log file or database table to a window so that you can scroll through the entire log to view its contents Fa PAS 1 2 5 D Program Files Pas_2 Event Log Balin File Edit View Monitor Logs MeterSetup Tools Window Help SE t 2 B F pags Jia AGE E Event Log Balin Balin EventLog 13 11 02 23 29 30 2690898 15 52 49 000 FRONT PANEL COMM SETUP SETUP CHANGE 260898 16 17 22 000 FRONT PANEL COMM SETUP SETUP CHANGE 26 08 98 16 17 28 000 FRONT PANEL COMM SETUP SETUP CHANGE 26 0898 16 17 30 000 FRONT PANEL COMM SETUP SETUP CHANGE 280898 19 20 44 000 COMMUNIC RTC SETUP RTC SET 30 0898 16 01 44 000 300898 20 00 33 000 FRONT PANEL COMMUNIC 300898 20 00 47 000 COMMUNIC COMM SETUP DATA MEMORY SETUP CHANGE CLR MAX DMD DATA MEMORY CLR MINIMAX 300898 20 33 38 000 COMMUNIC BASIC SETUP SETUP CHANGE 30 08 98 20 33 39 000 COMMUNIC SETUP CHANGE 30 08 98 20 43 31 000 FRONT PANEL BASIC SETUP ACCESS SETUP SETUP CHANGE 300898 20 44 59 000 300898 20 45 44 000 1293 99 13 58 78 000 129399 13 58 78 000 129399 13 58 78 000 FRONT PANEL ACCESS SETUP SETUP CHANGE FRONT PANEL COMMUNIC SP EVENT SP EVENT ACCESS SETUP EVENT ALARM SP 1L12 RT 2L23 RT 214
20. es The RMS view displays the RMS measured over one cycle and updated each half cycle of the sampled waveforms as per IEC 61000 4 Fa PAS 1 2 5 D Program Files Pas_2 Waveform Log 1 KOGENREN oix 13 63 KV 13 60 kV 13 65 kY 12 99 kV 12 96 kV 13 02 kY 13 52 KV 13 50 kV 13 53 kY 237 0 A 236 8 A 237 2 A 237 0 A 236 8 A 237 2 A 238 3 A 238 2 A 238 4 A 22 VIEWING LOG FILES Viewing a Spectrum Chart To view the spectrum chart for the selected waveform channel click on the button lu representing a spectrum graph The spectrum is calculated over four cycles of the selected waveform beginning from the point where the left marker line is located in the open waveform view If both waveform views are open PAS gives the priority to the overlapped waveform view Fa PAS 1 2 5 D Program Files Pas_2 Waveform Log 1 KOGENREN Sego s E Waveform Log 1 KOGENREN The highest number of the spectrum harmonic that will be calculated is equal to the half sampling rate at which the waveforms were sampled minus one For example if the sampling made at a rate of 128 samples per cycle 63 harmonics are available With 32 samples per cycle only 15 harmonics will be calculated while others will be zeros ae 2 g 1000 77 76 761 05 5682 0473 274 7009 0 011 62 443 ea2 05 s76 0373 1573 8864 omol 64 39 1188 04 3892 0389 35210935 0 006 730 83 0 26
21. eter response before announcing a failure When communicating through a modem especially over long distances this time may require some adjustment The Break Time out box defines the maximum idle time that PAS will wait after receiving the last message character to close a connection This setting is important only when PAS is running the Modbus RTU or DNP3 protocol It does not affect ASCII communications The default value of 10 ms is usually sufficient for reliable communications but it can be affected by the load on your PC If there are many applications running on your PC PAS might be prevented from responding to received characters fast enough so it might close the communication while the meter is still transmitting its response message If you frequently recetve the message Communication failed this could mean that Break Time out should be increased Note that this time is added to the message transfer time and increasing it excessively will slow communications The Retries box defines the number of attempts that PAS will use to receive a response from the meter in the event the communication fails before announcing a communication failure Communicating through a Serial Port On the Connection tab select from the Device box a COM port and click on Configure to specify the baud rate and data format for the port Choose the same baud rate and data format as you have set in the meter and then click
22. ght where PAS can display the symmetrical components for voltages and currents which are calculated for the point indicated by the left marker line To enable or disable the symmetrical components click with the right mouse button on the waveform window select Options check or uncheck the symmetrical components on the Channels tab and then click OK Selecting Primary and Secondary Units Voltages and currents can be displayed in primary default or secondary units To select primary or secondary units for your waveforms click with the right mouse button on the waveform window select Options select the desired units for voltages and currents on the Channels tab and then click OK Note ASCII waveform files logged by previous releases of PAS do not contain information on the secondary voltage or current set in the waveform recorder These waveforms will always shown in primary units 20 VIEWING LOG FILES Using the Marker Lines Waveform and RMS panes have two blue dashed marker lines The left marker indicates the position from where data will be taken to calculate the harmonics spectrum and phasor diagrams and also the starting position for calculating the RMS average and peak values The right marker indicates the end position for calculating the RMS average and peak values The minimum distance between the two markers is exactly one cycle To change the marker position click with the right mouse button on
23. ialog displays the current PC time and the time in the meter To synchronize the meter clock with the PC time click Set Remote Relay Operations on Your Meters T o perform remote control operations on the relays or to check their present status select a meter site from the list box on the toolbar check the On line button amp on the toolbar and then select Remote Control from the Monitor menu The dialog shows you present forced relay status To force a relay to operate or release select a command for the relay and click Send 12 Retrieving Historical Data from Your Meters Tf your meter has on board legging aapabithes you can retrieve the historical logs from the meter and save them to the database for later analysts T has can be done in hyo ways The fast is uploading histoncal data on demand at any time you need them The second ts using the upload sobecluler that runs at predefined intervals on your schedule for example daily weekly or monthly Historical logs are stored as separate tables to the mdb databases Uploading Historical Data on Demand T o retrieve the historical logs from your meter select a meter site from the list box on the toolbar check the On line button A on the toolbar and then select Upload Logs from the Logs menu Click the Select logs button check boxes for logs you want to upload from the meter and then click OK Note If you leave the box named Do not scan ent
24. ick on the RT Logging On Off 9 button on the toolbar or select RT Logging Options from the Tools menu 3 Select an existing database or type the name for a new database and select a directory where you want to save it 4 Select the number of tables and the number of records in each table you want recorded 5 Adjust the file update rate for automatic recording It must be a multiple of the sampling rate that you defined in the Instrument Setup dialog 6 Click Save When you run real time data polling PAS automatically saves retrieved records to the database at the rate you specified The RT Logging On Off button 9 on the toolbar should be checked all the time to allow PAS to perform logging You can 10 MONITORING YOUR METERS suspend logging by un checking this button and then resume logging by checking it again Viewing Real time Min Max Log o retrieve the real time Min Max log data from the meter select a meter site from the list box on the toolbar select RT Min Max Log from the Monitor menu and then select a data set you want to view PAS supports nine programmable data sets each consisting of up to 40 data parameters To re organize data sets select Data Set from the Monitor menu or click the button on the toolbar You will see some predefined data sets and others being empty You can freely modify both to organize data in sets that will be convenient for you to use To retrieve the
25. ire file checked with the PM171 or PM295 meters PAS will retrieve only new records that have not yet been read In the event the historical files have been read from another PC PAS might skip the last read records and you will miss data Check this box with caution only if you are sure that your meter may not be accessed from another PC Select an existing database or type the name for a new database and select a directory where you want to save it and then click OK Using the Upload Scheduler T o setup the Upload Scheduler select Upload Scheduler from the Logs menu 13 RETRIEVING HISTORICAL DATA Adding a New Site to the Schedule Click Add Site select the site database for which you want to organize the schedule and then click OK Configuring a Schedule for the Meter Click Configure or double click with the left mouse button on the site row Click on the Select logs button check boxes for logs you want to upload on a schedule from the meter and then click OK Pay attention to the Note in the previous section Select Logs Configure PH295 x Schedule Daily Start time 00 00 Weekly Wav ah Wert Sunday j C Monthly Wapa marnth fi Athenipts Delay between Number f e 00 10 ATC Synchronization Enable Password T Check All T Clear All I Event Log SOE Log PG Log Data Log mi M2 M3 M4 m5 ME Mw M8 wo wi wi N 12 wis I 14 M16 W 16 Waverto
26. n Log ei Fao Fos 7 4 Bn nt T Select Logs cancel _ Do not scan entire file Cancel Select a daily weekly or monthly schedule and adjust the start time for uploading Select the number of attempts to upload data in the event of temporary communication problems or unavailability of your meter and the delay between attempts in minutes and seconds If you want to use this schedule to synchronize the clock in the meter with the PC time check the RTC Synchronization Enable box If your meter is secured by the communications password type in the password you set in the meter to allow PAS to update the clock After you have configured a schedule for the site click OK Click Browse at right and select an existing database for storing retrieved data or type the name for a new database and select a directory where you want to save it and then click OK Activating a Schedule for the Meter To activate a schedule for the meter check the Enabled box at left on the meter site row 14 RETRIEVING HISTORICAL DATA Keeping it To keep the Upload Scheduler running the On line button gh on running the toolbar must be checked all the time If you uncheck it the scheduler will stop operations This will not cause loss of data since the scheduler will resume operations when you check this button again Suspending the Scheduler To suspend the Upload Scheduler check the Suspend Scheduler box at righ
27. nd then click Save Printing Data to a Printer To print retrieved data to a printer click the print button amp on the toolbar select a printer and click OK If you want to check how your document appears on the printed page select Print Preview from the File menu Copying Data to Another Application You can copy the entire data table or a part of a table into the Clipboard or into another application such as Microsoft Excel or Word in order to prepare your report Click with the right mouse button on the Data Monitor window and choose Select All or click on the upper left corner of the data table where the No label is displayed Click with the right mouse button on the Data Monitor window again and choose Copy or click the Copy button on the toolbar Run an application to where you want to copy data position cursor at the correct place and then click the Paste button 4 on the application s toolbar or select Paste from the Edit menu If you want only a part of data to be copied select with the mouse cursor while holding the left mouse button the rows or columns in the table you want to copy and then click the Copy button on the toolbar Real time Data Logging PAS allows you to log polled data records to a database automatically at the time it updates the Data Monitor window on the screen To setup the real time logging options 1 Open the Data Monitor window 2 Cl
28. r your meter in the File name box click New and then click OK You will see the selected site s name in the Site box As you create new databases their names are added to the site list that you can browse from this box Select a site data base 2 x Look in Sy Sites fad DefaultSite PM190 PMO PM191 PM130 E PM192 PM170 PM295 PM171 E PM296 File name Files of type Site data base mdb OK ey Comment Duplicate Cancel iiep In the Model box select your meter model type and in the Instrument Options group boxes specify the voltage and current input and analog output if any COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR METERS options for your meter If the meter has an onboard logging memory select the correct memory module size for your meter Instrument Setup Connection Site Pm295 gt Model Pm295 gt Communication Instrument Options Serial Port Modem Site Voltage Input fizov C USB Port C Internet Site CT Secondary 5a Address f 14 CT Secondary 5a Sampling Rate 1 Current Overrange 20 Analog Output o 20 mA Comment Analog Expander E Memory Module 1512K bi Sites Cancel Apply You can add any comments to the Comments box such as meter location or any other data concerning this particular site Note You cannot change the site properties or communication settings when the On line
29. ria you specify PAS will temporary hide rows you do not want displayed You can use a filter along with sorting to rearrange filtered records in the desired order To filter events click with the right mouse button on the Event Log window select Filter check the causes of events you want to display and then click OK 17 VIEWING LOG FILES Viewing the Data Log ata log files are displayed in a tabular view one data record per row PAS loads the entire data log file or database table to a window There are no any specific controls available for data log views Fig PAS 1 2 5 D Program Files Pas_2 Data Log 5 KOGENREN File Edit View Monitor Logs MeterSetup Tools Window Help S t 2 SB F pags JESTER fs Event Log Balin Mete ee eee rr re er ery No Date aa Data Log 3 KOGENREN 76 260898 1 KOGEHREN DataLog 3 13 1102 23 31 57 fm Data Log 5 KOGENREN sq KOGEHREN DataLog 5 13 41 02 23 32 01 sq NO Date Time Trigger V1L12RT 2iL23 RT PF TOTRT KA TOTRT n 0640 99 07 22 56 150 23010 22922 0 920 9084 0740 99 07 10 24 430 23188 0 880 8958 0740 99 20 50 55 820 18311 0 810 11802 08 10 99 09 13 26 050 23143 0 880 8618 s 0841099 21 02 24 740 18089 0 730 9374 S 094099 14 40 10 770 23099 0 930 8800 094099 14 40 15 840 23099 0 930 8808 09 10 99 14 40 16 000 1862 0 0 09 10 99 19 00 04 310 22966 0 910 613 09 10 99 19 00 04 810 16715 0 840 531
30. selected Min Max log data check the On line button gh on the toolbar and then click on the Single poll button W You can save retrieved data to a file or print it in the same manner as described in the previous section Viewing Real time Waveforms T o retrieve the real time waveforms from the meter select a meter site from the list box on the toolbar and then select RT Waveform Monitor from the Monitor menu To run polling waveforms check the On line button gh on the toolbar and then click on either the Single poll button or Continuous poll button H When in continuous poll you can stop it by clicking on the Stop button E By default PAS retrieves six 4 cycle waveforms V1 V3 and 11 13 sampled at a rate of 128 samples per cycle If you want to retrieve waveforms only for selected phases select Customize from the Tools menu click on the Preferences tab check phases you want polled and then click OK Retrieved waveforms can be viewed in different windows as overlapped or non overlapped waveforms as RMS cycle by cycle plot or as a harmonic spectrum chart or table For information on using different waveform views see Chapter 5 11 MONITORING YOUR METERS Updating the Clock in Your Meters o update clock RTC in the meter select a meter site from the list box on the toolbar check the On line button on the toolbar and then select RTC from the Monitor menu The RTC d
31. t To activate the Upload Scheduler leave this box unchecked Running the Scheduler on Demand You can run the scheduler at any time outside the schedule by checking the Start Now box at tight This is a one time action After uploading is completed the Upload Scheduler will uncheck this box automatically Recording Upload Problems When the Upload Scheduler fails to retrieve data from the meter or some data 1s missing or another problem occurs it records an error message to the log file To review this file select Log Window from the View menu Viewing Historical Data On line you expect the new events to appear in the log PAS allows you to retrieve historical data from a particular log without storing it to a file The data appears only in the window on your screen If you want you can save it manually to the database ometimes it is useful to review a particular historical data on line at the time To view a historical log on line select from the Logs menu the log you want to retrieve check the On line button amp on the toolbar and then click on the Single poll button FE Only new log records will be retrieved from the meter If you want to review the log from the beginning click on the Restore Log button 1 on the toolbar and then click on the Single poll button W There is a difference between retrieving waveform logs on line and viewing waveforms from a file The waveforms are read one
32. te and to the selected data set If you select another site from the site list this does not affect the open data monitor windows They are still linked to the sites for which they were created Changing the Data View PAS can display data in either a single record or multi record view To change the view click with the right mouse button on the Data Monitor window and select either Wrap to see a single record or UnWrap to go to the multi record view Adjusting the Number of Rows in a Multi Record View Click with the right mouse button on the Data Monitor window and select Options Adjust the number of records you want to see in the window and then click OK When the number of retrieved records exceeds the number of rows in the window the window will scroll up so that older records will be erased Saving Data to a File You can save retrieved data to a file for later analysis Click on the Save button fel Select the type of a file in which you want to keep the data The choices ate the ASCII dtl file and the mdb database The ASCII files can hold only data of one type while the mdb file can hold all types of data in a single database both real time and historical data MONITORING YOUR METERS Select a directory where you want your log files to be kept To avoid confusion do not store data files into the Sites directory where site databases are located Select an existing file or type the name for a new file a
33. the waveform window select Set Marker and then click with left mouse button on the point where you want to put the marker You can also drag both markers with the mouse or use the right and left arrow keys on your keyboard to change the marker position Before using the keyboard click on the waveform pane with the mouse to allow the keyboard to get your input Using a Zoom You can use a horizontal and a vertical zoom to change size of your waveforms Use the buttons X dh Pd on you local toolbar representing green arrowheads to zoom in or out of the waveform graph Every click on these buttons gives you a 100 percent horizontal or 50 percent vertical zoom Two buttons H EL representing a magnifying glass give you a proportional zoom in both directions When in the overlapped waveform view you can zoom in on a selected waveform region Click with the right mouse button on the waveform window click Zoom point onto one of the corners of the region you want to zoom in press and hold the left mouse button then point to another corner of the selected region and release the mouse button Ey PAS 1 2 5 D Program Files Pas_2 Waveform Log 1 KOGENREN File Edit View Monitor Logs MeterSetup Tools Window Help SE Ge S F m5 a AOE E Waveform Log 1 KOGENREN ERE w QA So Ford KOGENREN Waveform Log 1 Record 4 07 10 99 20 50 55 501 Recorded 07 10 99 20 50 55 820 Started 07 10 99 20 50 55 501 Trigger 1
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