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powermanager V3.4
Contents
1 Online Support .......................................................................................................................... 3
2 Important Notes........................................................................................................................ 3
2.3.2.1 General................................................................................................................... 16
2.4.1 General...................................................................................................................... 18
2.4.5 Maximum Number of the Participants within the Modbus RTU subnet ...................... 19
1 Online Support
Click the following link for technical support:
http://www.siemens.com/lowvoltage/technical-support
Click the following link for the list of all FAQs, Hot fixes, and Service Packs:
www.siemens.com/powermanager/support
2 Important Notes
RAM 8 GB
Driver Smoothing No
RAM 8 GB
Driver Smoothing No
RAM 8 GB
Driver Smoothing No
RAM 8 GB
Hard disk space for 10 GB free disk space
installation
Configuration
Polling time for 2s
Instantaneous values
Driver Smoothing No
Conditions
Maximum number of 200000
datapoints
RAM 16 GB
Driver Smoothing 1%
RAM 16 GB
Driver Smoothing 1%
Conditions Maximum number of 200000
datapoints
Import address reduction
should be performed for all
devices.
Windows 10 Enterprise/Pro
One of the following Excel versions is required for advanced reporting, for basic
reporting functionality excel is not required
Excel version supported
During the upgrade, powermanager creates a new folder in the report directory
named BAK. This folder contains all the report files from the previous version with an
extension .bak. For example, Report.mdb file from the previous version is renamed
as Report.mdb.bak.
To retain the report configurations from the previous version for the upgraded
version:
1. After upgrading the project, delete the Report.mdb files from the following
location:
<drive letter>:\SENTRON\powermanager\data\xls_report\
2. Go to the BAK folder created in the above directory.
3. Rename the following files:
Rename Report.mdb.bak to Report.mdb.
4. Copy the Report.mdb files to the directory given in Step 1.
The report window will now have all the configurations from the previous project.
2.1.5 Upgrading a previous powermanager project
The powermanager V3.4 projects support eight languages.
The below table provides the available languages for upgraded projects
After upgrading the project from an earlier version of powermanager to the current
version powermanager V3.4:
For more information on upgrading a project, see the following section in the online
help: project settings -> Upgrading a Project.
You cannot install two different versions of powermanager (Example: V3.0 and V3.4)
on a single system
If you want to use individual panels (other than the standard device views of the PM
Explorer) you must have the EXPERT option package.
2.2 User Information
Note: If the status of the digital input is changing during the communication
breakdown (for example, when the output is switched manually), the local device will
not capture this changed status.
2.2.2 Information on Web browser information
Ensure that the following conditions are met before using the Web view:
You have started the Control manager of the Web view already inserted in the
Console.
Start the Web view using the following URL:
http://[computername/]
(for example, http://localhost/)
Press the Download button in the web viewer to download the plug-in.
Follow the instructions given in the setup to install the plug-in (the plug-in is
downloaded from host machine).
The buttons to access the online help and the report generator are not
available in the Web view.
It is not possible to configure the system from the Web view.
The Web view uses port 80 for communicating with the server.
The Web view can only be used if port 80 is not being used by other
applications. For example, by a Web server.
Lock the closing against the Tripped status. There is no software locking mechanism
for the generic breaker.
command nanosecond
2.2.9 Filter
Use the wildcard filter mode to filter internal names only. The filter shall work only for
the selected values and not the entire data set of the meters.
Note: Projects from previous version of powermanager and projects from V3.4
cannot coexist.
2.2.12 Hints for Server 2008 R2/2012 and Windows 7/8.1
Ensure that you run the Project Administration and the Console panels of
powermanager with administrator rights. For this purpose, right-click the Project
Administration or the Console panel, and click Run as administrator.
For PAC3200, PAC3200T, and PAC4200 devices, the work hour counter
values and Process work hour counter values poll at every second
instead of every 10 seconds.
For SEM3 devices, the energy counter values poll at every second
instead of every 10 seconds.
It consists of 4 tabs, Create report, View report, Template management, and settings.
The reports can be created in excel or pdf format. The basic report functionality does
not need excel or acrobat to be installed for report creation.
Energy Analysis
Energy Export
KPI
Sankey
Standard
Top 10 Energy
Total Energy
2.3.1.4 Settings
The Settings tab is used to configure the medium configuration, cost center
configuration, and display the schedule of the reports to be generated.
Note: In Excel 2010 and Excel 2013 all menus specific to powermanager are
available on the Add-Ins tab.
2.3.2.1 General
In case there is no device data available in your report, update the archive structure
for your project.
2.3.2.3.2 Holidays
For holiday tariffs, always select the check box holiday within the sub-tariff which
contains the holiday. Else, the holiday will be calculated with 0.
To send an email without Microsoft Outlook as asking for a confirmation, you must
change the Microsoft Office security policies.
After making these changes, Microsoft Outlook automatically emails the reports
without asking for a confirmation.
2.4.1 General
Device Minimum supported firmware version
PAC1200 V1.48
PAC3200 V2.1
PAC3200T V3.0.0
SEM3 V1.0.4.AF
PAC4200 V1.2
PAC5100/5200 V01.00
P850/P855 V2.10
COM800 V2.0
COM060 V2.0
2.4.3 Communication
In case of a breakdown of several devices (for example, a router fails), disconnect
the communication to these affected devices in order to avoid a general
communication failure of all connected devices.
The powermanager will not display the new timestamp incase the same event occurs
again if the previous event is not reset in the device.
For setup you should use the newest version of powerconfig tool found at
http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/63452759