Gude Expert Power Meter User manual

Expert
Power
Meter
Manual
The Energy Meter for IT environments

Manual
Expert Power Meter
© 2008 Gude Analog- und Digitalsysteme
Rev. 1.1

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Expert Power Meter
Inhalt
Inhalt
Security Advise
2
1
. Description
3
2
. Hardware
4
2.1 Extent of delivery
4
2.2 Starting up the device
4
2.3 LCD-Panel
5
2.4 Status LED
5
3
. Con guration
6
3.1 Automatic con guration by using DHCP
6
3.2 Con guration by using Gbl_Conf.exe
6
3.3 Con guration by using the Webinterface
7
3.4 IP Access Control List
12
3.5 SNMP
12
3.6 Syslog
13
4
. Operating
14
4.1 Operating at the device
14
4.2 Controling EPM by webinterface
15
5
. Product Features
16
5.1 Bootloader mode
16
5.2 Firmware update
16
5.3 Technical information
17
5.4. Default Settings
17
6
. Support
18
D
eclaration of CE conformity
1
9
C
ontact
20

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Security Advise
The
device must be installed only by quali ed personnel accord-
ing to the following installation and operating instructions.
T
he
manufacturer does not accept responsibility in case of improper
use of the device and particularly any use of equipment that may
cause personal injury or material damage.
T
he device contains no user-serviceable parts. All repairs must
be performed by factorytrained service personnel.
C
heck that the power cords, plugs and sockets are in proper
condition.
T
he device can be connected only to 230V AC (50 or 60 Hz)
sockets.
A
lways plug the device into properly earthed power sockets.
T
he device is intended for indoor use only. Do NOT install them
in an area where excessive moisture or heat is present.
B
ecause of safety and approval issues it is not allowed to modify
the device without our permission.
P
lease note the safety advises and manuals of connected de-
vices, too.
T
he device is NOT a toy. It has to be used or stored out or range
of children.
P
ackaging material is NOT a toy. Plastics has to be stored out of
range of children. Please recycle the packaging materials.
I
n case of further questions, about installation, operation or usa-
ge of the device, which are not clear after reading the manual,
please do not hesitate to ask our support team.

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1. Description
Expert Power Meter
(
EPM
) is a 19“ device, that makes it pos-
sible to measure energy consumption for two channels.
It operates as an energy consumption meter and measures cur-
rent, voltage and active/apparent power. All of these information
can be requested by Ethernet or directly at the device.
The energy consumption meter measures the spent energy on
two counters, one shows the total energy consumption since
starting-up
EPM
, the other counter is resettable.

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2.1 Extent of delivery
Included in delivery are
:
•
Expert Power Meter
(
Expert Power Meter (Expert Power Meter
EPM
)
•
Power supply cable (IEC)
•
CD-ROM containing Software and Manual
2. Hardware
2.2 Starting up the device
1.) Connect the power supply cable to the
EPM
Power Connec-
tor
on the back side of
tor on the back side of tor
Expert Power Meter
.
Your
EPM
is now booting and shortly after read
y for being con-
nected to consumers and the Ethernet.
2.) Plug the Ethernet cable into the connector
on the front side
2.) Plug the Ethernet cable into the connector on the front side 2.) Plug the Ethernet cable into the connector
of
EPM
.
3.) Connect the power cable of one or both consumers
to the
power-out connectors on the back side of
EPM
.
If a consumer is activ
e,
EPM
will automatically start to count the
energy consumption.
Figure 1 Front side
Figure 2 Back side
1. 2-line LCD-Display
2. Channel 1 LED
3. Channel 2 LED
4. Alarm LED
5. Ethernet Connector
6. Button „select“
7. Button „ok“
8. Status LED
9. EPM Power Connector (10A)
10. 2 x Consumer Power Connector (10 A)

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2.3 LCD-Panel
While booting up the device, the product name
, the version of
the  rmware and the IP address of
EPM
are visible:
-
Product name (A) and ver-
sion of the  rmware (B)
- IP address (B) of
EPM
After booting up energy consumption counters for both client
channels are displayed:
- Channel 1 counter (D)
- Channel 2 counter (E)
2.4 Status LED
The Status LED (8) shows different states of the device:
•
Status LED red: Device is not connected to the ether-
net
•
Status LED orange: Device is connected to the
ether-
net, TCP/IP settings are not allocated
•
Status LED green: Device is connected to the ethernet,
TCP/IP settings allocated, device is ready to use
•
Status LED blinks
alternately red and green
:
Device is
in Bootloader mode.
A
B
C
D
E

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3.2
Con guration by using
Gbl_Conf.exe
To change the TCP/IP settings of your
EPM
you
need the tool
Gbl_Conf.exe
. This tool can be found on the CD-ROM or is free
to download from our website
www.gude.info
.
Addi
tionally you can update the  rmware, deactivate passwords
and IP ACL and set
EPM
back to default settings, when you use
this tool (see more in chapter 5).
To check the current con guration, please
choose your
EPM
from the list in the left window.
If the displayed IP address is the default IP address
(192.168.0.2)
no DHCP server is located in your network or it was not possible
to provide a free IP address to
EPM
.
In this case, activate the bootloader mode of
EPM
and enter a
valid IP address and the network mask. Save your con guration:
Program Device
g
Save Con g
.
De
activate the bootloader
mode of
EPM
. Then choose
Search
g
All Devices
to
refresh the status of
Gbl_
Conf.exe
.
N
ow
Gbl_Conf.ex
e
shows
the updated TCP/IP con gu-
ration of
EPM
.
3. Con guration
3.1 Automatic con guration by using DHCP
After power-up,
EPM
looks for a DHCP
server in the network
and requests a free IP address from this server.
Please check at your DHCP server, which IP address was
provided to
EPM
and make sure, that this IP address will be
reserved.
Figure 3
Gbl_Conf.exe

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3.3 Con guration by using the Webinterface
Open your Browser. Enter the IP address of
EPM
, to connect
with it:
http://“IP-Address of
EPM
“/
and Login.
To enter the con guration menu, click on „Con guration“ on the
upper left side of the screen.
Con guration - Channels
Channel 1
/
Channel 2
Shows the energy consumption
(kWh) since the last counter-reset
for this channel.
Channel 1 total
/
Channel 2
total
Shows the energy consumption
(kWh) since power up for this chan-
nel.
Reset Channel 1/Reset
Channel 2
Click on the button to reset the
counter of this channel.
Figure 5 Con guration
- Channels
Figure 4 Log in

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Con guration - IP Address
Hostname
Enter the host name of
EPM
.
EPM
uses this name to connect with
DHCP server.
Special signs may destabilize
your network.
IP Address
Here you can change the IP ad-
dress of
EPM
.
Netmask
Here you can change the netmask of
EPM
.
Gateway
Here you can change the standard gateway of
EPM
.
Use DHCP
Here you can set, if
EPM
shall get its TCP/IP settings directly from
your DHCP server. If DHCP is activated,
EPM
proves if a DHCP
server is active inside of your LAN. Then
EPM
requests TCP/IP
settings from this server. If there is no DHCP server inside of your
network, we recommend to deactivate this function.
Figure 6 Con guration - IP
address