Lindy IPower Meter User manual

© LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH - FIRST EDITION (FEBRUARY 2016)
IPower Meter
User Manual English
Benutzerhandbuch Deutsch
No. 32711, 32712
www.lindy.com

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1. Safety Advice
The device must be installed only by
qualified personnel according to the following installation and operating instructions.
The 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.
The device contains no user-maintainable parts. All maintenance has to be performed by factory
trained service personnel.
Check if the power cord, the plug and the socket are in proper condition.
The device can be connected only to 230V AC (50 or 60 Hz) sockets.
Always connect the device to properly grounded power sockets.
The device is intended for indoor use only. Do NOT install them in an area where excessive moisture
or heat is present.
Because of safety and approval issues it is not allowed to modify the device without our permission.
Please note the safety advises and manuals of connected devices, too.
The device is NOT a toy. It has to be used or stored out or range of children.
Packaging material is NOT a toy. Plastics has to be stored out of range of children. Please recycle
the packaging materials.
In case of further questions, about installation, operation or usage of the device, which are not clear
after reading the manual, please do not hesitate to ask our support team.
2. Description
The LINDY IPower Meter is a multiple socket outlet with CEE 7/4 (or IEC C13 for 32712) sockets. It
has a LCD display and can be connected to an Ethernet network. Integrated in the device is a Web
server and an SNMP server to enable remote retrieval of measurement data. In response to an
adjustable threshold syslog messages, emails and SNMP traps can be sent.
Features
Measurement of current, voltage, phase angle, power factor, frequency, active power, apparent
power and reactive power
2 power meter, a counter counts continuously, the other counter is resettable
Backlit LCD Display
Quick and easy Plug & Play installation
Simple and flexible configuration via Web browser or Windows program
Platform independent operation via web browser
Syslog support
SNMP support (SNMPv1, SNMPv2c)
E-mail support (SMTP)

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Firmware update via Ethernet during operation
Developed and manufactured in Germany
3. Hardware
3.1. Content of delivery
The delivery includes:
LINDY IPower Meter
CD-ROM and manual
3.2. Installation
1. Insert the plug of the AC power cord into an outlet. The device reboots and is ready after a few
moments. The display and the status LED should be lit.
2. Connect your network to the Ethernet port of the LINDY IPower Meter.
3. Attach up to seven loads to the CEE 7/4 sockets (or IEC sockets for 32712) of the LINDY IPower
Meter.
3.3. Usage and Display
Status LED
The status LED shows directly the state of the device:
Red: The device is not connected to the Ethernet.
Orange: The device is connected to the Ethernet, TCP/IP settings are not defined.
Green: Your device is connected to the Ethernet, TCP/IP settings are assigned.
Regularly flashing: The device is in bootloader mode.
Display views
Durch Drücken des "select" Tasters können verschiedene Informationen und Messwerte auf dem
Display abgerufen werden. Bei jedem Druck auf den Taster wird eine neue Seite auf dem LCD Display
angezeigt:
By pressing the "select" button various informations and statistics are available on the display. Each
time you press the button a new page is shown on the LCD display:
227V
0.0A 0W
0.000kWh
This is the usual energy view. On the top line is printed voltage, current and power. The bottom line
shows the consumed energy (unit kWh). After 10 seconds of waiting time every other page will resume
to this view.
7:48:59 h:m:s
0.000kWh

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This page shows in the bottom line the power meter and on the top line the period of time over the
power was measured. The values are stored in an EEPROM every 5 minutes and therefore preserved
during a power outage.
VRMS
225.3V
IRMS
0.000A
Here, voltage and current are shown.
Active
0W
Reactive
0VAR
Active power and reactive power are shown.
Apparent
0VA
Phase
-83.5deg
The measured values of apparent power and the phase angle of the power.
Freq
50.02Hz
Powerfact
-0.3
The power frequency (50Hz in the German electricity grid) and the power factor.
LINDY IPower
Meter
192.168.1.123
This page provides information on the product name and the assigned IP address.
Firmware 1.0.0
MAC:001932003f09
The firmware version number and used the MAC ethernet address.
4. Configuration
4.1. DHCP
After turning on, the unit looks for a DHCP server on the Ethernet and requests an available IP address.
Check in the settings of the DHCP server which IP address was assigned, and if necessary set, that the
same IP address will be used each time. To disable DHCP, you can use the software GBL_Conf.exe or
adjust the configuration via the web interface.

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4.2. Network settings with GBL_Conf
For changing the network properties manually, the program GBL_Conf.exe is required. This tool is
available for free on our website www.lindy.de.
Furthermore GBL_Conf.exe enables you to install firmware updates and to reset to factory settings.
Activate bootloader mode and run GBL_Conf.exe. The program will look automatically for connected
devices and will display their network configuration.
If the displayed IP address accords with the factory settings (192.168.0.2), there is either no DHCP
server available in the network or no free IP address could be allocated.
Enter a free IP address and the according netmask in the entry mask, then save these changes by
clicking on Program Device -> SaveConfig.
Restart the firmware, so that the changes will take effect. Now click on Search in order to have the new
network configuration displayed.

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4.3. Configuration via webinterface
Enter the IP address of the device into the address line of your internet browser:
http://”IP address of unit”/
and press LOGIN.
To enter the configuration menu, click on „Configuration“ Tab.
4.3.1. Configuration - IP Address
4.3.1.1. Hostname
Enter the hostname of the device. The hostname is used to connect with the DHCP server.
Illegal symbols in the hostname may prevent network access.
For the changes to get valid a restart of the firmware is required.
4.3.1.2. IP Address
Here you can change the IP address.
For the changes to get valid a restart of the firmware is required.
4.3.1.3. Netmask
Here you can change the netmask.
For the changes to get valid a restart of the firmware is required.

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4.3.1.4. Gateway
Here you can change the standard gateway.
For the changes to get valid a restart of the firmware is required.
4.3.1.5. Use DHCP
Here you can set, if the unit shall get its TCP/IP settings directly from your DHCP server. Then the
device requests an IP-Adress, Netmask and a standard Gateway from this server. If there is no DHCP
server inside of your network, we recommend to deactivate this function.
For the changes to get valid a restart of the firmware is required.
4.3.2. Configuration - IP ACL
IP Access Control List (IP ACL) acts as an IP filter. Wether it is active hosts and subnets only can contact
the unit, if their IP addresses are stated in this IP ACL.
e.g.: „http://192.168.0.1“ or „http://192.168.0.1/24“
If you locked yourself out by mistake, please activate the bootloader mode, start Gbl_Conf.exe and
deactivate IP ACL.

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4.3.2.1. Reply ICMP-Ping requests
Here you can set, if the device shall react on pings.
4.3.2.2. Enable IP Filter
Here you can activate the IP Access Control List (IP ACL).
If IP ACL is active, DHCP and SNMP only work, if all necessary servers and clients are registered
in this list.
4.3.3. Configuration - HTTP
4.3.3.1. HTTP Port
Here you can enter the HTTP port number, if necessary. Possible numbers are 1 ... 65534 (standard:
80). To get access, you have to enter the port number after the IP address of the device, e.g.:
http://192.168.0.2:1720
For the changes to get valid a restart of the firmware is required.
4.3.3.2. Require HTTP Password
Password protected access can be activated here. In this case, a user and an admin password have to
be defined. Passwords have a maximum lengths of 15 characters.
Administrators are authorized to modify the settings. The username of the admin is “admin”.
Users are authorized to login, but are not allowed to modify the settings. The username of the user is
“user”.
If you have forgotten your password, activate the bootloader mode, start GBL-Conf.exe and deactivate
the password request.
For the changes to get valid a restart of the firmware is required.

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4.3.3.3. Check Password on start page
If activated, the user has to enter his password, before logging in to the webinterface.
4.3.4. Configuration - Sensors
4.3.4.1. Generate Messages
Here you can configure if and at which Min-/Max-values the device shall send alerts via SNMP-Traps,
Syslog or Email.
4.3.4.2. Peak measurement period
Here, you can enter the time over which the peak values of the sensors shall be displayed: 30 minutes
up to 24 hours.
4.3.4.3. Hysteresis
Here you can specify a threshold that is reached after crossing a threshold in order to signal that falls
below the threshold.
example:
Limit 10 ° C
Action: Output alarm
threshold 1
If the value of 11 ° C is reached, the alarm is reset. Without the threshold would be for small
fluctuations of 0.1 ° C respectively, a new alarm is issued, or initiate a command.

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Limit 10 °
Action: trigger alarm
threshold 0
Temperature 10 ° C.
Alarm is triggered.
Temperature 10.1 ° C
Alarm is reset
9.9 ° C temperature alarm is triggered
etc.
4.3.5. Configuration - SNMP
4.3.5.1. SNMP
To get detailed status information of the device SNMP can be used. SNMP communicates via UDP (port
161):
Supported SNMP commands:
- SNMPGET: request status information
- SNMPGETNEXT: request the next status information
- SNMPSET: request change of status
You will need a Network Management System, e.g. HP-Open View, OpenNMS, Nagios etc., or the
command line tools of NET-SNMP to request information via SNMP.
4.3.5.1.1. SNMP-communities
SNMP authentifies requests by so called communities.
The public community has to be added to SNMP-read-requests and the private community to SNMP
write requests. You can see the SNMP communites like read/write passwords. SNMP v1 and v2 transmit
the communities without encryption. Therefore it is simple to spyout these communities.We recommend
to use a DMZ or IP ACL.
4.3.5.1.2. MIB
All information, that can be requested or changed, the so called „Managed Objects“, are described in
„Management Information Bases“ (MIBs).
There are three MIBs, which can be requested from the unit:
„system“, „interface“
„system“ and „interface“ are standardized MIBs (MIB-II).
At least, there are so called Object Identifiers (OID) subordinated to those three structures. An OID
describes the location of an information inside a MIB.