PME software components

This section outlines the PME software components.

Web Applications

Web applications are the end user facing components of the software. You use web applications in your daily work with PME. Web Applications has 3 main parts: Apps, Settings, and Configuration Tools.

Apps

Use Web apps to access power monitoring information. The following apps are included in the Web Applications:

• Dashboards
• Diagrams
• Trends
• Alarms
• Reports

See Web Applications for details.

Settings

Use Settings to tailor the behavior and appearance of the software. The following Web Application Settings are available:

• Alarm Views
• Authorized Hosts
• Diagnostics and Services
• Diagrams Control Options
• EWS Server
• Login Options
• Personal Preferences
• Registration
• Report Theme
• Security Options
• Session Timeout
• System Language
• System Theme

The Settings page also provides links to the following configuration tools:

• Device Manager
• EWS Client
• Hierarchy Manager
• Log Viewer
• Modeling Configuration
• Notifications
• Rate Editor
• Software Alarms
• User Manager

See Web Applications settings for details.

Engineering applications

Engineering applications are the backend components that are used to configure and maintain the monitoring devices, networks, databases and other elements of the power monitoring system. It also includes the Vista application which is used to for real-time control and to build diagrams. The following applications are included:

Management Console

Use Management Console to add and configure network components such as servers, sites (communication links) and devices. Management Console also provides access to the following system and database applications, and utilities (listed in menu sequence):

Through Management Console > Tools

• Database Manager
• Event Watcher Manager 
• Reports Configuration
• Logical Device editors
• Deactivating alarms
• Configure managed circuits

Through Management Console > Tools > System

• Diagnostics Viewer
• Device Type Editor
• Manual Data Editor
• Remote Modem Setup
• Virtual Processor setup
• Update OPC Server
• Update EWS Server
• Upload Report Template
• PQDIF Exporter
• Time of Use Editor 

Through Management Console > Tools > Web Tools

Management Console provides shortcuts to Web Applications configuration tools. See Web Applications for details.

Vista

Use Vista to reset counters and perform other control actions on monitoring devices. Vista also displays real-time and historical information using graphical displays. You use Vista to create the diagrams for the Diagrams Web app.

Designer

Use Designer to perform a wide range of functions, from configuring setup registers of ION devices on your network to creating complex frameworks using a combination of ION modules from hardware or software nodes.

OPC Server Assistant

The OPC Server Assistant is a utility that you use to expose ION measurements as OPC tags. You open the utility from Designer. See OPC DA Server Support for further information.

The OPC Server Assistant is available during the 90-day trial period. After the trial period, you need to purchase a Data Exchange Module license and activate it through the License Configuration Tool to enable OPC server functionality.

Large system setup using Management Console

Use the Duplicate and Configure function to set up large systems efficiently. See Setting up large systems for more information.