Glossary

The following is an alphabetical list of terms and definitions that are commonly used within the context of using Configuration Manager.

Term Definition
Application Server A computer in a distributed PME system that is running all of the PME applications and services. See Distributed System for more details.
Component A portion of a configuration. For example: Components vary from version to version.
Configuration See "PME configuration."
Database Server Computer in a distributed PME system that is running the SQL database server software and the PME databases. See “Distributed System” for more details.
DB SQL Server Database System
Device A meter or a point of data collection.
Distributed System PME installation where parts of the system are installed on different computers. Different combinations are possible but the most common is the separation of the PME applications and the Database server onto different computers.

For example, a simple distributed install would have all the PME relevant programs and services installed on one computer and SQL Server with the PME databases installed on a second computer. In this case, the computer running the applications is called “Application Server” and the computer running SQL Server is called “Database Server.”

A distributed system can also have “Web Client” computers that are running web browsers to view the PME web applications like Dashboard, Alarm Viewer, and Reporter inside the Web framework.
DC Data Center
ENM Event Notification Module
Factory installed system A default PME system that contains no customizations.
HC Healthcare
HDD Hard disk drive
ION data Historical, timestamped measurement and alarm or event information that is logged in the database. This information is gathered during the operation of the system, for example by monitoring devices. Examples include 15 interval logs of Volts/Amps/Power, waveform recordings, and event log entries. This information is domain-specific and independent from PME.
IIS Internet Information Services
OS Operating System
PME configuration Information that determines the behavior of a PME system as well as its look and feel. This information is stored in the software in various places such as the database, the Windows registry, the file system, and configuration files. Configuration information is part of the factory install and can be modified or added to during the commissioning phase and throughout the lifetime of the software. Configuration information includes settings that are persistent and determine the state of the software. For example, enable or disable, boundary conditions, and so on.
Off-site configuration A configuration scenario where a field engineer configures a PME system on a physical computer or Virtual Machine in their office. After the system has been completely deployed, the configuration is exported to a portable archive using the Configuration Manager. The field engineer then visits the customer site and - using the same tool - imports the configuration from the archive into the target PME system that was installed at the client site.
RESL Knowledge base Article - referenced by its RESL number
SSDT SQL Server Data Tools
SSMS

SQL Server Management Studio
Standalone Server Single computer running all parts of a PME system. See “Standalone System” for more details.
Standalone System PME installation where all parts of the system are installed on the same computer, that is all PME applications and services, the SQL database server, and the PME databases are on a single computer. This single computer is then referred to as “Standalone Server”.

A standalone system can also have “Web Client” computers which are running web browsers to view the PME web applications like Dashboard, Alarms, and Web Applications component.
VM Virtual Machine (as compared to a physical computer).
Web Client Computer in a PME system that is running a Web browser to view the Web-based Dashboards, applications like Dashboard, Alarm Viewer, and Reporter in the Web framework.