Creating a data concentrator

When you use the Profile Editor to create data concentrator or data-concentrated devices, all of the related devices must use the same protocol. Examples of data concentrators are PLCs that use inputs from various devices or an RTU that concentrates data from multiple devices.

To add a data concentrator to your project, follow these steps in the Profile Editor:

1. In the Profile Editor, click Define Device Type Tags.
2. Add a custom device type for the data concentrator. Use the Generic Power Device driver.
3. Add the tags that are specific to the data concentrator (such as device date and time).
4. Add addresses for any custom tags you created.
5. Add the data-concentrated device. Use the Generic Power Device driver, as you did for the data concentrator.
6. Add the tags for the data-concentrated device (such as currents, voltages, and breaker status).
7. Add addresses for these tags (or add functional addressing for them).
8. Repeat steps 5 through 7 for additional data-concentrated devices.
9. Click the Create Device Profiles tab
10. Add a device profile for each data-concentrated device type you included.
11. Click the Set Up Projects tab and then add the profiles to a project.