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EDMI Genius/Mk6E User Manual - Smart Building Services Pty Ltd

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7. Value1 Variant Value2 Varaint Subtract Value1 1 Value1 6 Value1 Value1 xor Value2 Example 1 Value1 Integer 6 EziView Script Files 24 7 Xor Value1 3 Value1 5 Example 2 Value1 Boolean True Xor Value1 True Value1 False e Table 24 2 Basic instructions String instructions are those that work with strings Table 24 3 Instruction Description StrCompare var Compare Strings ignoring case Equal can be used to Result Integer S 1 String S2 String compare strings that are case sensitive Result 0 if 51 52 gt 0 if S1 gt S2 lt 0 if S1 lt S2 Example 1 tint Integer 0 StrCompare tint hello HellO tint 0 StrCopy var 1 Copy S2 Index Count 31 3tring S2 Sitring Index Integer Gount Intege Copies Count characters starting from Index The first character the string is 1 Example 1 S1 String StrCopy S1 hello world 2 4 S1 ello StrDelete var Deletes Count characters starting from Index S String Index Integer Count Integer Example 1 S String hello world StrDelete S 6 6 S hello StrLength var Length Integer S String Length is set to the number of characters in the string Example 1 Length Integer 0 StrLength Length hello Length 5 StrLowerCase var S String Converts all characters in the string to lower case Example 1 S String Hello StrLowerCase S S hello StrPos var Index is set to the position of SubStr in S I
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9. e Figure 17 9 EziView showing memory after defragmentation Figure 17 9 shows the effect of defragmentation on Figure 17 8 The largest extension that can be loaded is now 144470 bytes This is slightly more than the free space listed before because of the overheads of multiple empty blocks Defragmenting memory causes all scripts to be unlinked then linked again This may cause disruption to some scripts For example load survey scripts with averaging or min max functions may have the intermediate results for the current interval cleared depending on the script There is no need to defragment memory if there 1s sufficient space for all extensions it does not improve performance Disabling an EziScript Extension Manually disabling extensions can be useful to temporarily stop an extension from running The extension can then be linked without having to upload it to the meter again To disable an extension 1 Right click on the extension to delete and select Disable from the popup menu 2 The icon for the extension will change to 2 Disabled To re enable the extension select Link from its popup menu To disable more than one extension at once select all of the extensions to disable first using the Ctrl or Alt windows selection methods Selecting disable for one of them will then disable all selected extensions Using EziScript Extensions 17 11 Detailed Survey Information Surveys allow the creation
10. File name ergy Load Surveys tet Network Save as type Survey evt sag e Figure 17 12 Download survey save dialog Reading Survey Value Registers The last 256 entries in a load survey can be read out as registers This is most useful for LCD displays or EziPort The register number is made up of the extension number followed by a 2 followed by two digits of the channel followed by two digits of the entry An entry number of 00 is the most recent entry an entry of FF is 255 entries ago That 1s xxx2aabb where xxx 1s the extension number aa 1s the channel and bb 1s the entry number If the entry or channel specified does not exist the meter gives a register does not exist error Of course as the survey fills new registers are brought into existence Where from here The following chapters explain the usage of the EziView Toolbox and the various EziScript extensions that it makes available for use with the meter Using EziScript Extensions 17 17 Intentionally Blank 17 18 EDMI Genius MkGE User Manual Chapter Toolbox EziView Toolbox is a connection of EziScripts referred to as Tools Each basic tool can be customised to the individual application For example there 1s a load survey tool a billing reset tool and a modem tool Once customised Toolbox creates a TBX file which contains the new tool These customised tools may then be added to the setup of the meter Existing to
11. Cycles Graph Colours Five Yolk Amp Background a Single Interlaced Phase Grid Phase B F Capture Phase 2 4 Continuous Connected e Figure 4 5 EziView Waveform screen Options page The Options page allows the details of the display to be changed Cycles has already been covered Continuous mode causes the display to constantly update otherwise the waveform is only captured and displayed when the Refresh button is clicked The Remove DC Offset option removes any DC component present in the waveform usually due to measurement rather than the physical system The Graph section allows the displayed waveforms to be selected Choosing fewer traces does not increase the update rate The Colors section allows the colours of the Background and the grid to be changed Viewing Data 4 5 The Summary page displays a variety of measurements taken from the waveform Figure 4 6 Waveform Capture for 204173456 VIEW Graph Options Summary Harmonics Graph Harmonics Table Harmonics Options 241 30 1 03 345 18 342 8 1 42 0 00 True pf 1 00 Neutral Current 4 88 Voltage LInbalan 0 94 NEM es p I D D Status Connected e Figure 4 6 Ez
12. 1_ Command Line Login T llS5etup Transformer kadem Pol gend 8 Mone 1 Normal w iv Fitted ee Default User Level AUN OFF Pass Through IEC 1107 Login 2 Wire H5485 Init Modbus Type Normal Modem Dial Response Initialization ATEDSUZS amp D 2801 e Figure 21 1 EziView Modem setup The Modem section of the page allows the communication parameters and the modem setup strings to be configured Communication Parameters The Baud Rate Data Bits Parity and Stop Bits may be left at the defaults of 9600 8 None and for most modems Faster or slower baud rates may be set to more closely match the speed of the connection When hardware flow control is used the Baud Rate can usually be set to 19200 Handshaking should be set to RTS CTS Flow if the RTS and CTS lines are connected and the modem is configured for hardware flow control If this is not the case Handshaking should be set to Normal Access should be set All XON XOFF should be cleared unless flow control 1s needed hardware flow control 1s not possible and the modem is configured for XON XOFF flow control The DTR DCD box should always be checked Modem Control 21 3 EDMI Fitted should be checked to indicate that the port is fitted The Default User Level should be set to None Modem Setup Type should be set to Normal Modem for most circumst
13. 25 4 hir 25 5 Appendixes Appendix Use with M V 9 eee eere eee eee NS A S TIE E 1 NO A 1 Appendix B System Specifications ERREUR 175 Measured Quantities and Methods essen eene enne B 1 oc cM J B 1 vi EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual LIST OF TABLES TABLE 2 1 MK6 TERMINAL BLOCK CONNECTIONS 2 5 TABLE 2 2 MK6E TERMINAL BLOCK CONNECTIONS cccccccccsssssscccccscssssssccssccsssssssccsscsssssseesssscessssssaseeseoes 2 8 TABLE 2 3 MK6 GENIUS RS 232 CONNECTIONS cccccccsssssssccsssssssssesssssscssssessscsessesssceessessseseseeseseesseesens 2 14 TABLE 2 4 MKOE RS 232 CONNECTIONS wsissssscsvnseiacavssossvoveunsonovawssasavesnsavovsenuasovobnbenansvovaundons X 2 14 TABLE 2 5 MK6 GENIUS RS 485 CONNECTIONS cc cccccssssssccsssssssccssssssscessssssceessesssceessesssseeseessssesseesees 2 15 TABLE 2 6 MK6E RS 485 SCREW TERMINAL CONNECTIONS 2 15 TABLE 2 7 MK6E RS 485 RJA5 CONNECTIONS ccccccccsssssssccssssssessesssssscssssssscesssessscscssesssssesseseseesseesees 2 15 TABLE 2 5 SPECIAL DISPLAY CONTEN TS text FRUI PUO ERIS ENUE Fab VUE UE Vete ved X NC RUE 2 18 TABLE 3 1 SITE PROPER
14. Energy Demand Time of Max Demand Imp Imp Exp wh Exp varh Exp 352 69 110 32 5206 26 576 72 5421 33 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 352 B3 110 32 5206 26 arb 5420 99 Connected e Figure 13 12 Channel Example TOU status The columns may be re sized using the mouse at the top of the column break The minimum column width to display may be configured on the Setup page More details on the use of this screen are explained over the following sections 13 14 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Setup via EziView The Tariff Rates page Figure 13 13 of EziView allows automatic rate changes to be scheduled Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms D Rate Season E Communications EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Biling eset TimeS etup TOUS TranstormerF ee o l o 0o 0o lo lo cL Memory Available e Figure 13 13 EziView Tariff Rates page Each line of the table specifies a range of time over which
15. Status Connected e Figure 13 23 Billing Resets EziView 13 24 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Setup via EziView Manually using the billing Reset Button This 1s the top push button on the face of the meter Pushing the button for more than a second initiates a billing reset In order for the billing reset button to work it must be enabled via the meter setup the default condition To enable the button go to the Security setup page Figure 13 24 and uncheck the Billing Reset Button Disable check box Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms i Default i H Communications EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions Description Inactivity Timeout Users In Meter LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SystemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Permissions Permissions Perm Scheme achory Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS TranstormerR Additional Security Contig Jumper Permissions Billing Reset Button Disable e Figure 13 24 Enabling the Billing Reset button The billing reset button may be physically sealed using a lead or plastic seal Automatically using the Scheduler This method uses the scheduler to perform a reset without intervention There are four different modes used for Automatic Tariff Billing Resets These are described in Table 13 9 Do not automatically perform a Billing Reset
16. ccccsssccccsssssssccesssssccsssssssscesssssscsessssscsessssseceesesssesessnsssseeseess 25 FIGURE 25 2 SUMMATION WITH NEW SET ccccccccsssssssssssssscscsssscescesssssescesssssssssssssssesssusessessessessesseses 25 2 FIGURE 25 3 SUMMATION WITH NEW SUM cccccccsssssssccssssscccssssscsccssssssscesssssscsesssssecsessessssesssseseeseess 25 3 FIGURE 25 4 SUMMATION WITH FILES ADDED TO THE SUM cccsssscccscssssssssccssccsssssecessssssssssscseseeessees 25 3 FIGURE 25 5 DISPLAY EXAMPLE ccccccccssssssscsssssscscsssssssccssssssccessessscesssssecsssessscsesessssccesssssesessessssseseesss 25 4 xii EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Introduction This manual is for the EDMI Genius Energy Meter and the EDMI Energy Meter It covers all aspects of using the meter from basic operations such as installation through to advanced configuration and usage Examples are provided where possible to demonstrate application of the meter features The meter is fundamentally an energy meter measuring the basic quantities of Wh varh and VAh Consumption data may be recorded in a load survey and as time of use data The meter can also measure a wide variety of instantaneous quantities The configuration is extremely flexible If you want to get started straight away Chapter 2 covers the installation of the meter and Chapter 3 covers the basic use of EziView and a tutorial These chapters should be read as a minimum
17. 3 39 33F OOO1E 000 0 0 0 0 0 DDOOFFFF User Level Wh varh Wh varh Ma Ma Ma Ma Unit Unit Dem Der Unit Ma Ma Ma Unit Ma Unit Default 1 Scaling Factors Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Ful inp 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Setup via EziView Imp Vh Imp varh Imp Exp wh Exp varh Exp ah Pulse 1 i Figure 13 11 Channel Example Once this setup is loaded into the meter it will start to record the indicated quantities As no rates have been set up all energy will record into the first rate To see the effect of this setup use the EziView Screens Time Of Use online display Figure 13 12 This display updates in real time as new energy is accumulated Five columns of figures are shown one for each of the TOU channels The column titles come from the descriptions entered into the channel configuration Only the first rate and the unified rate show any accumulated energy This is because at present the first rate is active by default because the rate scheduler is not configured The rate scheduler is explained later in this chapter Time of Use 13 13 x Time of Use for 204173456 Register Type Period Setup
18. Table 23 3 OutputFormat specifiers Conversion characters may be specified in uppercase as well as in lowercase both produce the same results 23 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Reading File Structure For all floating point formats the actual characters used as decimal and thousand separators are obtained from the DecimalSeparator and ThousandSeparator Windows Control Panel variables A width specifier sets the minimum field width for a conversion If the resulting string 15 shorter than the minimum field width it is padded with blanks to increase the field width The default 1s to right justify the result by adding blanks in front of the value but if the format specifier contains a left justification indicator a character preceding the width specifier the result is left justified by adding blanks after the value Date Time Date and time values have their own format specifiers Table 23 4 lists the available formats EziView Reading Files 23 9 Description Displays the date using the format given by the ShortDateFormat global variable followed by the time using the format given by the LongTimeFormat Windows Control Panel variable The time is not displayed if the fractional part of the DateTime value is zero Displays the day as a number without a leading zero 1 31 Displays the day as a number with a leading zero 01 31 Displays the day as an abbreviation Sun Sat using the strings given by the ShortDa
19. Load Survey The load survey tool allows data to be recorded from the meter over a series of fixed intervals Other names for this function include load profile and demand log Figure 19 1 shows the setup dialog x ToolBox Load Survey Channels Pulsing Inputs Time of Use Survey Settings Export Vh Total Energy Demand Instantaneous Import wh Total Type Quantity Energy GO Wh Interval 30 E minutes 2 Demand varh Direction CO VAh Period 2 Export Wh Fundamental EE z An Toes Estimated Size 3 81k 2 Total C2 Quadrant 2 CO Quadrant 3 Phase C2 Quadrant 4 Phase C CO Absolute Properes 7 X Cancel e Figure 19 1 Load Survey tool A load survey is made up of a number of channels each recording a particular quantity The quantities are calculated over the recording interval and a new entry for each channel 1s stored at the end of each interval Most of the dialog 1s devoted to the channel setup The right hand panel Survey Settings contains the settings that affect the whole survey Number sets the survey number The tool allows for up to 10 different surveys to be running in the meter at any one time These are called Survey 1 to Survey 10 Each different survey uses different extension numbers so that conflicts do not occur The extension numbers are 030 and 031 for survey 1 032 and 033 for survey 2 etc The even number is the survey There
20. Whats in this manual There are four parts to this manual as follows Part I Fundamentals describes the basics of getting the meter up and running This includes installing the EziView PC software and the basic use of this software for communicating with the meter This part should be read completely Part II Configuration describes how to use EziView software to configure the meter to your application This covers all of the basic uses of the meter The first chapter of this part should be read then the other chapters may be read as required e Part III EziScript Extensions describes the use of EziScripts These add ons to the meter enable functionality such as modems load surveys event logs and time of use history e Part IV Advanced Topics describes the more advanced uses of the meter This includes reporting functions and methods of testing the accuracy of the meter Introduction 1 1 EDMI Conventions used in this manual All dates are in DD MM Y Y format References to settings or controls are printed in talics The path to a specific menu option is written as Menu Level 1 Menu Level 2 Menu Level 3 Information with special note such as safety information is marked with a A Additional noteworthy information is marked with a 9 Clicking on a button or field means using the left mouse button Note that due to variations between computers and improvements in software
21. 0 00 01 4077936 00 00 00 88 33 0 00 352 B3 0 00 010121996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 010121996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 010121996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 01701719396 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 01701 1996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 010121996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 010121996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 0170171996 00 00 00 352 69 0 00 110 32 0 00 01201 21996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 01207 21996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 012071 47996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 01201 1996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 01201 21996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 012071 21996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 01201 21996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 01201 1996 00 00 00 110 32 0 00 26 0 00 0170171936 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 0170171956 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 0710121996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 01 201 21996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 0170171936 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 0170171956 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 01701 1956 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 01 201 21996 00 00 00 5206 26 ET gt Connected e Figure 13 21 Demand periods EziView Time Of Use status Time of Use 13 23 The demands are set to work off the same rate groups as the accumulated energy readings Thus they are split into different rates along with the accumulated energy readings The time of maximum demand is the time at the end of the demand period when the maximum demand was actually recorded Billing Resets Billing resets are used to take a reading of the TOU registers They may be generated in eith
22. 3600 w Alarms B Communications EziPort Default User Level Extensions LCD Screens Pulsinglnputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS TranstormerR atios SCADA Pork gen User Level Modem Port Default User Level Type Response Initialization Parity Stop Bits Handshaking Mone Hane Mone Default 1 Mone Hane Modem w Dial Init 050 lt 340 2801 Access Options w C RN OTR ADM z OFF Pass Through IEC 110 Login 2 Wire H5485 Fitted OTA OCO SOM SOFF Pass Through IEC 1107 Login 2 Wire R5485 Modbus Command Line Login w iv Fitted AUN Pass Through IEC 1107 Login Wire A5485 Modbus Cancel e Figure 14 1 Communications ports setup Communications 14 1 4416 EDMI Set Baud Rate to the baud rate of the connection up to 19200 baud Also set parity to the parity of the connection The default settings are 9600 baud no parity The Fitted flag 1s simply used as a reminder whether the port 1s physically fitted or not Default User Level allows the user level to be set when no user is logged in Normally this is set to None which is user group 0 This does not allow any operations to be performed Setting this to a different user level also called user
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24. Firmware vX XX changed SYSTEM The meter s firmware was changed to vY YY Automatic Billing Reset BILLING An automatic billing reset occurred Manual Billing Reset BILLING A manual billing reset occurred Either by register access or via the billing reset button TOU Cleared BILLING All TOU information cleared Modem Port Overflow DIAG Diagnostic error Buffer Purged USER The event string was written to the FC68 register e Table 19 1 Event Log events and groupings Hecovered Ext XXX SETUP PORT Logon User USERNAME 19 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI Event Log Tool Writing a string to register FC68 will manually create an event in the USER group with a time stamp of the current time The groupings of setup are based on the security groups and are designed to correspond with Ezi View setup pages A setup change event is generated when write is performed on the indicated groups for the first time in a logon session Table 19 2 lists the setup groupings System parameters 3 4 5 11 12 13 885 _ e Table 19 2 Event Log setup change events The event log has an extension number of 005 Survey Tools 19 9 Sag Surge Tool The Sag Surge tool provides the ability to monitor the voltage phases for sags and surges every second If the voltage 1s outside the set limits the meter will record how long it was out of tolerance in seconds the
25. Mko Genius Energy Meter Eneroy Meter R evi sion D 1 Release Date 03 November 2004 outh Pine Brendale Qld 4500 O Copyright 1999 2004 EDMI Pty Ltd All rights reserved Genius is a registered tradename of EDMI Pty Ltd Other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introductih nee rtr re Be Soar UT CSI OCC RETRO 1 1 Conventions used in this Manual ccscccccsssccccsccccccsccccuccccccececcccusceccueeccccuucscceaccccuscccecaeceseeaes 1 2 OE MIO ANOVA IU OTT 1 2 Part I Fundamentals Chapter 2 The Meter EIER TIERE IDEA Dimensions and a 2 1 A UO Ru 2 3 Under the Terminal COV6E ie teo E 2 4 EDMENMEO Gentis siio ilu intacto e Inti banal eis Rude 2 4 oro ni pe vede Dr 2 6 Under the Meter Ei m 2 8 The Coni Dre ax esu ME EDEN NI 2 9 uro WIE 2 10 Conneccion m DCCA 2 12 ament
26. Status Connected e Figure 5 1 General Read Screen The register to be read is entered into the Register field of the General Read screen Figure 5 1 Pressing enter or clicking the Go button causes the register to be read from the meter and displayed in the top pane The default Auto Dec Type option causes EziView to read the type of the register from the meter so that it can be displayed in the correct format The other Type settings allow this to be overridden The middle part of the window simply displays the last value read in a variety of formats The Mask and Format specifiers are used to read complex registers and are not generally used with the Genius See Chapter 23 for more information The CirScr button simply clears the screen Registers 5 5 lt 2 gt Hello gt Success FOOF Send Type Send Data Send Mask Debug Status Connected e Figure 5 2 General Write Screen The General Write screen Figure 5 2 allows data to be written to registers The register to write to 1s entered into the Register field and the data to write 1s entered into the Send Data field Pressing enter or clicking the Go button will write the data to the meter The Auto Send Type causes EziView to retrieve the type of the register before writing so that it can format the data correctly This may be overridden by selecting ano
27. The nstantaneous page Figure 19 2 allows the recording of quantities like power voltage and current Quantity allows the raw quantity to be selected Phase selects which phase the reading 1s from for many of the quantities Processing selects how the intervals data will be processed All the calculations are performed on approximately 1 second readings The minimum setting records the minimum of these 1 second readings over the recording interval The maximum performs a maximum of the same data The average setting records the average of the second readings over the interval Be careful when measuring average power factor as the sign of the power factor 1s used to determine lead or lag so if a load is crossing the boundary results can be confusing The average of angles is performed correctly with account taken of the discontinuity in angle at 180 degrees ToolBox Load Survey Channels Input 2 Wh Energy Demand Instantaneous Survey Settings Pulsing Inputs Time of Use 1 Number Survey 1 Input Type Units Inputs Direct None Summation Wh Period Input Selection C Input 1 gt Input 2 Input 3 CO Input 4 Input Input Input 7 C Input 8 CO Input Input 10 Input 11 CO Input 12 Input 13 Input 14 Input 15 O Input 15 Ca moe Summation Estimated Size 2476 Properties wf Ok x Cancel Figure 19 3 Load Survey
28. registers have 7 significant digits while type D registers have 15 significant digits All digits beyond these limits have no meaning Also take account of the basic accuracy and resolution of the quantity that is being displayed The formatting also allows units to be specified This is controlled by the Multiplier and Units settings Turning Units on enables the display of a unit after the number The meter knows the units of all registers The Multiplier parameter allows the number to be scaled It only has an effect on floating point formats A prefix is also added to the unit if displayed Table 9 3 lists the available multipliers Mutter Weaning Reading multiplied by 1 000 Reading multiplied by 1 000 000 e Table 9 3 LCD unit multipliers LCD Display 9 3 Table 9 4 gives a series of examples of using units All examples have Places set to 2 and Digits set to 15 The number is in Wh Number Unit Multiplier Displayed as 1234 56789 1234 56 1234 56789 1234 56 Wh 1234 56789 1 23kWh k 1234 56789 NO 1 23 1234 56789 1234567 89mWh e Table 9 4 LCD unit examples Registers with a Unit of Q Power Factor display the absolute value of the number then indicate lead or lag as the unit If no unit is shown the sign of the number indicates lead and lag LCD Setup Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms Communications EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens
29. Beginning of Resets on a selected date and time at the beginning of each month Month End of Month Resets at a selected number of days before the end of the month at a prescribed time Create many Billing Resets and any special time you prescribe e Table 13 9 Maximum Demand Modes For the Beginning of Month and End of Month modes the user must describe the following Time of Use 13 25 The Day field determines the day when the Billing Reset takes place For the Beginning of Month mode this is selected as the 1 24 3 up to 28 day of the month For the End of Month mode the Day field can be set to Last Day through to the 28 Last Day of the month The Time field determines the time on the day prescribed by the Day field that the reset is to occur For the Beginning of the Month mode the default time 1s 00 00 00 or the beginning of the day For the End of Month mode the default timeis 24 00 00 or the end of the day In each of these modes the next Billing Reset date and time are displayed to assist in your setup In special mode the Automatic Tarriff Billing Resets are configured via the Tariff BillingReset setup page in EziView Figure 13 25 Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 B Communications EziPort Parts Monne RA Dap 1 12 00 00 Timewindow Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff eset Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS Tr
30. Chapter 14 Several other systems in the meter also must belong to user groups EziPort LCD displays TOU channels and EziScripts all must belong to a user group to define their Security 16 3 access There is no point stopping someone reading a value when they log in but still allowing them to show the value on an LCD screen Just like a logged in user the eroup controls what data they can access Each user group has an inactivity timeout setting If a user makes no valid checksum OK communications in this period of time the user 1s logged out It may be disabled by setting to zero useful for applications like SCADA More importantly each user group has the permissions of the group Every setting or value in the meter every register belongs to one of 256 security groups For example the settings for each pulsing output belong to separate security groups The permission settings allow read and write access to be independently controlled to each of these security groups This means that for example a user could be given access to read all pulsing output settings but only to change some of them Generally when write access is given read access should also be given but does not have to be However setup settings used by EziView need read and write access to write a setting as it reads all settings to check if a change needs to be made In addition to this there is an additional mask for writing controlled by the configurati
31. EziView Tutorial Connecting Meter Not Responding Disconnectingq Status Disconnected e Figure 3 16 EziView Mapping a non responding site At this point EziView has created a blank meter in the site but has not configured it to match the physical meter Clicking the Map button causes the meter s serial number to be read and the appropriate protocol set Map Site for Tutorial Test SEE Connecting Connected Checking Equipment Model Done Checking Equipment Model z e xx Start Mapping the Site Searching for Meters e dl1234568 Searching for Meters Status Connected e Figure 3 17 EziView Mapping of a site completed Figure 3 17 illustrates successful completion The serial number displayed will be the serial number of the unit being mapped 204123456 here Click on the Close button to return to the EziView main screen EziView Basics 3 11 EziView File Edit Tree View Tools Help ae Meters B Local Serial Number Address E Quick Connect 204122456 0 E3 MySite Tutorial Test Default Meter Mone e Figure 3 18 A newly mapped meter in EziView A site s meters appear in the Meters pane when the site 15 selected The meter may be renamed or deleted in a similar way to sites The right hand four icons on the tool bar control how the pane is displayed with the Details view being the preferred method Each meter in the Meters pane represents what 1s called
32. This brings you to EziView s main screen Figure 3 6 EziView File Edit Tree View Tools Help ee Pol HERES Meters Local Mame Serial Number Quick Connect le 1000000000 1000000000 MySite Default Site e Figure 3 6 EziView main screen Address The screen consists of several parts The left hand pane shows a diagram of meter sites the right hand pane shows the meters at the selected site discussed later Above each pane is a toolbar of actions for the pane 3 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EziView Tutorial A meter site represents a connection point to a meter or meters It defines such things as the phone number and baud rates Each site contains meters The meters in the selected site are listed in the right hand pane Most connections will have only one meter but an RS 485 multidropped site may have many more all on the same connection defined by the site Clicking on MySite selects it showing in the Meters pane that it has a single meter as shown in Figure 3 6 This 1s a default site installed with EziView as an example with a serial number of 10000000 to indicate that 1 15 not a real meter The meter s name defaults to its serial number which is shown in the second column The Address column is not used with the Genius meter Sites may be nested like the directory structure on a computer s disk New sites may be created within any other site Which site a site resides 1 h
33. operation or to operate in the system frequency called Line operation In Line mode the clock will revert to nternal operation 1f there 1s no signal to extract the system frequency from 12 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Timing Source Meter Configuration Setup 204123456 Alarms Enable Daylight Savings B Communications EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsinglnputs Time Source PulsingU utputs Security Time Source System Frequency H Se Time Synchronization Biling eset Interval Disable w Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS TransfarmerFiatias e Figure 12 2 EziView Date and Time Setup page The time source is configured via EziViews TimeSetup page Figure 12 2 Set the Time Source field to the required mode of operation The System Frequency field allows the base system frequency to be specified At this time 50Hz and 60 Hz are supported Synchronisation from an External Source The meter has the ability to synchronise the clock to a time pulse input via any one of the meter s pulsing inputs The meter is programmed with the expected interval between pulses e g 2 hour When a pulse occurs the meter s time is changed to the closest boundary of the expected interval e g to the nearest 12 hour To minimise the disruption that changing the time causes the meter will slide the time for small errors If the time change require
34. 12 CHANNEL EXAMPLE TOU 68 8 000000000000 13 14 FIGURE 13 13 EZIVIEW TARIFF RATES PAGE ccccsccscsssssscscssssscssesssssssceesssssscsssssssssesssssessessssssseseess 13 15 FIGURE 13 14 EZIVIEW MINUTE 13 17 FIGURE 13 15 EZIVIEW RATES EXAMPLE 2 0 022 000 eene nnee sienten ness esset einn nee 13 18 FIGURE 13 16 EZIVIEW TOU STATUS WITH 6 6044 n nne 13 19 FIGURE 13 17 EZIVIEW ONLINE VARIABLES 13 20 FIGURE 13 18 EZIVIEW TARIFF DEMAND SETUP 13 20 FIGURE 13 19 DEMAND PERIODS EXAMPLE 1 eere eene 13 21 FIGURE 13 20 DEMAND PERIODS EXAMPLE EZIVIEW CONFIGURATION 222 0 2 13 22 FIGURE 13 21 DEMAND PERIODS EZIVIEW TIME OF USE 5 5 13 23 FIGURE 13 22 BILLING RESETS LCD 5 0000000 13 24 FIGURE 13 23 BILLING RESETS VIA EZIV IEW cccccccsscccccessssssscccscesssssecseccessssssssssscessssssssseseesesssaeess 13 24 FIGURE 13 24 ENABLING THE BILLING RESET 4 11 0844 0000 13 25 FIGURE 13 25 AUTOMATIC BILLING RESETS cccccccccesssssccssssssssceessssscssssesssesessessssesssssssessssssseeseees 13 26 FIGURE 13 26 EZIVIEW TOU STATUS SCR
35. 15 found the script returns successful else an error string 1s returned This script dials up with using a special modem that is not supported from Windows Global Variables Function Global Temporary Boolean to use with If statement Create tbool Boolean End ANrites a string to the communications port and adds CR character Halts the script if the port is lost Function Writeln s String Transmit s CommrTransmit s Transmit the carriage return CommrTransmit 13 End Sends the Command and waits for the response to be received on the communications port Halts the script if the port is lost or the Response is not found after retrying Function SendCommand Command String Response String Timeout Integer RetryCount Integer SendCommandhRetry Call Writeln Command 24 14 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Example 2 Special Modem CommWaitFor Timeout Response If Result Goto SendCommandSuccess Subtract RetryCount 1 GreaterEq tbool RetryCount 0 If tbool Goto SendCommandRetry Failed in the number of retrys Assign ScriptResultMsg Response Failed Add ScriptResultMsg Response Add ScriptResultMsg Halt False SendCommandSuccess End Main execution of the script Function Main Create local variables Create s1 String Create DialString String Send Call SendCommand AT OK 2000 1 Modem needs a pause time otherwise it will miss characters Sleep 100
36. 2 EziPort Nominal v altage Parts Voltage Tolerance Line Line Sec i La Nominal Current E Extensions Failure Y lt 50 Secondary LUD acteens Incorrect Phase Rotation 2 E Nem 1 5 m PulsingOutputs Reverse Power BU Security 3pstemParameters Calibration Data Lost Clock Failure Program Flash Failure Tariff Overtlow Battery Failure Data Flash Failure BillinaFieset User Defined Modern Failure Failure Hates E Alarm Flashing Note Season NA Alarm On TineS etup TOUS etup C Sag Swell TranstormerA atios Start Wn End Sag Vn Start Swell 2 Yn End Swell 2 Vn Minimum Time cycles M asimum Time cycles e Figure 15 2 EziView Alarms setup page Each alarm has a checkbox that can be 1n one of 3 states Unchecked means that the alarm is masked and as such will not cause an EFA A plain tick indicates that the alarm is not masked and will generate an EFA A greyed tick indicates that the alarm 1s not masked and will generate a flashing EFA There are a number of other parameters that relate only to certain alarms Full descriptions are in the section Alarm Types below The Asymmetrical Power set ng gives the limit 1n percent for the unbalance in power The Voltage Tolerance figures set the allowable voltage range given as upper and lower percentages of nominal
37. 5 FIGURE 19 5 BILLING PERIOD DIAGRAM ccccssccscssssssccsssssssccessssscscesssssesscsssssssesssssssesssssessessssessesseaes 19 6 FIGURE 1926 EVENT LOG TOOL Ern 19 7 FIGURE 9 7 SURGE 19 10 FIGURE 21 1 EZIVIEW MODEM SETUP cceeeeeeeeeeeennn nennen nennen seen hnn nnne isse eiie nnns se 21 3 FIGURE 21 2 MODEM TOOL cccccccccccscccssssscccessscsccesssssceesssssscsesssssscesssssscsesesssssessssssceesssssssessesssseesesss 21 5 FIGURE 21 3 EZIVIEW SITE PROPERTIES SETUP cccccscsscccesssssscccescesssssecsseseesssssssseseeessssessssseseseseeess 21 6 FIGURE 21 4 DIALING LOCATION PROPERTIES eee eene 21 7 FIGURE 21 5 EXTENDED MODEM CONTROL TOOL eee eene nnnnnn 21 8 FIGURE 21 6 EZIVIEW PULSING OUTPUT PROPERTIES SETUP eee eene ener 21 9 FIGURE 21 7 EZIVIEW TIME WINDOW PROPERTIES SETUP ccscsscssccccccsccsssssssssssssssssscssesssssesseessseees 21 10 FIGURE 22 1 EZIVIEW GATE CONFIGURATION ccccsssssssccscccssssssscceccessssssscssseesssssessssceeessesesssecesesessaeess 22 2 FIGURE 22 2 EZIVIEW ONLINE VARIABLES GATE 5 5 0 000 0 0 0 2000000000 66 22 3 FIGURE 22 3 EZIVIEW GATED ENERG
38. 5 166 158 e Figure 2 7 Terminal Block Diagram Table 2 2 lists the terminal block connections Note that on all input and output groups where there is a common ground the left most terminal of the block is the ground terminal The Meter 2 7 TB1 Voltage and current inputs and auxiliary supply where fitted RS 232 Port RJ45 or RS 485 Port RJ45 e Table 2 2 Mk6E Terminal block connections Figure 2 8 gives the terminal spacings of TB1 Note that these are the same for both the Mk6 Genius and 35 ALS 17 5 17 5 17 5 a 17 5 17 5 175 1 5 175 17 5 17 5 e Figure 2 8 TBI terminal spacing Under the Meter Lid Removing the four sealable screws allows the meter lid to be removed Generally connections to the I O connectors need to be detached to allow the cover to be removed Removal of the meter lid is required to access the Config Jumper and to add or remove the CT to VT links on whole current meters A Care must be taken as dangerous voltages are present in the circuity under the meter lid while the meter is active Most of the circuity is at neutral potential Even when the meter 1s not powered care should be taken to prevent electrostatic damage to the circuity of the meter 2 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Under the Meter Lid The Config Jumper The Config Jumper 15 part of data access security See Chapter 16 for more information Figure 2 9 shows t
39. 5 Display example 25 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 EDMI Notes The top part of the display shows the data in a tabular format The bottom part shows the data for one channel graphically The date 1s shown along the bottom and the left hand side shows the scale Selecting data from a particular channel in the table shows that channel on the graph The graph can be zoomed in by using the left mouse button to select a zoom box Summation also works with surveys from other EDMI meters It can not generally be used to sum surveys from different types of meters together because of differences in the channel naming conventions summation is designed only for simple summation duties For more complex operations a spreadsheet or billing package should be used Summation 25 5 Intentionally Blank 25 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Appendixes Y his section covers the appendixes Appendixes Intentionally Blank II EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Use with MV 90 Appendix This chapter describes how to configure the EDMI Genius Energy Meter for use with the MV90 software package from UTS in conjunction with the EDM TIM A Genius specific TIM is now available called EDM6 call EDMI for more information Setting up the meter There are a number of scripts that need to be loaded into the meter for MV90 access to work MV90 does not support the full range of features of the meter so special loa
40. 5ms if the time is not divisible by 5ms it will be rounded down Inactive Time This is the time between pulses This has a resolution of 5ms as for the Active Time e Table 10 4 Pulsed Output options Fixed Output and Fixed Output Persistent This allows the state of an output to be controlled directly This may be done from EziView or other such communications program or via an EziScript extension within the meter to generate outputs such as demand exceeded or active tariff indication This feature is controlled by a feature code The only difference between Fixed Output and Fixed Output Persistent is when power to the meter 1s lost When power to the meter 1s restored a Fixed Output Persistent output will return to the state it was last set to before power off A Fixed Output mode output will return to the inactive state under the same circumstances The only option is the invert option listed in Table 10 5 Setting Description 00000 Inv Output polarity e Table 10 5 Fixed Output Persistent options Pulsing Outputs 10 7 44116 EDMI Time Pulse This output mode is designed to give a synchronising time pulse to other equipment or meters The pulse is generated at a programmed interval to the second Table 10 6 lists the options Setting Description Inv Output polarity Active Time This is the time in milliseconds that the output will pulse active for Has a resolution of 5ms if the time is
41. Add Value1 world Value1 hello world And var Value1 Variant Value2 Variant Value1 Value1 and Value 2 Example 1 Value1 Integer 17 And Value1 F Value1 1 Example 2 Value1 Boolean True Value2 Boolean False And Value1 Value2 Value1 False Assign var Value1 Variant Value2 Variant Value1 Value2 Example 1 Value1 Integer 0 Assign Value1 2 Value1 2 Call FunctionName String Parameters String Calls the function and runs the next instruction when the function finishes Example 1 Call MyFunc1 Example 2 FuncPtr String MyFunc2 Parameter1 Integer 2 Call FuncPtr Parameter1 Calls MyFunc2 with Parameter1 CastValue var Value1 Variant Value1 CastType Value1 converts Value1 to another type CastType String Example 1 Value1 String 1 CastValue Value1 Integer Value1 Integer 1 Create VariableName String Type String Creates a new variable with Name of Type Option Variant Example 1 Create Value1 Integer Value1 Integer 0 Example 2 Create f File Text f File unopened text file Display Message String Displays the message in a popup box Divide var Value1 Variant Value2 Variant Value1 Value1 Value2 Example 1 Value1 Integer 8 Divide Value1 2 Value1 4 Example 2 Value1 Float 8 2 Divide Value1 2 Value1 4 1 Equal var Result Boolean Compare1 Variant Result Compare1 Compare2 Compare2 Variant Example 1 Compare1 Integer 7 tbool Boolean False Equa
42. Chapter 2 Meter e Chapter 3 EziView Basics e Chapter 4 Viewing Data e Chapter 5 Registers Fundamentals Intentionally Blank II EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter The Meter This chapter covers the basic installation and physical features of the meter Dimensions and Mounting Figure 2 1 shows the overall dimensions of the meter The height excludes the buttons and the ANSI fitting if present e Figure 2 1 Overall dimensions of the meter The Meter 2 1 44116 EDMI The mounting screw positions are shown in Figure 2 2 This is a view from the back of the meter N 79 25mm 79 25mm For mounting use 3 screws with a threaded section not larger than 5mm with a screwhead not smaller than 8 0 e Figure 2 2 Mounting points The meter is mounted using three screws In general 1 Screw the first top screw into the wall Leave enough space between the head and the wall for the plastic around the keyhole 2 Hang the meter on the screw using the keyhole in the back of the meter 3 Insert the remaining two screws meter base under the terminal cover to hold the meter securely 2 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual External Features 2000 0532 110 W 1 H000 5650 D 245 No 98192127 JA ire tona Class 1 P 1 MADE EH ALIS TRAE e Figure 2 3 The meter with terminal cover fitted The major pa
43. Connection Requirements The RS 232 port on the meter is a male 9 pin D type connector designed to connect directly to a modem using a standard modem to PC cable Full hardware handshaking is supported See Table 2 3 for connection details TB10 1 DCD TB10 2 X C TB10 8 CTS C e Table 21 1 RS 232 connections The starred items are required connections RTS and CTS should be connected if available to allow hardware flow control Care should be taken in choosing a cable for connecting to the meters connector as the terminal cover can interfere with some sizes of plug 21 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EziView Configuration EziView Configuration Ezi View must be used to configure the meter to use a modem and to customise the meter for a particular modem Figure 21 1 shows the relevant setup page in EziView Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms 2 Communications EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters T ariff Biling eset Optical Port Baud Rate DataBits Parity 9600 Default User Level Hane Stop Bits Handshaking Mone SCADA Port 8 User Level Default 1 Options Fitted OTA OCO ADM Pass Through IEC 1107 Login 2 Wire H5485 Fitted OTR ADM z OFF Pass Through Demand IEC 1107 Login Hates 2 Wire H5485 Season Modbus
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45. EziView is a 32 bit Windows application written by EDMI EziView is used to configure and retrieve data in a user friendly manner from EDMI energy meters It can keep track of multiple meters spread across multiple sites This chapter covers the installation of EziView and configuring EziView to connect to your meters Installation EziView version 2 0 or later 1s required to access the meter System Requirements 486 Pentium or above based personal computer e Microsoft Windows 95 98 or Windows NT4 Win3 1 is not supported 16 of RAM e Atleast 15 MB of HDD space plus space for retrieved meter data 1 Close all active applications 2 Insert the EziView software CD in the CD ROM drive or download EziView from the EDMI web site 3 Run the setup exe program from the install package 4 The EziView Installer dialogue box appears Follow the instructions on the screen to progress through the installation EziView Basics 3 1 EziView Tutorial This section is a tutorial on using EziView Along the way it covers all of the information you need to know about the basic use of EziView You should have a meter connected directly to the computer using an Optical head or an RS 232 link to complete this tutorial These types of connections are described in Chapter 2 Modem use 1s covered in Chapter 21 CD Keys EziView uses a system of CD keys to control use of the software When EziView 1s first run the fol
46. Feature Code Register 0000489 Format Gate LCD Es Disp Set LED Freeze 00 08 Memon LCD Settings Options Register Number Display Set Screen Freeze Pulsinglnputs Pulsingllutputs Security System T ariff Time Window Ports Status Connected e Figure 9 7 EziView Online Variables LCD dialog Freeze Tab The Freeze tab allows the LCD freeze time to be set When the freeze time is set in seconds to 255 the Freeze counter will count back down to zero During this time updates to the display are frozen stopping the display from changing The freeze time is set when the Set button 1s pressed or the Set button on the Screen tab 1s pressed When the freeze counter reaches zero normal updates of the LCD will resume LCD Display 9 9 44116 EDMI What seems like an error message 15 displayed instead of the data What does it mean A Referto the following table Message The top line shows Reg No register description was entered in setup XXXXXXXX instead of a XXXXXXXX is the register number description The top line is blank The register description has only spaces in it The bottom line shows The register could not be read X gives the response Unreadable X code Common codes are 3 Register not found 4 Access Denied for security reasons 5 Read data too long More than 60 bytes The bottom line shows The data ty
47. Figure 8 1 Transformer ratios page in EziView To set up the connection characteristics of the meter 1 Go to the TransformerRatios page of the Meter Configuration Setup screen Figure 8 1 2 Set the Measurement Config to 2 Element or 3 Element It must match the wiring configuration of the meter 3 Set the External CT ratio This 1s the ratio of any external measurement CT Set to 1 1 1f no external CTs are used such as whole current meters 4 Set the External VT ratio This is the ratio of any external measurement VT Set to 1 1 if no external are used The Measurement Method defines whether the energy values recorded by the meter are limited to only the Fundamental Energy or the Total Energy including harmonics measured by the meter Note that like all changes to the setup pages these changes take effect when written to the meter see Chapter 6 8 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter LCD Display The LCD of the meter is for displaying information from the meter s registers The LCD 1s a two line by 16 character display which can display any letter number and a variety of symbols See the section LCD Select Button on page 2 17 for information on how to use the display The meter allows for up to 64 pages of display Each page can display a single register s contents How the register is displayed 15 controlled by a format for each page LCD Display 9 1 LCD Formatting There is a wide range of for
48. Genius Mk6E User Manual Connections in Detail FRONT VIEW 3Phase 4Wire 2 Ib c zl 2 e Figure 2 14 Connections for 3 element whole current TB1 Figure 2 14 shows the connections for a whole current meter The neutral connection must be made even if it is not connected to both 12 and 14 Whole current meters have links connecting TBI terminals 1 to 2 4 to 5 8 to 9 and 12 to 13 to 14 The links are fitted under the main meter cover discussed earlier in this chapter The same maximum voltage restrictions apply as for CT meters Auxiliary Supply The meter has optional support for an auxiliary supply for powering the meter There are four different options depending on the required operation when different power sources are present The auxiliary supply inputs are TBI 7 and TB1 11 TB1 11 should be used as the negative input in DC systems and as the neutral in AC systems The auxiliary voltage input is rated at 110 VAC VDC 20 Type 0 VT supply Used for most typical metering applications particularly low voltage sites Once all VTs fail the meter will power down Type 1 Aux 24V LCD and local port supply Used for applications where meter readings may need to be performed in the absence of power A 24V battery supply may be applied to allow the meter to be read Type 3 Auxiliary only Used for switchyard applications where the meter must be on at all times and there 15 spare capacity in the
49. Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI EziScripts using setup and Toolbox The tool is actually loaded into the meter when a write of setup occurs by any of the setup methods If a tool is already in a meter and the checkbox for it is unchecked the tool will be removed from the meter Normal EziScripts loaded into the meter will not be affected If a tool with the same extension number 15 already in the meter e g loading a different setup for load survey 1 a confirmation dialog will be shown to make sure you want to delete the old extensions Next to the checkbox is an icon that represents the status of the tool Table 17 1 lists the possible icons and there meanings Icon Description This tool has no problems and is suitable for loading into the meter The meter does not have the extended feature codes required to use this tool Alternatively the meter may not know about the codes in the meter See below for more information You do not have security permission to send this tool to the meter Check your security permissions This tool is listed in the MTR file but its TBX file is not located on this machine You should try to obtain a copy of the TBX file from the computer where the tool was created There is a newer revision of this tool available This 1s shown if EziView detects that it now has a newer version of the tool See below for more information e Table 17 1 Tool icons in EziView The amp will be shown on
50. OE ssh E 16 7 WPS TNS 16 9 Alternate Permissions 16 11 Permisston 16 12 Additonal SCC OIG 16 13 16 13 Part III EziScript Extensions Chapter 17 Using EziScript Extensions eere 17 1 Where are EziScript extensions lt 10 17 1 EziScripts using setup and 17 2 LOO IG T m mm 17 4 Dile TS 17 5 17 5 Online BZISCHpt Control 17 6 Showing what EziScript extensions are 1 17 6 Loading a new EziScript extension into the 17 8 Deleting an B71 Script EX DSIOEB e pu vese d Lava tau a 17 9 iv EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI Defragmentng the EziScript 17 10 Disabling am EZISCHDUE XECDSIOT unies daten 28i b isse io dba DER bab onesie 17 11 Detaled Survey EWEOLDUSEUIODLo s ieri 17 12 The Effect O
51. On 100 ms OF 100 1 varh Per Pulse Primary Abs 4 Output Pulsing On 100 ms Off 100 ms 1 Wh Per Primary 5 Outputs Fixed Output Per Pulse Primary All Abs Figure 10 3 Mk6 Genius EziView Pulsing Outputs Setup page The fitted outputs are listed down the page Each output has its own 2 line display and LED2 refer to the two pulse LEDs Outputs 2 and 3 refer to 2 of the outputs on the top row of terminals Outputs and Outputs 4 to 7 can be setup by clicking on the Add button These are not currently listed on the setup screen since they have been configured as Not Fitted Discussed later Figure 10 4 shows the Pulsing Output setup page for a Mk6E meter Notice that LED and Output are setup as the same output as are LED2 and Output2 Pulsing Outputs 10 3 Mk6 Meter Configuration Setup 204123456 o gt Alarms 1 LED 7 Output Pulsing On mz Per Pulse Primary All Abs 2 LED Output Pulsing On 100 ms OF 100 1 varh Per Pulse Primary All Abs Forts 4 Jutput4 Pulsed n Timewindaow On 100 ms Off 100 me 1 Per Pulse Extensions 5 Output Fixed Output LED Screens H Pulsinglnputs PulsingOutputs Security SystemP arameters Sl Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season TimeSetup TOUSetup TransformerRaatias is Figure 10 4 Mk6E EziView Pulsing Outputs Setu
52. Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS TransfarmerPiatias OOO0E O60 000 O25 000 540 DBOOFS41 DDBOOFUT 5 OOOOFO 7 0000 00 22 OOOOF OOS 00000009 00000109 00000209 00000309 00000409 00000509 00000029 00000129 Places Multiplier CO CO cO Tm T Tm T ND x AM M X AX X X gt gt Ir Description ABC V ABC A Frequency Power Factor Ext CT Ext VT Active EFAS Latched EFAs Serial Humber Software Version Cure IMP wh Curr IMP IMP EXP Wr Curr EXP EXP Prev IMP Wh Prev IMP Hold Time sec Backlight On Time sec Contrast 10 User Level Cycling Aate sec Display Revert min Default 1 e Figure 9 1 EziView LCD setup The LCDScreens page in EziView Figure 9 1 has the setup for the LCD pages Each line of the table 1s the setup for one page The displays higher up the table are shown before those shown further down To add an LCD screen 1 Double click on the first blank register field of the table This displays the register selection screen Figure 9 2 9 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual LCD Setup 9 If the register to display is known it
53. Reading Files Standard DBI 73 Task Files C Program Files EDMISEDHMI Meter Software e Figure 3 26 EziView directory search list One use of this 15 to locate meter files on a network or to only load groups of sites when needed to speed up EziView s loading time To add a directory to the list select it from the browse list then click the right facing arrow To delete a directory from the list select it then click the left facing arrow The Monitor option where available on the View menu provides a range of diagnostic tools for communications beyond the scope of this document The toolbar may be turned off using the Toolbar option on the View menu The Tools Options dialog provides a series of ways to customise EziView discussed in detail in the rest of this manual where appropriate When using drop down selection boxes pressing a letter cycles the box through the options which start with that letter EziView uses a significant amount of Windows resources especially when displaying the setup pages If you get messages warning that the system 1s low on resources try closing other open applications When EziView is connected to a site and meter their properties cannot be edited Also the site and or meter cannot be cut while connected 3 18 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Viewing Data This chapter covers the basic status displays available from EziView The previous chapter explained how to rea
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55. Send ATD number Assign DialString ATDT Add DialString Parameters Call Writeln DialString Wait for the response from the modem CommWaitFor 120000 CONNECT BUSY NO CARRIER NO DIALTONE NO ANSWER Result is the 0 for timeout 1 Connect 2 Busy Assign s1 MainCase Convert the Result Integer to a String because can t add a String and an Integer CastValue Result String Add s1 Result Goto s1 MainCaseO Timed out Assign ScriptResultMsg Modem Timed Out Goto MainEnd MainCase1 Connect Return True Successfully connected MainCase2 Busy Assign ScriptResultMsg Modem Busy Goto MainEnd MainCase3 Carrier Assign ScriptResultMsg Modem Failed with No Carrier EziView Script Files 24 15 Goto MainEnd MainCase4 No Dialtone Assign ScriptResultMsg Modem Not Connected Goto MainEnd 5 Answer Assign ScriptResultMsg Modem Not Answering MainEnd Return False End EziView scripts provide a way to perform almost any function in a customisable way while connecting to a site 24 16 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Summation EziView has a simple summation feature that may be used to combine load surveys from different meters into a single survey This is useful where a site has a number of metering points and a site wide load survey is required sing Summation The summation function may be run by selecting File Su
56. The VT Failure setting gives the minimum VT voltage given as a percentage of nominal of the measurement based settings in the top half of the screen have a time that they must be active for and a current that must be flowing before they are active Alarms Disabled Below setting These factors are used to prevent false triggering The nominal voltage and current to be used for the alarms are also set on this page Set the Nominal Current to the nominal secondary current of the meter This 1s the nominal current at the meter terminals Alarms EFA 15 3 Set the Nominal Voltage to the nominal secondary line to line voltage of the meter This is the nominal voltage at the meter terminals For example a 110V 63 5V system the Nominal Voltage should be set to 1 10V regardless of whether the meter is connected in 2 Element or in 3 Element mode The voltage is always specified as a line to line voltage the meter adjusts 1t automatically based on the element mode The meter also has an inbuilt Sag Swell Sag amp Surge Alarm This alarm 1s treated differently to the Equipment Fault Alarms It does not have three different states The alarm monitors the voltage on each phase for sags and surges If the voltage 15 outside the limits set in Figure 15 2 the meter will record how long it was out of tolerance in seconds the worst voltage and the current at the time of the trigger on the corresponding current phase This information is st
57. an MTR file This 1s kept by EziView and primarily consists of the configuration for the meter EziView allows the configuration in this file to be edited and offers a set of tools to send the configuration to the meter The cut paste and copy tools can be used to move meters between sites This 1s useful if the physical location of a meter changes It is also a useful way to create a new meter without going through the mapping process Simply copy an existing meter paste it into a new site and then set the serial number of the meter and the protocol of the site appropriately Another way to create a new meter is to use the File New New Meter option or toolbar icon or right click menu in the Meters pane or the Ins key This creates a new meter in the selected site with the default properties To change the default properties simply select an existing meter and select the Default Meter option from the right click menu or the File menu New meters will be created with the same settings as the default meter The use of Setup 1s covered in Chapter 6 Connecting to a meter To connect to a meter double click on the meter or its site Alternatively the right click menus have a Connect option as does the File menu and the tool bars icon furthest to the left 3 12 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EziView Tutorial x Connect Tutorial Test File Connection Status Connecting on COM4 Baud Hate 9600 Connecting e
58. be filled with zeros and deleted e If the time change goes to back more than an interval before the survey started the survey will be restarted at the new time Reading Survey Status More information on survey type extensions can be obtained by right clicking on the extension and selecting nfo A dialog similar to the one below will be displayed Figure 17 11 thoxL Survey Fixed Cycling lumber Of Channel 4 S760 Entry Width 714 4 Interval 600 00460400 Event Mask zI Actual Start 0 Humber Of Records Record Size 14 File Stored Entries Register Offset Scaling Factor S caleL ode DecimalPlaces Start Time 25 10 2004 18 50 00 Ava Voltage Ph amp Avg Voltage amp vg Voltage 00400000 00400001 00400002 2 h M 0 1 4 W Figure 17 11 EziView survey extension information dialog Using EziScript Extensions 17 15 44116 EDMI The top section gives a large number of statistics about the extension most of which are for internal use only The table below Table 17 5 lists the important ones Line Description This gives the cycling no cycling fixed variable mode The number of entries the survey can store The number of records stored in the survey The number of records stored from the Start time Number of Channels The number of channels of information stored For Fixe
59. configuration The calculation of power unbalance Pu is based on the maximum and minimum power levels from the three phases Pmax and Pmin 15 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EDMI Alarm Types abs P max P min 4 abs P max For 2 Element configuration The voltages must be in tolerance and _ dirai 2577 Voltage Tolerance Error The voltage input levels on each phase are tested to ensure that they remain within the limits set by Vmax and Vmin Only those phases with at least min current are tested Vmax and Vmin are specified as a percentage of the nominal voltage Vn For 3 element measurements Vn line to line nominal y 3 for 2 element measurements Vn line to line nominal In 2 element mode only inputs Va and Vc are tested A programmed time delay default 1 minute is applied to this test A VT failure is indicated 1f the voltage measured by any input is less than Vfail and the corresponding current input is at least Phase B 15 not tested 2 element mode programmed time delay default 1 minute 1s applied to this test Reverse Power A reverse power alarm is indicated if power 1s negative on any phase provided the phase 15 carrying current and the voltage is within tolerance In 2 element mode this test is applied to the total power A programmed time delay default 1 minute is applied to this test Incorrect Phase Rotation The phase rotation of
60. confusions by not programming resets during the daylight saving change over periods e g when 2am goes to 3am or 3am goes to 2am The season field allows specific billing reset events to only occur in the specified season allowing changing of billing reset times automatically during the year As with other occurrences of this field setting it to blank disables season control for the entry billing reset lockout Accidentally performing more than one billing reset when reading the meter can cause problems with the records of billing data To reduce the risk of this the billing reset lockout interval may be used After a billing reset the meter will prevent any further billing resets from occurring until the lockout interval has passed Turning off or restarting the meter will abort the lockout interval The lockout interval may be set on the Tariff BillingReset page in EziView Figure 13 25 above The setting is in minutes A setting of zero disables this feature The remaining lockout time may be seen on the Screens Online Variables Tariff page Figure 13 23 in EziView Viewing The Screens Time Of Use status screen Figure 13 26 may be used to view the effects of a billing reset Time of Use for 204123456 View Register Type Period Setup Current 9 Previous BillingT otal Total Imp Exp V h 110 32 5286 26 5420 93 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 0
61. consequences before changing the clock by large amounts The time displayed is daylight saving time As such the computer time should be set to daylight saving time not standard time Note that EziView checks the time difference between the meter and the computer when transferring setup with the meter If the time difference 15 too large it will ask if it should synchronise the time See Chapter 6 for more information Year 2000 Issues The meter is fully year 2000 compliant It uses two digit year with a defined pivot date of 96 Years from 96 to 99 are treated as 1996 to 1999 Years from 00 to 95 are treated as 2000 to 2095 The year 2000 is treated as a leap year The meter keeps time internally as the number of seconds since the start of 1996 using 32 bit numbers to ensure operation beyond 2050 The reference for timekeeping may come from one of two sources The first is an internal crystal clock This clock is also maintained during loss of power by the meter s battery The second time source synchronises the time to the system frequency of the measured voltages and currents any phase Many generation authorities adjust the system frequency slightly over the course of the day to ensure that clocks based on the system frequency read correctly 1n the long term There may be some short term variations that will depend on the generation authority The meter may be set to operate only on the internal crystal clock called nternal
62. deeper set of holes This disconnects the links Figure 2 12 shows the meter with the screws removed 79 l i Jul A h clog e Figure 2 12 Meter with the CT to VT links disconnected by removing screws It is important to leave the other screws in place as they are part of the connection of the voltage terminals to the meter The Meter 2 11 dd EDM 2E Connections in Detail Current and Voltage e Figure 2 13 TBI CT and VT connections for 3 element top and 2 element bottom Figure 2 13 shows the two possible connection methods in either 2 3 wire or 3 4 wire element mode No internal modification to the meter 15 required to make it measure in 2 element 3 wire or 3 element 4 wire mode For proper accuracy especially when measuring VA in 2 element mode the measurement method must be set to 2 element using EziView Chapter 8 The connection to terminal 5 is not required in two element mode Terminal 14 is not fitted in CT connected meters The nominal voltage input range dependant on the model number of the meter The current range depends on the current range of the meter and should be limited to Imax In 3 element mode 4 wire the maximum line to neutral voltage is 290V and the AN maximum line to line voltage is 500V When in 2 element 3 wire configuration the i maximum line to line voltage is 290V At any higher voltage the meter will not operate correctly and damage may occur 2 12 EDMI
63. display that simply lists the security groups They both allow the same things to be done but are simply presented in a different way This way may be more useful when working with registers directly Security 16 11 Right clicking on the Permissions button brings up a small menu with options for Read Write and Modify Selecting one of these will display the setup for that type of flags Figure 16 11 Read Permissons Enabled Disabled 5 133 1 148 DisplayRisingD emand amp ccumulation 134 149 DisplayRisingD emandPracessed 135 TUIS etupll serLevel 135 SecuntyUser ames 137 Wc SecurluPasswords 138 SecurlyllserLevels 133 SEIS Security PhoneNumbers 140 SecurituHeadPermissions 141 MESES SIT Security ritePermissions 142 Times 143 144 ExtendedFeatureCade 145 PulsingUutputsLE 01 1465 PulsingQutputsLED2 147 i PulsingQutputs3 154 PulsingUutouts4 151 i PuleingQutputs5 152 PulsingOutputs6 153 Al e Figure 16 11 Alternate Permissions setup method All security groups are listed along with their security group number in brackets The left hand pane shows the enabled security groups while the right hand pane shows the disabled ones Selecting entries and selecting Enable or Disable will move them as directed one
64. energy accumulation registers will take more than 70 million years to overflow at full load Even a billing reset every minute would mean the cumulative maximum demand registers would not overflow for well over 1 million years Gated energy tests are performed at an even higher internal pulse rate to ensure maximum accuracy at a rate of over a hundred thousand times faster Maximum Demands In support of the maximum demand registers are the rising demand registers These are the registers that accumulate energy over the demand period generally from 1 minute to 60 minutes The demand for the period is simply the accumulated energy divided by the fraction of an hour that the demand period is Each TOU channel has its own set of 15 rising demand registers The reason there are fifteen is to allow for rolling demand schemes For example there might be three 15 minute demands but they start with offsets from the hour of 0 5 and 10 minutes An offset of 5 minutes results in resets at times of 0 05 0 20 0 35 and 0 50 When a demand period ends the demand 1s compared with the channel s active maximum demand register If it is larger the new maximum demand is written to the maximum demand register and the time of maximum demand is updated to the current time The maximum demand feature is optional and is enabled by a feature code 13 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EDMI Overview 15 minute demand with a 5 minute w
65. group means that when no user is logged in the port will revert to the set user level This setting is designed for SCADA systems where a permanent connection 1s needed without the need to login simplifying the interface Access is used in conjunction with the TimeWindow settings Windows of time where access 15 permitted or denied may be configured using these settings The option allows the port to function normally The Lockout option causes the port to refuse all communications during denied time periods The Time Window setting does not actually refuse communications but does set a flag which may be used by EziScripts Time windows allow access to be restricted during certain time periods It is configured using the Communications TimeWindow setup page Figure 14 2 Meter Configuration Setup 204123456 Eg E we stt Optical SCADA GPRS Alarms B Communications E ziFort Ports Timewindow Permit Extensions Permit LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security Deny Permit Permit Permit SystemParameters Memory Available Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS etup TransfarmerPiatias e Figure 14 2 Time Window setup The Type Start End and D settings have the same usage as in the TOU system see Chapter 13 for more information on the
66. houses the two inputs with common terminal for the Mk6E e Figure 11 2 Terminal block diagram The following table shows the individual terminal connections for the Mk6E s inputs Description TB2 1 Common Terminal 1 and 2 TB2 2 Input 1 LED 1 TB2 3 Input 2 LED 2 e Table 11 1 Mk6E Standard Output Terminals 11 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Configuration Configuration There are several uses of the meter s pulsing inputs This section explains how to set up the inputs via EziView s PulsingInputs setup page Figure 11 3 Meter Configuration 5etup 204123456 Alarms 1 inputi Unused E Communications Input Unused EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season Times etup TOUS etup TransfarmerPiatias Edit Add Delete Gate Configuration Optical Input w e Figure 11 3 EziView PulsingInputs setup page The PuslingInputs setup page lists all the meters inputs If an input 1s not listed on this page or is listed when it 15 not fitted use the Add and Delete buttons to update the list of fitted inputs All inputs have the same properties ignoring any electrical differences between the input circuits Each input has a mode setting that determines how it may be used __ Mode Description o O n UIT This 1s used where the number of pulses that occur
67. is used rather than its pulse rate Output Hardware EDMI Mk6 Genius Meter The Mk6 Genius Meter has up to 9 outputs of various types There are two red LEDs on the meter face located just below the LCD These would generally be used to generate pulses for meter accuracy testing They are labelled Pulse and Pulse 2 Up to 7 ouputs are available on the terminals under the terminal cover Figure 10 1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 TB10 B esse LIB OO SS Figure 10 1 Mk6 Genius Terminal block diagram TB3 to TB9 may be outputs depending on the exact meter type These correspond to outputs 1 to 7 TB3 is shared with input 2 so depending on the meter s configuration Pulsing Outputs 10 1 the terminal may be an input or an output Refer to the terminal cover or order code for details All outputs are clean contact voltage free All outputs are fully isolated from each other 2kV The BOSFET drivers are rated up to 1 10V EDMI Mk6E Meter The Meter has a maximum of 8 outputs built in directly to the meter There are two red LEDs on the meter face located just below the LCD These would generally be used to generate pulses for meter accuracy testing These LEDs are connected to Output s 1 and 2 Their status is directly mirrored by the two outputs on TB3 Figure 10 2 shows the terminals of the EDMI Mk6E TB3 TB4 TB5 and TB6 are the terminals where outputs are fitted All
68. menu of display options for the diagram Status for 204123456 View Voltage Scale 240 08 Current S cale DES Frequency Status Connected e Figure 4 3 EziView Phasor screen Viewing Data 4 3 Waveform This option allows the waveform of the voltages and currents measured by the meter to be displayed Figure 4 4 This feature 1s a feature code enabled option and may not be present in your meter Waveform Capture for 204173456 VIEW Graph Options Summary Harmonics Graph Harmonics Table Harmonics Options 403 3 Volts EU Ampe Div Cursor Amps Save Save s Run Wiewer Program Refresh Close Help PAb Status Connected e Figure 4 4 EziView Waveform screen The phases are displayed in their respective colours The colours may be changed using the Tools Options General Phase Colours settings Below the graph the scale is listed along with the value of voltage and current at the cursor position Right clicking on the graph and selecting Print from the popup menu prints the graph The other two options on this menu select 5 cycle or 1 cycle viewing modes The 1 cycle mode displays a single cycle in detail for periodic waveforms When not in continuous mode set under the options tab the Refresh button is enabled Refresh gets anew waveform from the meter and updates the display 4 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Basic Status
69. meter measures the angle in terms of Current with respect to Voltage 0 admittance All energy calculations are completed using the sign convention described above To support different naming conventions EziView can be configured via EziView s Tools Options General Naming Convention dialog Figure 2 17 Options EIE Ferm Scheme Language Macros Tasks Time General File Locations Animation Headings Viewing Phase Colours Connection 5 Security Setup Save Main Password puto Transfer Level Check Output Overflow Naming Convention Time Error 00 05 00 e Figure 2 17 Changing Naming Conventions dialog 2 20 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Servicing The following diagram describes the different naming conventions that EziView supports and how they relate to the flow of energy Convention Direction ANSI Export IEC Import Rec Del Delivered Rev Fwd Forward POSITIVE ENERGY UTILITY CUSTOMER NEGATIVE ENERGY Convention Direction ANSI Import LEC Export Rec Del Received Rev Fwd Reverse e Figure 2 18 Direction of Energy Flow Diagram The meter is not designed for field servicing and has no user serviceable parts The meter has no internal fuses In the event of failure of the meter contact EDMI or your local agent for servicing The Meter 2 21 EziView Basics
70. not divisible by 5ms it will be rounded down Inactive Time This is the time between the start of each time pulse in seconds The pulse starts at the indicated time e Table 10 6 Time Pulse options The offset of the time pulse from the hour or such can be calculated A time pulse is generated every Inactive Time seconds from the beginning of the meter s time the start of 1996 Thus a setting of 61 seconds would give a time pulse every 61 seconds starting at midnight on the 1 of January 1996 Of course such a setting is not very useful the following list indicates some common settings Every 15 minutes 60 15 2 900 Every half hour 60 30 1800 e Table 10 7 Time Pulse options Example A 500ms time pulse contact closure is required every 15 minutes at 15 30 and 45 minutes past the hour The active time should be set to 500 and the inactive time to 15 60 900 seconds 10 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Output Status Information EziView allows some of the output parameters to be displayed and changed via the Screens Online variables PulsingOutputs page Figure 10 7 CPU Usage Date Time Output Mode Pulses Debug Extended Feature Code Feature Lode 2 LED2 Pulsing Gate LED 3 Output Mat Fitted 1 LEDH Memory 4 Qutpute Pulsed Options Ports 5 Outputs Fixed Output Not Fitted PuleingU utputs Security QutputS Mat Fitted Sy
71. not for this meter is passed through to the RS 485 bus Any responses to this request received on the RS 485 SCADA Port are then routed back out the Modem Port to the original destination All other setup options are the same as the Modem Port and should be set appropriate for RS 485 operation For 1107 and Modbus support please contact EDMI Sales and Marketing Eziport Mode Eziport Mode is a transmit only scheme that is designed to send a stream of information to a receiving device Itis used most often to send information that is constantly updated to a SCADA or Control System It reads a user definable set of registers then transmits these values EDMI has several utilities for reading and displaying EziPort data but their usage is covered in their own documentation Ensure that the Command Line Login option of the SCADA Port setup is not selected to make the meter operate in this mode There is provision for two sets of up to 50 registers that can be transmitted via the EziPort The High Speed set left hand pane of the setup screen 1s transmitted every second The Low Speed set nght hand pane 1s transmitted every ten seconds Registers can be entered directly or selected using the register selection dialog by double clicking on the register field or right clicking and picking Select Register The register to transmit should be set up to the registers to display in the EziPort reader program Communications 14 5 Th
72. outputs are clean contact voltage free The outputs are fully isolated from other circuits though some of the outputs share common terminals The BOSFET drivers are rated up to 110V Tp ooog ojoo ojo goo e Figure 10 2 Mk6E Terminal block diagram The following table shows the terminals used by the first 4 outputs in the meter Description Common Terminal 1 and 2 Output 1 LED 1 Output 2 LED 2 TB4 1 Common Terminal 3 and 4 TB4 2 Output 3 TB4 3 Output 4 e Table 10 1 Mk6E Standard Output Terminals 10 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Programming Outputs Table 10 2 shows the terminals used by the second 4 outputs that can be fitted on the MKOE of these outputs share a single common terminal on TB4 Pin 1 Terminal Description TB5 1 Output 5 TB5 2 Output 6 TB6 1 Output 7 TB6 2 Output 8 e Table 10 2 Mk6E Extended Output Terminals Programming Outputs All of the outputs are functionally identical The PulsingOutputs setup screen in EziView allows them to be configured Figure 10 3 shows the configuration screen for a Mk6 Genius Meter Alarms Communications EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SystemParameters Biling eset Demand Hates Season Times etup TOUS TransfarmerFiatias Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 11 01 Pulzing On mz 2 LED Pulsing
73. quickly as possible under these circumstances Super Cap The meter can be fitted with up to two Super Cap These Super Caps perform the same job as the battery described above In the event of a power loss the Super Caps keep the meter s clock running and preserves the memory contents Each Super Cap fitted will keep the meter running in the event of a power loss for a minimum of 3 days This is particularly useful in conserving battery life on a meter fitted at a site where there are frequent short duration outages While the Super Caps recharge in a short period once power is restored they should be charged by connecting power to the meter for a minimum of 12 hours to obtain the 3 day keep alive time LCD Select Button The LCD is primarily for displaying information from the meter s registers for meter readers It is also useful during installation configuration and diagnosing problems The LCD is a backlit two line by 16 character display The backlight may be set to only activate while the LCD is in use The data is displayed on the LCD as a series of pages There is one default page that is always present and then a series of pages that follow it up to 64 Each page displays a single quantity from the meter The top line shows a description 16 characters and the bottom line shows the value with an optional unit The LCD is fully alphanumeric so any text or numbers may be displayed If the bottom line of the displa
74. side to the other The Enable All and Disable All buttons move all entries regardless of selection OK saves the changes Cancel ignores the changes Permission Schemes With the huge number of security groups it can become tedious to keep on setting up the same security for several users To overcome this EziView has Permission Schemes This allows permission setups to be stored and reused The schemes are stored a single file the location of which may be setup in Tools Options Perm Scheme Figure 16 12 E Options EEk General File Locations Animation Icon Headings Viewing Perm Scheme Language Macros Tasks Time FileM ame C Program Files EDMISEDIMI Meter Softiare sPerm5 ch psh gt Read Only C e Figure 16 12 Permission Scheme Options 16 12 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 EDMI Lost Passwords To create a permission scheme first setup the permissions as normal Then enter a name for the scheme into the Perm Scheme field on the Security setup page A save button will appear to the right of the field click this button to save the new scheme It will be added to the drop down Perm Scheme list To apply a permission scheme simply select it from the drop down list When a scheme is selected a delete button will appear to the right Clicking this button will delete the scheme In order to reduce the risk of accidentally changing a scheme the options page Figure 16 12 has a Read Only ch
75. the EziView Online Variables PulsingInputs page Figure 11 4 eu Online Variables for 704123456 CPU Usage Input Unscaled Scaled Date Time Debug Extended Feature Code 2 Input2 Feature Code Gate 3 Input3 LCD Memory Options S Ports Fulsinglnputs PulsingU utputs TYPO Security 3723 System Tariff Time Window 1 Input 4 b Inputb es gt 10777 Connected e Figure 11 4 EziView Online Variables PulsingInputs status page State gives the current state of each input On means active if the input is set to be inverting then On actually means no voltage is applied to the input Unscaled gives the number of pulses accumulated in the last second This is only calculated for Pulsing mode inputs The Scaled column gives the same information but scaled by each input s multiplier factor The various uses for the inputs are covered below Pulsing Inputs from other Meters The meter can count pulses that are supplied from another meter Other chapters such as Chapter 13 on Time of Use give information on how to accumulate the pulses over 11 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Configuration time The pulsing input system simply calculates the number of pulses over the last second and leaves other systems to log the results Pulsing Inputs M
76. the corresponding alarm letter is displayed instead of a dot Each bit of the number represents one of the 16 letters the string The nternal form of the type is much smaller to store than the external type and some operations can be easier to perform In order to make this form available the meter has both external and internal types for some data types The base data type of an alarm register like FOIA 15 Reading register OOOOFO1A gives the external value with data type of A a null terminated string of characters Reading register 0001 F01A requests the internal form note 1 which is data type H a hexadecimal 16 bit number Not all registers have internal types and not all registers permit the internal version to be read Except in special circumstances the Internal types may be ignored Table 5 2 gives a list of all available base data types and what they translate to In most cases EziView and the meter handle any type conversions transparently but advanced users will find this information useful A note for command line users all number formats more than 8 bits have big endian byte ordering that is the Most Significant Byte occurs first 5 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual What s in a Register Base Data Data Format External Ms String Null terminated ASCII string A series of ASCII characters with the end being marked by a zero For example Hello is represented as the byte
77. this case the time will be set to the turn off time 1f available The appearance of inactive clock failure alarms after power up may indicate that the reserve battery is almost exhausted During operation the RTC time is compared against the system clock to check for a failed oscillator User Defined This alarm is controlled by a simple flag that may be set by the user or by an EziScript The alarm will be active while the flag is set The flag can be turned on and off using the Online Variables Gate Alarm User Defined checkbox Figure 15 3 Online Variables for 704123456 CPU Usage Input Status Date Time Billing Reset Butto Debug select Button Extended Feature Code Feature Code Pulses Jumper Config Gate Gate Setting Pulses Memory Options Gate Override Ports Alarm Pulsinglnputs User Defined PulsingU utputs Security System T ariff Time Window 4 Status Connected e Figure 15 3 EziView User Defined flag setting Modem Failure This alarm is generated by the modem script if the modem is found to be faulty This would generally be indicated by no response from the modem See Chapter 21 for details 15 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 4 EDMI Alarm Types RAM or LCD Failure Each byte of the RAM is tested by performing a read modify write operation If any faults are found then an alarm is raised If the LCD does not
78. to change the settings of all parameters Once the method of resolving the differences has been finalised click the OK button This performs the writes and reads as selected Clicking the Cancel button will abort the operation without making any changes Note that extensions tools appear as a single entry you may need to scroll across the listed extensions by clicking on the display field and using Ctrl and the right and left arrows Configuration Basics 6 5 44 4 EDMI Automatic Transferral EziView may be configured to automatically initiate setup transfers This option is configured using the Tools Options General Auto Transfer option Figure 6 7 n Options Ferm Scheme Language Macros Tasks Time General File Locations Animation Headings Viewing Phaze Colours Connection Screen Security Setup Save Main Password ANTES IE Search Level Naming Convention Time Error e Figure 6 7 Auto Transfer Options The None option is the default which disables auto transfer The Prompt option causes EziView to prompt whenever the setup pages are opened while the meter is connected The prompt asks if the setup should be transferred from the meter to ensure that the current meter setup 15 edited EziView will also prompt when the OK or Apply buttons are clicked on the setup pages to ask if the new setup should be written to the meter immediately The Auto option performs a s
79. up the LCD should display ModemsScript v1 5 on the top line or a later version number The bottom line should show Modem which will change quickly to Inited Modem if the modem has responded to the initialisation string with the specified response string generally OK If this does not occur check the setup and connections and that all the commands in the initialisation string are supported by your modem Modem Control 21 5 Try ringing into the meter using EziView You ll need to set a modem as the connection method and a phone number to dial See Figure 21 3 Site Properties Connection Advanced Script Country Australia 61 Area Code Force None Fhone Number 3881 Connect Using Agere Systems Modem Configure e Figure 21 3 EziView Site Properties Setup 21 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Trying it out These are fairly normal dialing properties for Windows The Configure button will let you configure the modem attached to the computer To change dialing location details use Tools Location Figure 21 4 Edit Location General Area Code Rules Calling Card Location name Mew Lacatian Specify the location from which you will be dialing Area cade Australia wt Dialing rules When dialing fram this location use the Following rules To access an outside line for local calls dial To access an outside l
80. will wait for 2 seconds to receive an or ERROR message Result is set to O if timed out 1 if OK received or 2 if ERROR received Main Parameters The main function has three parameters passed to it 1 UserID String 2 Password String 3 Parameters String These are entered in the Site Properties Script page These strings are not used by EziView they are for script use only so there 15 no restriction on their use Program Flow There are two ways to control the program flow 1 Call FunctionName Parameters runs the function and goes to the next instruction when the function 15 finished In Figure 24 4 Call Add3 x1 x2 2 jumps to the first instruction in the function Add3 When Add3 15 finished the next instruction after the Call 1s run Goto LabelName jumps to the label and runs from there In Figure 24 4 Goto MainSuccess jumps to the first instruction after the label MainSuccess There is no return from this jump When End is reached this is the end of the Main function and the script 1s finished A label is defined as a colon followed by its name Labels are global any label can be called from anywhere Care should be taken not to jump to a label outside a function A suggestion 15 to start the label with the name of the function eg MainSuccess 1s Success in the main function The label name may be in a string variable This can be used to impleme
81. worst voltage and the current at the time of the trigger on the corresponding current phase Figure 19 7 shows the setup dialog ToolBox Sag Surge L3 Test Phase Phaze Phase Phase C 4 Hysteresis High speed Records 100 Properties e Figure 19 7 Sag Surge tool The Phase setting allows the selection of the phases to be monitored For instance in 2 element mode there is no reason to record phase B The Surge and Sag set the limits for the voltage If the voltage goes this far outside the nominal value an event will be triggered The nominal value is the value set on the Alarms setup page Hysteresis sets the amount the voltage has to be back inside the limits before the event is deemed to be over For example with the settings of Figure 19 7 the voltage would stop triggering once it dropped below 396 of nominal on the side of the trigger If the voltage crosses from one side to the other it is deemed to have finished one trigger and started another Hysteresis cannot be set larger than either the surge or the sag setting Entries sets how many events will be recorded The High Speed option when ticked forces the meter to use the meter s inbuilt Sag Surge options as defined in the Alarms Setup Page in Chapter 15 Each of the phases is treated independently Multiple phases can trigger at once and are stored as separate events As well as the duration in seconds as a 32 bit number the worst vol
82. 0 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 352 69 110 32 5286 26 575 72 5420 33 Connected e Figure 13 26 EziView TOU status screen periods Time of Use 13 27 The Period page allows different periods to be shown see the earlier section Billing Resets on page 13 5 for more information about how the periods roll over The radio buttons at the top of the screen allow the displayed period to be changed Periods before the most recent previous readings may be stored in a TOU history survey See Chapter 19 Billing History Tool on page 19 5 for more information on this Seasons provide the capability of changing which entries in the scheduler tables are used at different times They are configured via EziView s Tariff Season configuration page Figure 13 27 Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms E Communications ist Feb 120000AM st 12 00 00 EziPart E Tet 12 00 00 dst Feb 12 00 00 Timewndaow Extensions LCD Screens Pulsinglnputs PulsingOutputs Security SystemParameters Tariff BillngHeset Demand Hates Season TimeSetup TOUSetup Season Mames Name Summer Memon Available LLOCO e Figure 13 27 EziView Season configuration Each entry in the other sections of the scheduler may be controlled by a season The entry is only used in calculating when that season 15 a
83. 00 111 H G 240 Extended Feature Code Feature Code Software Gate LCD Memory Version Revision 264 Options Pulsinglnputs PulsingU utputs Security Status Inactive System Time window it ZH Status Connected e Figure 4 15 Online Variables screen System page The Hardware section gives the general model number and the specific build code for this meter not always present The Software section gives the firmware version of the meter and the revision number If contacting EDMI for technical support you should have the Version number available if possible Special Commands The special commands cover the more specialised and esoteric functions The Read Register and Write Register commands allow registers to be read and written directly to the meter This functionality 15 covered in more detail Chapter 5 The other command 15 the Restart Meter command It reboots the meter an effect very similar to turning the power off and on to the meter The connection with the meter will be broken after this command There should generally be no need to use this command but it is provided for diagnostic purposes 4 14 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Registers The Genius is able to store a vast amount of information In order to find a particular piece of information there needs to be a way to refer to it This is done using register numbers Each piece of infor
84. 1 30 00 31 10 99 Summer Time the following would result Table 12 2 D 012959311099 D 01 30 00 31 10 99 2 2 D 013001 31 10 99 2 D Rate D 01 59 59 31 10 99 __ 2 01 00 01 31 0009 Rael De Rate 012959 31 1099 2 2 013000 31 1099 Rate2 2222222 101 30 01 31 10 99 Rate e Table 12 2 DLS example 2 This 1s correct since there are two 1 30 time instances on 31 10 99 6 The display of time on the default LCD display includes daylight saving To display standard time on the LCD use register FO3D Register F061 gives daylight saving time but cannot be written time settings to the meter are done using standard time to avoid ambiguous times EziView converts daylight saving time to standard time when writing the time to the meter A D is shown on the default LCD display just to the left of the time if daylight savings is active 12 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 EDMI Time Statistics Time Statistics The meter maintains a set of statistics about when it was operating These can be useful in fault and outage tracking and in tamper detection The Screens Online Variables Date Time dialog in EziView displays this information see Figure 12 1 The Power On Off panel gives accumulated power on and power off times since they were last cleared To clear the on and off times click the top Clea
85. 1 Accumulation Max Demand Time of Max e Figure 13 TOU overview cell Each cell in the structure consists of three registers e Anaccumulation register 64 bit This accumulates consumption data e Amaximum demand register 32 bit for current and previous 64 bit for total and billing total This stores the maximum demand covered in more detail later e time of maximum demand register 32 bit 1 second resolution The current time is stored here when a new maximum demand occurs 13 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EDMI Overview TOU Channels Billing Total Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 m Channel 12 Rate 1 Accumulation Max Demand Time of Max Rate e Figure 13 2 TOU overview channels Information about a particular quantity 1s recorded in a TOU channel The meter has 12 TOU channels available each being largely independent of the others One TOU channel may record information on kWh consumption while another is used for kvarh consumption Figure 13 2 illustrates how channels fit in to the system Billing Total Current Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 12 Rate 1 Accumulation Max Demand Time of Max Rate 2 Rate 3 Rae8 _ Unified Rate e Figure 13 3 TOU overview rates Rates allow energy used at different times to be treated differently generally in terms of the cost to the customer Up to eight rates are available de
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87. 180 degrees for them to work If you have problems try this Simply use a standard ANSI read head to connect the meter to a PC This is an infrared transmit only port on the Mk6 Genius Meter designed to work with an EDMI EziPort read head The LED flashes when data is being transmitted This port is also used by EDMI as an optical gate input for gated energy tests The EziPort is over ridden when a SCADA card 1s fitted On the Mk6 Genius Meter the inputs are passive and are isolated from all other circuits including the other inputs The Mk6E Meter has groups of inputs that have a common terminal e g Input 1 and Input 2 share a common terminal but are still isolated from other circuits There are a variety of input voltage ratings for the inputs specified at time of order Under voltage will cause the input to trigger erratically or not at all while over voltage will cause excessive heat dissipation and possible damage to the meter The rated voltage is the voltage that must be applied between the two terminals of the input The inputs work with any polarity and with AC or DC signals The outputs on a Mk6 Genius Meter are passive and are isolated from all other circuits including the other outputs The Mk6E Meter has passive outputs that are isolated from all other circuits expected those outputs that it shares a common terminal with Outputs are BOSFETS rated up to 240V 100mA Battery The battery is used to run t
88. 30 years at second intervals The incomplete interval flag is set if a time change or a power failure occurred between the previous entry and this entry The first entry is always marked incomplete At times this may seem confusing for variable interval surveys For example in the case of an event log the fact that there were incomplete intervals in the time between events has little meaning Incomplete interval flags are mostly useful for fixed interval surveys where recordings are usually continuous Another major setting for a survey is for how it deals with running out of space The number of records a survey has is specified as part of the setup When a survey records this many entries it has one of two choices The first is simply to stop recording data until the survey is cleared The second option is to start overwriting older records The record numbers are preserved but older records simply become unavailable These two types are called no cycling and cycling respectively and is part of the survey set up Surveys are triggered to store either by an event such as a billing reset or from another script For instance load surveys usually consist of two scripts one is the survey the other controls the accumulation of data and triggering at the right time intervals The Effect of Time Changes The most difficult part of load surveys 1s 1n handling time changes Note that a power outage is simply a time change but causes the P f
89. 6 CPU Usage Date Time Debug Current Rate Vw Extended Feature Code Current Rate var Feature Code Gate Current Rate V LCD Memory Options Current Hate Ex Ports Pulsinglnputs Number OF Billing Resets PulsingQutputs Last Reset 00 1 01 1896 00 00 00 Security E eee eee System Billing Reset T aiff Billing Reset Lockout Time Remaining oo Status Connected Current Hate e Figure 13 17 EziView Online Variables Tariff page Maximum Demand The Setup gt Tariff Demand page in EziView Figure 13 18 is used to configure maximum demand system Meter Configuration Setup 204123456 Alarms E Communications EziPort Ports Time indaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsinglnputs Pulsinautputs Security SystemParameters Biling eset Demand Rates Season TimeSetup T llSetup TransformerR atias Activation Time sec 0 Forgiveness Time sec Memory Available ITITITTTTITITTITTIITITTITTTITITITITITITTITTITTIITITITTITITIT e Figure 13 18 EziView Tariff Demand Setup page 13 20 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Setup via EziView Each channel in the meter has a set of 15 rising demand registers that accumulate energy continuously When the demand schedule indicates that one of these should be reset the demand is calculated using the rate of the scheduler event and is compared against the channel s maximum demand If the new reading 1s greater a new maxi
90. 7 Local Logoff User request 159 3 09 99 14 49 40 Power Off 160 3 09 99 14 51 40 Power On e Figure 23 5 Survey output format The columns of data are delimited by tab characters for easy import into other programs The first line is a tag that tells EziView there is a survey in the file used when appending The second line tells EziView what the last entry in the file 1s so that it can read just the new entries when appending to the file This is updated when appending The next line 1s a blank line then the next line lists the column headings These are retrieved from the meter The next line shows the registers of each channel This is seldom used but it can be useful when debugging problems or differentiating between channels Up to this point has been the header of the file If any register read commands have been used previous to the PCLoadSurvey command their results will be placed here The remaining lines are the contents of the survey each line being a single entry The last column is always the status flags for the entry See Figure 17 6 for a list of the meanings of these flags If any register commands followed the PCLoadSurvey entry their results will appear at the end of the survey entries When appending the new readings are simply appended to the file While it is possible to use both a survey command and register commands in the same file the result can be messy unless care is taken because of the way the results wil
91. ARIABLES LCD DIALOG FREEZE TAB eere 9 0 FIGURE 10 1 MK6 GENIUS TERMINAL BLOCK DIAGRAM 10 1 FIGURE 10 2 MK6E TERMINAL BLOCK DIAGRAM cccccccssscscccssssssccesssssscesssscsceessssseccessessssessssssseeeeess 10 2 FIGURE 10 3 MK6 GENIUS EZIVIEW PULSING OUTPUTS SETUP PAGE 10 3 FIGURE 10 4 EZIVIEW PULSING OUTPUTS 0 204000 0 0 00 60 ntn 10 4 FIGURE 10 5 PULSING OUTPUTS SETTINGS 8000000 000 4 lt 10 4 FIGURE 10 6 PULSING OUTPUTS SETTINGS PAGE cccccccssssssccsssssscccesssscscsssssescsesssssecsessssssesssssssseeseess 10 6 FIGURE 10 7 EZIVIEW ONLINE VARIABLES MK6 GENIUS PULSING OUTPUTS 10 9 FIGURE 10 8 EZIVIEW ONLINE VARIABLES PULSING OUTPUTS PAGE 00404 000 10 9 FIGURE 11 1 MK6 GENIUS TERMINAL BLOCK DIAGRAM 11 1 FIGURE 11 2 TERMINAL BLOCK DIAGRAM ccccccccccssssssscccccessssssscseccesssssseesssescssssessssseeeesssssessceseessasess 11 2 FIGURE 11 3 EZIVIEW PULSINGINPUTS 4 240004 0000 00 11 3 FIGURE 11 4 EZIVIEW ONLINE VARIABLES PULSINGINPUTS STATUS 11 4 FIGURE 11 5 EZIVIEW PULSINGINPUTS SETUP PAGE PULSING INPUTS eee nenne 11 5 FIGURE 11 6 EZIVIEW PULSINGINPUTS SETUP PAGE TIME SYNCHRONISATION 11 6 FIGURE 12 1 EZIV
92. Always Active or Transmit Enable RTS Always Active will enable the transmitter all the time so should not be used in multidrop situations Transmit Enable will enable the transmitter only when transmitting a response to a request This is the mode that should be used in most situations including multidrop The connections for the RS 485 port are covered in Chapter 2 A converter is needed when connecting RS 485 to an RS 232 port For proper operation with EziView on a 2 wire system the converter needs to detect a transmission from the computer and enable its transmitter For 1107 and Modbus support please contact EDMI Sales and Marketing 5 232 and Modems When an RS 232 port is fitted the port is usually used to control a Modem The bottom three rows of modem port setup is used to detail the modem dial string response and initialisation string The Type field should be set to Normal Modem The remainder of the operation is controlled by an EziScript to allow maximum flexibility in modem support See Chapter 21 for information on using a modem with the meter The SCADA Port on EDMI Mk6 Genius and MkOE 15 an extra access port available an add on SCADA Card It enables a meter to have an additional RS 485 port when the Modem port is fitted as an RS 232 port and used to control a modem Note that some Mk6 Genius Meters are fitted with an Eziport hardware option This hardware port as mentioned in External
93. EEN PERIODS cccccscccsesssssccsesssseccessssssssssssssscsesssseseeseess 13 27 FIGURE 13 27 EZIVIEW SEASON CONFIGURATION ccccccccsssssssscccscesssssssssccessssssscsescesesssssssssceseseseaeess 13 28 FIGURE 13 28 EZIVIEW ONLINE VARIABLES TARIFF PAGE CURRENT SEASON ecce 13 29 FIGURE 13 29 EZIVIEW RESET TOU CONTROL 13 30 FIGURE 14 1 COMMUNICATIONS PORTS 0 0000400 0 00000 000 0000 14 1 FIGURE 14 2 TIME WINDOW 002000 000 14 2 FIGURE 14 3 MODEM COMMUNICATIONS 8 00620 000 0 0000000 14 3 FIGURE 14 4 EZIPORT REGISTERS FOR TRANSMISSION SETUP 14 6 FIGURE 15 1 BZIVIEW STATUS SCREEN vccscsccsscnasassswsacesssivoisaconcersduenmonsgueheaveusaspansesaneariganneeangaaiquseausuanneaon 15 1 FIGURE 15 2 EZIVIEW ALARMS 4 08000 15 3 FIGURE 15 3 EZIVIEW USER DEFINED FLAG 5 1 1 15 6 FIGURE 16 1 EZIVIEW LOGIN DIALOG cccccscsccsssscsccssssscsscsscsccsscssscesscssescsscsssssesscsscusessessssessesseseeess 16 1 FIGURE 16 2 SAVE MAIN PASSWORD SETTING 04 40000 0 16 2 FIGURE 16 3 SECURITY ONLINE VARIABLES DISPLAY ccccccccccssssssccsssssssecsessecsscesssssessessssscsessesseees 16 3 FIGURE 16 4 EZIVIEW SECURITY
94. F Time Changes UC rupe te sepu pe pU 17 14 SHE 17 15 Readine a SUVOY 17 16 Reading Survey Value 16 1 41 11 2 404 001000000000000000000000000000004000000 17 17 Where Irom DOTS 17 17 ubl Tool ON 0550 18 1 Ibe 18 1 lvo Ev i01 MNT S 18 2 TOLTO emer ee eee E D ttu D 18 3 v gnum 18 3 RR m 18 5 ADO 18 6 jo 18 6 Chapter 19 Survey Tools eere ere Load UNE oh 19 2 1 19 3 Ayallable 19 3 Bills initiati E Rw p doct UE 19 5 hl 19 6 la ee eee POR 19 7 Fors E S 19 10 Chapter 20 nib 20 1 Chapter 21 Modem
95. Features on Page 2 3 is transmit only A meter cannot have an EziPort and SCADA Card fitted at the same time If this port is fitted the SCADA Port must be operated in Eziport mode described below The SCADA Port operates in two distinct modes The first is Command Line Login Mode allowing normal access to the meter via user login and access The second is EziPort mode which 1s a transmit only mode The meter is preprogrammed with register values that are continually transmitted out the port to be read by an always on SCADA system The following sections describe how to set up these two differnet modes 14 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI SCADA Port Command Line Login Mode The SCADA Card in Command Line Login Mode is most often used to allow a Mk6 Genius meter to act as a Master Meter The meter acts as a gateway between a modem connected to the Modem Port and other EDMI meters connected on an RS 485 bus This allows a group of EDMI meters to be connected together and accessable via one modem Command Line Login Mode 15 selected by ticking the Command Line Login option This option requries the Eziport SCADA Control Extension to be installed to operate correctly Refer to Chapter 17 for more information on installing Extensions To enable a meter to act as a Master or Gateway Meter the Pass Through option must be selected This option means that any Command Line request that is received on the Modem Port and is
96. Figure 17 4 Online Variables for 204123456 DER CPU Usage List Pie Chart Date Time 1 AX Debug Mame 2 Size CPU Load Extended Feature Code Energy Load Surveys 2206 300 Feature Code Event Lag 4796 1000 Gate ES Voltage Surveys 14360 300 LED iy Empty 174048 D Memory Map Voltage Survey Dis Options EM Energy Load Survey 304 Ports Pulsinglnputs PulsingU utputs Security 4 System Loaded Ext 5 MemoryBlocks Memory Used 2542 Memory Free 174048 Time Window a i Total Memory 7196590 Untragged 3 100 Connected e Figure 17 4 EziView Online Variables Memory Map dialog List tab 17 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI Online EziScript Control The content of the meter s EziScript extension memory is now displayed The icons the left indicate the type of each extension Table 17 2 Icon Description This is an empty block of memory This is where new extensions may be stored This is a survey extension This type contains data from surveys including load surveys event logs and TOU billing history This is a script extension This type contains registers scripts and timers The total size of all of this type must not exceed 64Kb including any empty gaps This is a bad extension It either has not been fully loaded yet or was not allowed to link or has been unlinked The meter on start up will try to link extensi
97. Figure 3 19 EziView connecting to a meter A screen similar to Figure 3 19 1s shown while EziView is attempting to connect The Hide button hides this screen but has no effect on operation E Connect Tutorial Test Sei File Connection status Meter Status pee Failed Error Status Message Failed Failed e Figure 3 20 EziView connection Status page If the meter does not connect immediately the Status page can give useful information as to what is failing The screen of Figure 3 20 was generated by disconnecting the serial connection to the meter Clicking the Close button will abort the process EziView tries to make sure that the meter is logged off before disconnecting so the disconnection sequence may take some time if the meter is not responding EziView Basics 3 13 The times at which the Connect screen is shown may be controlled using the Tools Options General Connection Screen settings Figure 3 21 E Options BEE Ferm Scheme Language Macros T asks Time General File Locations 1 Animation Icon Headings Viewing Phaze Colours Connection 5 ereen Operation Security Setup Minimize on Connect Show L Save Main Password mim Check Output Overflow Naming Convention Time Error e Figure 3 21 EziView Connection Screen options Visibility controls when the connection screen is displayed Hide Always never shows it Hide o
98. FileSeek f 5 Current f is 5 characters further on Sets the filename for the file to open Global Result is not set Example 1 f File unopened file FileSetName f myfile txt f filename set to myfile txt Sets the mode to open the file as Global Result is not set Read Read only Default Write Write only Read Write Reading and writing Example 1 f File unopened file FileSetOpenMode f Write f openmode set to write only Sets the share mode to open the file as Global Result is not Set ShareRead share for reading ShareWrite share for writing ShareRead ShareWrite share for reading and writing Example 1 f File unopened file FileSetShareMode f ShareRead f sharemode set to share reading Sets the write mode to open the file as Global Result is not set Only valid for text files Rewrite deletes the existing file and creates a new empty file Append opens a file and sets the position to the end of the file Instructions FileSize var Result Integer var f File File Truncate var f File FileWrite var f File S String FileWriteln var f File S String Example 1 f File unopened file FileSetWriteMode f f writemode set to append to the end of an existing file Sets the result to the length of the file Example 1 tint Integer 0 f File opened file FileSize tint f tint is the size of the file Makes the current posi
99. Four rate TOU Eight rate TOU Billing Resets Maximum Demand Manual Output Control 4 Quadrants var and Measurments Mew Feature Code Sel Status Connected Figure 7 1 Online variables feature code page To change the feature code of a meter 1 Connect to the meter with EziView 2 Go to the Screens Online Variables Feature Code page Figure 7 1 Miscellaneous 7 1 3 Enter the new feature code into the feature code field Make sure that it 1s the correct code for this meter 4 Click the Set button 5 The Feature Code Status section will update to show the new code and the features enabled If no features are enabled check the spelling of the feature code for errors and check that it is the correct feature code for the meter The available features are listed in Table 7 1 Feature Meaning Maximum Demand Enables maximum demand calculations Manual Output Control Allows outputs to be set manually not just pulsing time Sync supports turning off of modems e Table 7 1 Feature code features To see the list of available features connect to the meter and go to the Screens Online Variables Feature Code page Extended Feature Code In addition to the feature code system the meter has an extended feature code system This is used to control access to EziScripts and Toolbox tools Unlike the normal feature code scheme extended feature codes are cumulative Each ext
100. I VIEW LOG 3 4 FIGURE 3 6 EZIVIEW MAIN SCREEN ccccccccssssssscesssssescesssssscesssssecessssssssessssssssesssseceesesssssessesssssesssssseeses 3 4 FIGURE 3 7 EZIVIEW MAIN SCREEN WITH COMPLEX SITE SETUP sienne 3 5 FIGURE 3 8 EZIVIEW NEW SITE MENU OPTION 001 3 6 FIGURE 3 9 EZIVIEW FILE MENU NEW SITE MENU OPTION 0 000 0 3 6 FIGURE 3 10 RENAMING A SITE ccccccccccsesssssssccccscessssscesscsecssssesesecescsssseessesesecsseesssssseeesssessssscesessseseesseess 3 7 FIGURE 3 11 EZIVIEW SITE PROPERTIES NAME PAGE cccceecsccceesssssssccsceeesssssssssccesessseesssseesessseseesseees 3 7 FIGURE 3 12 EZIVIEW SITE PROPERTIES CONNECTION 3 8 FIGURE 3 13 EZIVIEW SITE PROPERTIES ADVANCED PAGE 3 8 FIGURE 3 14 EZIVIEW SITE PROPERTIES SCRIPT PAGE cccccsssccsssssscccssssscsccssssssscesssssssceessssssessseseseeses 3 0 FIGURE 3 15 BZIVIEW MAPPING A SITE 3 10 FIGURE 3 16 EZIVIEW MAPPING A NON RESPONDING 61 4060000 3 11 FIGURE 3 17 EZIVIEW MAPPING OF A SITE 602 0 3 11 FIGURE 3 18 A NEWLY MAPPED METER IN EZIVIEW cccccssssccccceesssssccscceesssssscesscesessseeseseesesssesesseees 3 12 FIGURE 3 19 EZIVIEW CONNECTING TO A 3 13 FIGURE 3 20
101. IEW DATE AND TIME PAGE 020 40 nennen nnnm nene 12 1 FIGURE 12 2 EZIVIEW DATE AND TIME SETUP PAGE cccccsssssssssssccccccesessessssssssssssssccsscsssessceeseeesseees 12 3 FIGURE 12 3 EZIVIEW DATE AND TIME SETUP PAGE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS eene 12 4 FIGURE 13 1 TOU OVERVIEW CELL eee eene nnnnnnnnnnennnnnn nnns s 13 2 FIGURE 15 2 TOU OVER VIEW CHANNELS URS i 13 3 FIGURE 15 5 TOU OVERVIEW RATES ssisssssnessevsanesnassenevunadandasovbenssarsasseveondeuea uS Feu v vu Y ue VE PUER NR or GER 13 3 FIGURE 13 4 TOU OVERVIEW RATE GROUPS EXAMPLE 20 0040 801000 1 13 4 FIGURE 13 5 TOU OVERVIEW BILLING 8 6 40 0001 13 5 FIGURE 15 0 DEMANDEXAMPLE VI PETERE VY EVEN 13 7 FIGURE 13 7 EZIVIEW TOUSETUP PAGE cccccccccccsessssssccscccssssssesseccecssssessssseseessssessesesesssesssssceseesssaeess 13 9 FIGURE 13 8 REGISTER SELECTION TOTAL EXPORT 0000 22 0 0 0 0 13 10 FIGURE 13 9 REGISTER SELECTION TOTAL QUADRANT 1 WhH eee 13 10 x EDMI Genius MkGE User Manual FIGURE 13 10 REGISTER SELECTION PULSING INPUT 1 13 11 FIGURE 1541 CHANNEL EXAMPLE venta ER vied vou Or rd 13 13 FIGURE 13
102. Manual 0 001 0 002 0 002 0 002 0 002 0 007 0 007 0 035 0 081 0 083 0 087 0 089 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 44 EDMI Examples Example 4 Table 23 8 demonstrates reading multiple values with an offset The 6 floating point scaling factors for a waveform are read at an offset of 1212 bytes into the register Waveform scaling factors are F402 f6 6 3f 1212 Output Waveform scaling factors are 0 011 0 011 0 001 1 545 1 539 1 548 e Table 23 8 Reading File Example 4 Example 5 demonstrates the use of rich text format The following source Figure 23 6 was written in a word processor then saved as rich text format Instantaneous Results Meter F002 s Collected PCDateTime PCOverwrite PCExtension tst Phase A Phase B Phase C Voltage E000 f 6 1f E001 f 6 11 E002 f 6 1f Current E010 f 6 3f E01 1 f 6 3f E012 f 6 3f Phase E020 f 6 1f E021 f 6 1f E022 f 6 1f e Figure 23 6 Rich text source example EziView Reading Files 23 13 The output file looks like Figure 23 7 Notice that the formatting is maintained even on register values Instantaneous Results Meter 204123456 Collected 30 09 99 10 13 43 Phase A Phase B Phase C Voltage 239 6 239 5 239 5 Current 0 707 0 469 0 253 Phase 0 2 5 4 0 8 e Figure 23 7 Rich text processed example If having problems with using rich text
103. NFIG JUMPER ON THE MK6 GENIUS ccccccccessssscccsssssccccesssssscssssssescessesssseesseseceeses 2 9 FIGURE 2 10 THE CONFIG JUMPER ON THE MK6E Q ccccccssccssssscscesssssscsssssssscsesssssscsesssssssesssssssessesseees 2 10 FIGURE 2 11 LOCATION OF THE CT TO VT LINKS cccccccccccsssssccccesssssssccceceessssesessceessssssssessesesesssesseess 2 10 FIGURE 2 12 METER WITH THE CT TO VT LINKS DISCONNECTED BY REMOVING SCREWS 2 11 FIGURE 2 13 TB1 CT AND VT CONNECTIONS FOR 3 ELEMENT TOP AND 2 ELEMENT BOTTOM 2 12 FIGURE 2 14 CONNECTIONS FOR 3 ELEMENT WHOLE CURRENT TB1 eee 2 13 FIGURE 2 15 DEFAULT LCD DISPLAY isijiaisassistcasessavscdcasnicodensnndeasvahssiduvanasvbssanesedeuaneseasvebedssevanededeanuasaconn 2 18 FIGURE 2 10 ENERGY DIRECTIONS 2 20 FIGURE 2 17 CHANGING NAMING CONVENTIONS 0 00 2 20 FIGURE 2 18 DIRECTION OF ENERGY FLOW DIAGRAM 2 21 FIGURE 3 1 EZIVIEW WELCOME 6 0 eene ness seen intesa ss seen 3 2 FIGURE 3 2 EZIVIEW CD KEY ENTRY DIALOG cccccccsccsessssssscccccesssssscsssceeesssseseseseesssssesessscesesssesesseess 3 2 FIGURE 3 3 EZIVIEW CD 4 001000 3 3 FIGURE 3 4 EZIVIEW SYSTEM CODE 0 0000 0 3 3 FIGURE F EZ
104. NSION EXISTS WARNING DIALOG 17 9 FIGURE 17 7 EZIVIEW EXTENSION DELETE CONFIRMATION DIALOG 17 9 FIGURE 17 8 EZIVIEW SHOWING MEMORY FRAGMENTATION eene nennen nennen nnn nnne 17 10 FIGURE 17 9 EZIVIEW SHOWING MEMORY AFTER DEFRAGMENTATION ccssssssccccccssessssssssssssssssssesees 17 11 FIGURE 17 10 SURVEY STORAGE 5 0 4 4 nennen Innen seehnnt nnns seen enin ess seen 17 12 FIGURE 17 11 EZIVIEW SURVEY EXTENSION INFORMATION 17 15 FIGURE 17 12 DOWNLOAD SURVEY SAVE DIALOG 64 000 sene nnne ness eene nnn n ns 17 17 FIGURE 18 1 TOOLBOX TOOL SELECTION 0 0 04 0 00 18 1 FIGURE 15 2 EVENT LOG 18 2 FIGURE 18 3 TOOLBOX PROPERTIES SETTINGS 004001000 18 3 FIGURE 18 4 TOOLBOX PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION 0 4400 nennnn nenne nennen 18 5 FIGURE 18 5 TOOLBOX PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION PAGE WITH GENERATE 18 5 Contents xi FIGURE I9 LLOAD SURVEY TOOL HV EE OEE 19 2 FIGURE 19 2 LOAD SURVEY TOOL INSTANTANEOUS 19 3 FIGURE 19 3 LOAD SURVEY TOOL PULSING INPUTS PAGE cccccssssssssccccccceccscsssssssssssssscsscesscsssssssesseeees 19 4 FIGURE 19 4 BILLING HISTORY 19
105. Number LCD Memory Options Ports Confirm Pulsinglnputs PulsingU utputs Security System Time Window eel Status Connected Change Password New Password e Figure 16 3 Security Online Variables Display The top section shows the details of the current logged in user The bottom section allows the user to change their password in the meter Enter the new password in both fields then click the Set button Meter Security Overview Before going into how to configure security using EziView this section covers the security features of the meter This should be read first The meter allows for up to twenty users Generally before any operations may be performed a user must log Each user has a user name and a password each up to ten characters long Sending a valid user name and password to the meter logs on the user The user remains logged on until logged out by whatever means Each user also has a phone number for dial back security although this 1s not presently used More importantly each user has a user level also called a user group When a user logs on the user group they belong to is used to decide what they can access There are ten user groups numbered 1 to 10 A user group of 0 means no access at all this is generally the access level when no user is logged in The exception to this is where a default user level other than O has been set for a port under port settings
106. Reading this register will always return the set date rather than the actual date on which the change will occur for the year Default 1s 01 01 The DLS End Hour Default is lam the DLS End Day Default is Sunday and the DLS End Date Default is 01 01 work identically to the DLS Start times The DLS End Hour 1s set to the Standard time at which time should revert back from Summer Time Example To set the start time to be 2 a m Standard Time on the first Sunday in February Start Hour 2 Start Day 0 Start Date 01 02 xx To set the end time to be 2 a m Summer Time on the last Sunday in October End Hour 1 End Day lt 0 End Date 25 10 xx Note that if the begin and end dates are the same daylight saving will be deactivated The Hours To Jump setting specifies in whole hours the number of hours to jump forward on the Start Date and the number of hours to jump back on the End Day Register OxF061 reports the system time after any daylight savings corrections have been added Both internal and external datatypes are supported The register cannot be written The meter time can only be set to Standard Time through the normal registers How DLS affects meter operation 1 The actual time change will occur as follows in Table 12 1 for the previous example of start end times in 1999 using a jump of one hour e Table 12 1 DLS example 1 P Summer Date and Time 12 5 2 EziScript Surveys of any description will alw
107. Screens Online Variables Tariff page in EziView Figure 13 28 The current season is shown at the bottom of the list of current rates oF Online Variables for 704123456 CPU Usage Mame Date Time Debug Extended Feature Code Curent Rate var Feature Code Gate Current Rate Current Hate V LCD Current Rate 1 Memory Options Current Hate Ports Fulsinglnputs Pulsingllutputs 1 Bean Number OF Billing Resets System Last Reset fof 102004 16 00 53 2nd Last 0170171996 00 00 00 li Time Window Biling Reset Billing Reset Lockout Time Remaining Curent Season Status Connected e Figure 13 28 EziView Online Variables Tariff page current season Time of Use 13 29 Clearing the TOU system The entire TOU system of the meter may be cleared if required To do this use the Reset TOU button on the TOU status screen x Time of Use for 204173456 VIEW Register Type Period Setup Debug Mode Minimum Column width Hate Imp Vh Imp Imp Exp wh Exp varh Exp 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Connected e Figure 13 29 EziView Reset TOU control Resetting the TOU
108. TIES ADVANCED PAGE 5 8 1 1 3 0 TABLE4 l SUMMARY DEPINITIONG nU EH eSI CHER REY Ns EA TURA SOS 4 7 TABLE 4 2 HARMONIC QUANTITY OPTIONS ccccssccscsssssssccssssssecssssscsscsssssssscesssssceessssssecsssssssesssseseeees 4 9 TABLE 4 3 HARMONIC GRAPH OPTIONG ssssccccsssssccsscssssecsssssnscsssvssncesssvsctecvscsaseesevssnsecsevsensesssssseesecs 4 10 TABLE 5 L EXAMPLE REGISTERS 5 TABELE 3 2 TYPBSOP Ee IS TER 5 3 TABLE 5 3 TYPES OF REGISTER 2 22 eaae ERE kao ee ha oa EUER E e eve v ae apa aao gis 5 4 TABLE FEATURE CODE BEATURES N VERTU NU EXER ETSI Up R TI 7 2 TABLE 7 2 SYSTEM PARAMETER STRING USES ccssssscscceessssssscscccesssssecesecceessssssessscesesssessssseseesesssesseess 7 4 TABLE 921 CD DATA TYP MAT TING e 9 2 TABLE 9 2 LCD FLOATING POINT FORMATTING EXAMPLES c cccccscsccsssssscccssssssecessssssscessesssssesssssceeses 9 2 TABLE 9 3 LCD UNIT 68 0 4 100 enn nennen nennen ness seen iners sss seen 9 3 TABLE 9 4 LCD UNIT EXAMPLES oes ossi orti ka Ni ER X EN ERECTA RR RR UN ER KO Y RN 9 4 TABLE 9 5 LCD UNIT EXAMPLES ccccccccssssccssssss
109. Total Export Wh The Energy group Figure 13 8 allows the selection of energy quantities based on import export direction They are in micropulses Repister Selection Selected Register E497 Ener i Phase Quadient Ener Quadrant 2 Phase B Inputs Quadrant 3 Phase Nothing Register Quadrant 4 e Figure 13 9 Register selection Total quadrant Wh 13 10 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Setup via EziView The Quadrant group Figure 13 9 allows energies to be selected on an individual quadrant basis They are in micropulses The quadrants are as labelled in Figure 2 16 on page 2 20 Register Selection Selected Register FIDO Energy Quadrant Ener Input 2 Puna inputs put 3 Nothing Register Input 4 Input 5 Input 6 Input Input 8 Input 8 Input 10 Input 11 Input Input 13 Input 14 Input 15 Input 15 e Figure 13 10 Register selection Pulsing Input 1 The pulsing inputs group Figure 13 10 allows pulsing inputs to be selected as a source The values read are the number of pulses on the indicated input The input must be set up appropriately as a pulsing input Acc Type Accumulated Type This puts the channel into one of five groups for accumulated energy calculations The groups W var EXT and EX2 The usage of the groups doesn t need to follow what is suggested by the names all groups have the same functionality The usage of groups will become clear
110. Uutputs Security SystemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season Times etup TOUS TransfarmerPiatias Username NEWSER Phone Humber Collapse Additional Security Permissions Contig Jumper Billing Reset Button Disable Figure 16 7 EziView User setup Figure 16 7 shows the settings for a user The Username may be up to 10 characters long A to Z and 0 to 9 The Full Name and Description fields are kept by EziView not the meter and are for information only The Password may be from 5 to 10 characters A to Z and 0 to 9 Enter the password into both the Password field and the Confirm Password field they must match or EziView will not accept the new password The password will usually be starred out The Show Hide button may be used to display the password text The Phone Number 15 used for users with accounts in the meter only It allows dial back security when used with a modem EziScript capable of this See the modems chapter Chapter 21 EziView will try to protect you from writing a setup to the meter that has no administrator user Care should be taken that there is always a user capable of changing user information 16 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 47 EDMI EziView Security Permissions Clicking on the Permissions button displays the main permissions edit screen Figure 16 8 The security groups are arranged under a tree diagram that follows the arrangement of the setup
111. Y 8 5 04 0040 400 0000000 s enata nns 22 4 FIGURE 25 1 EZIVIEW READING FILE SETUP iidssesscncaswasnowsvessensscasvanedvesenensuedbecadevssvwadevevenndvousenadawevenwoeeses 23 1 FIGURE 23 2 READING FILES ON THE METER MENU 23 2 FIGURE 23 3 READING FILE VIEWING SETUP eese nennen enne nnn neennnnnn nns s seen 23 3 FIGURE 23 4 SELECTING VIEWER cccssccccssssssccsssssscccsevssccscoovsccccsnsesccssvssscessssscscessovscesssssssaessvssesees 23 4 FIGURE 23 5 SURVEY OUTPUT FORMAT 6s 23 11 FIGURE 23 6 RICH TEXT SOURCE EXAMPLE 2 000 0 23 13 FIGURE 23 7 RICH TEXT PROCESSED 23 14 FIGURE 24 1 SIMPLE EXAMPLE ccsessescscssscsoscssousssasecovanecsovensaescovvenecsovovbeccovebucessesnbeceasvevescesssevscasebevseueas 24 1 FIGURE 24 2 COMPOUND ADD EXAMPLE ccccccssscsscssssscsscssssscsscssssscsscsssscesccssescsscesssscsscsssusessessessessessencs 24 1 FIGURE 24 3 FUNCTION EXAMPLE 24 2 FIGURE 24 4 VARIABLES EXAMPLE EE FUIS 24 3 FIGURE 24 5 POINTER EXAMPLE ccccccccssssssscsessssscccsssscscccssssssccssssssscsessesssceessssssesesssssssessesseseesesseseeses 24 12 FIGURE 25 1 SUMMATION MAIN SCREEN
112. abort the delete operation 3 The list will update showing that the extension has been deleted If it was next to an Empty space the empty space will get larger the spaces coalesce Otherwise the extension will simply become another Empty extension leading to fragmentation To delete more than one extension at once select all of the extensions to delete first using the Ctrl or Shift Windows selection methods Selecting delete for one of them will then delete all selected extensions Using EziScript Extensions 17 9 EDMI Defragmenting the EziScript Memory After several EziScripts have been loaded and deleted the memory may become fragmented This 15 indicated by the occurrence of more than one E Empty extension The Unfraged indicator in the bottom pane is the percentage of memory not fragmented Online Variables for 204123456 SEE Usage List Chart Date Time Debug Mame Heglb Size CPU Load GL Extended Feature Code 030 28990 200 Feature Cade ey FFF 46156 Gate ojaga LCD FFF 39336 Memory Voltage Survey 004 fra Options Energy Load Survepl 031 304 Ports Pulsinglnputs PulsingU utputs Security System Tariff Loaded Ext 4 HMemoryBlocks Memory Used 7111068 Memory Free Time Window Total Memory 18658 0 TInfraguged 54 4 Status l Connected e Figure 17 8 EziView showing memory fragmentation The meter has a feature to defr
113. agment memory This can be used when a new extension needs to be loaded but there 1s no single empty block of memory in which it can fit The meter will rearrange the extensions so that there 1s only a single block of empty memory There is no performance advantage to defragmenting memory In Figure 17 8 the largest free block is 124598 bytes but the total free memory is 144416 bytes Defragmenting will allow a larger extension to be loaded 1 Right click on an ej Empty extension and select Defrag A confirmation dialog box is presented warning that all scripts will be temporarily unlinked Click OK to continue Clicking Cancel will abort the operation 2 The meter now unlinks all scripts rearranges them and then links them again 3 Thelist will update showing the new memory map There should be only one ET Empty extension 17 10 EDMI Genius MkGE User Manual Online EziScript Control oF Online Variables for 704123456 CPU Usage List Pie Chart Date Time Debug Name Size CPU Load Extended Feature Code Energy Load Surveys 030 209990 200 Feature Code Voltage Surveys alaga 200 Gate Empty FFF 85540 0 LCD Voltage 004 fro 150 Energy Load Survey O31 204 150 Memory Options Ports Pulsinglnputs Pulsingllutputs Security System Tariff 4 HemoryBlocksz 2 5 2111050 Memory Free 85540 Time Window Total Memory 7196590 Untragged i 100 Status Connected
114. all tools if EziView does not know what extended features the meter has To update EziViews record bring up the Screens Online Variables gt Extended Feature Code page while connected to a meter This will read the current value into the MTR file and aloow you to view the codes avaiable in the meter and enter new codes For more information see Extended Feature Code page 7 2 The will be shown if an update to the tool is now available EziView keeps track of the version of each tool as new versions of toolbox may contain updates EziView will perform this check automatically if a new version of toolbox is installed This check can be performed manually using the manual update button on the toolbar 34 from the right This may be needed if a meter and TBX file are introduced to the computer that were created with an older version EziView will give a warning of Extension xxx needs to be updated to work correctly The update process maintains the configuration but ALL historical data will be LOST before an update is made Using EziScript Extensions 17 3 Working with Tools The tools listed are the customised tools that EziView knows about EziView uses this information when it 15 reading the setup from a meter to identify what tools are present in the meter To create a new customised tool click on the new tool button on the toolbar 1 the left This will load the toolbox and allow a new tool to be create
115. allows a login script to be specified along with parameters for the script Login scripts allow EziView to navigate past devices such as EziView Basics 3 9 Datagates that allow a single modem connection to be shared Details of their usage are covered in Chapter 24 Mapping a Site Mapping a site is an easy way of setting up an existing meter in EziView It connects to the meter determines its type and the required protocol settings and optionally downloads the setup of the meter to EziView Make sure the meter 15 physically connected to the serial port specified in the selected site then select Map Site from the right click menu or the File menu There should be no meters in the site before doing this Map Site for Tutorial Test Sc P Connecting Connected E Checking Equipment Model Done Checking Equipment Model 2000 06 Press Map to Start Mapping the Site yt Status Connected e Figure 3 15 EziView Mapping a site The screen shown in Figure 3 15 should now be displayed The window shows the progress of mapping the site EziView has found the meter and has identified it as a 2000 06X X series meter This process should only take a couple of seconds If it takes much longer there may be a problem with the connection or the setup of the serial port recheck these settings and connections Figure 3 16 illustrates what is shown when the connection fails 3 10 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual
116. ame Description Made Invert Farameter Type e Figure 11 5 EziView PulsingInputs setup page pulsing inputs To set up a pulsing input 1 2 4 5 Set the mode to pulsing Set the type as a reminder to what 1s being logged If the input source produces a pulse by applying a voltage set nvert to false If the input source produces a pulse by dropping out a normally applied voltage set nvert to true Set Parameter to the quantity per pulse of the input such as Wh pulse Add a description as a note to what the input is connected to Now the input may be used as a source for other systems of the meter Pulsing Inputs 11 5 Time Synchronisation Inputs The meter can accept a regular synchronising time pulse from a time source Chapter 12 has information on setting up the period and use of the pulse This section covers how to set up the input so that it will work in conjunction Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms 1 Input Pulsing E Communications Per Pulse EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS etup T f ransformerH Add Gate Configuration Optical Input w Invert 2 Input Unused e Figure 11 6 EziView PulsingInputs setup page time synchronisation To set up the input 1 Set the mode to pulsing 2 Ignore th
117. ances The meter will send the initialisation string to the modem regularly For some modems this causes problems In this case the Modem No Init setting should be used and the setup string for the modem should be written permanently to the modem using a PC Response should be set to the response received when a valid command line is received generally The initialisation string must include the AT and e It must also turn echo off generally EO e It must set auto answer to on SO x where x is the number of rings before answering and 15 not zero e It must be set to go on hook and return to command state when DTR drops amp D2 e t must set DCD to follow carrier when modem is online amp C1 e There may also be a command for modem flow control amp K2 This gives a string such as ATEOSO 3 amp D2 amp C1 for no flow control These commands are common for most modems but some modems use slightly different commands See your modem manual for details The Reg Init and Dial fields are unused The time between sending the initialisation string is 60 seconds After 5 failed attempts at initialisation the meter will set the modem EFA but keep trying to initialise it As soon as the modem responds the EFA is cleared and the failed counter is zeroed The script does not turn DTR DCD handshaking on amp C turns it on for most modems or RTS CTS flow control amp K2 turns it on for most modems on These must be setup in the in
118. anstormerR Lockout Time min Memory Available e Figure 13 25 Automatic Billing Resets The most common type of entry used is the monthly The configuration in Figure 13 25 will perform a billing reset at the start of every month The day and time of the billing reset can be specified in the time field Reverse monthly events are useful in situations where the billing reset must occur a certain number of days from the end of the month The Offset field is used only for rate type events This is used where a reset should occur every 60 days for example The Time field gives the repeat rate with the first event occurring 1 1 96 The Offset field allows this start time and thus all events afterward to be shifted by a fixed amount 13 26 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Setup via EziView Any other event type may be used but they are not usually Multiple events may be specified allowing scenarios such as Perform a billing reset on the 15 day of every month and on the 1 of January The daylight saving checkbox causes the event to be calculated on daylight saving time instead of standard time If this option 1s used billing resets should not be scheduled to occur during the daylight saving change over period During this period times occur twice or not at all affecting the occurrence of billing resets If time is changed past the change over period the meter will always trigger just one missed reset Avoid these
119. are two ways of using EziScript extensions The easy way is to use them as part of the normal EziView setup pages This allows EziScripts to be configured offline just like other settings EziView Toolbox contains a collection of scripts to accomplish a variety of tasks These tools can be selected configured and added to the setup The second way is accessible when the meter is connected A list of the scripts currently in the meter can be displayed and scripts added or removed Status information about the scripts can also be shown The terms EziScript EziScript extension and extension may be used interchangeably although extension is a slightly more generic term Where are EziScript extensions stored A block of 192KB of memory is provided within the meter for the storage of EziScript extensions and their data EziView allocates a block of memory for a new EziScript then downloads it to the meter and links it Linking checks the validity of the extension and activates it Using EziScript Extensions 17 1 The memory is maintained by the meter s battery but a limited size of extensions may be also stored in FLASH memory for more permanent storage Approximately 32K of extensions may be stored in this way EziScripts using setup and Toolbox This method of managing scripts views them as a method of achieving an end The focus is on the task required EziView uses the concept of tools where a tool is made up of one or more
120. as Write Setup to Meter 6 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Transferring Configuration Compare Setup with Meter This 1s the most sophisticated of all of the transfer methods It compares the setup in the meter with the setup maintained by EziView then allows fine control over how to resolve the differences amp Compare For 204123456 LED Screens E ime 0 SystemParameters E Miscellaneouss tring 9 Data in Meter read inta File O Data in File sent to Meter Comparing Comparing Security Configlumper Permissions munmmmmmmmmuummumuummumumumMmEMEMEEMEMEMEEMEMEEMMEEEMMEMEEMEMEEMEMEMEMMNNMI e Figure 6 6 Compare Setup The comparison is done in two parts The first part compares the meter and EziView without making any changes A screen such as that shown in Figure 6 6 is displayed This details any differences between the meter and the EziView file The top left pane lists the properties that had differences Selecting one of these properties displays the differences in the right hand pane The radio button allows the method of resolving the difference to be set The first option Data in Meter read into File will read the setting from the meter and write it to the EziView file The second option does the reverse A meter or disk icon 1s displayed next to each setting to indicate its selection The File and All Meter buttons may be used
121. as no effect and is purely to enable sites to be organised easily To this end sites do not need meters they can simply be used for organisation For example a substations site might contain a series of sites like substation 543 etc See Figure 3 7 The plus and minus icons on the tree diagram may be used to expand and collapse the tree The Tree menu also contains options to expand and collapse the whole tree or parts of it EziView Edit Tree View Tools Help ee ex Meters B Local Serial Number Address E Quick Connect MySite CE Substations CE Substation 543 ar B 55 Station Supply Substation 544 Feeder 544 HEB Substation 545 Default Site Mone e Figure 3 7 EziView main screen with complex site setup To create a new site select the site to place the new site under Then either right click and select New the popup menu Figure 3 8 or click on the New Site button on the Sites toolbar 314 button from the left or use the File New New Site menu option Figure 3 9 For this tutorial create a site off the Local site the root of all sites EziView Basics 3 5 File Edit Tree View Tools Help su ae Meters nnech Serial Number Address Map Site Map Site R5485 Explore Properties Default Site Mone e Figure 3 8 EziView new site menu option EziView Edit Tree View Tools Help Delete Mew Site Mete
122. at all times If any modems are installed in Windows these will appear as options 1n the Connect Using field Selecting a modem to use allows properties such as phone number to be set These settings are covered in Chapter 20 The Socket protocol option 1s for connection to a port redirector using a network Use of this option 1s not covered here Site Properties Mame Connection Advanced Script Protecol General Protocol Error Count Timeout 00 00 00 000 Retry Count Retry Delay 00 02 00 000 D ialback 00 02 00 000 Failed Logon Delay 00 00 00 000 e Figure 3 13 EziView Site Properties Advanced page 3 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EDMI EziView Tutorial The Advanced page Figure 13 3 allows a number of specialised settings to be changed that may be used to tweak a connection Table 3 1 below lists the options Setting Description Protocol There are several options listed but only two are relevant for this meter The General Protoco protocol is a generic protocol to all EDMI meters This is the protocol to be used for mapping a site discussed later Not all features can be used with this mode but it does not require the serial number to be correct The Multi Drop Register32 protocol is the normal operating protocol for this meter for any mode of operation This is the protocol changed to when a site is successfully mapped It requires the serial number to be correct E
123. ately and are not stored anywhere but in the meter oF Online Variables for 704173456 CPU Usage Date Time Date Time 10222004 18 23 13 Peeled Pech Code Meter 10 27 2004 18 23 12 Feature Code Power On Off Gate On Time 2 Days 21 18 42 OFF Time 13 Days 7 10 42 LCD EET Hemar Humber Power Ups 1 b Options Last Power On Off Pulsinglnputs On Date 10 22 2004 Duration 0 51 25 PulsingUutputs Of Date 10 22 2004 Security E System Time window e Figure 4 13 Online Variables screen Date Time page Most of the options are discussed in other sections of the manual in detail The only pages not covered elsewhere are the options and system pages Online Variables for 204173456 Dor ren Refresh Rate 250 Debug Extended Feature Code Feature Code Gate LCD Memory Options Pulsinglnputs PulsingU utputs Security System Time Window e Figure 4 14 Online Variables screen Options page Viewing Data 4 13 44116 EDMI The Options page Figure 4 14 allows the rate at which the online variables will be read from the meter and updated The actual update rate may be slower depending on the number of items to be read and the speed of the communications link to the meter The System page Figure 4 15 displays some basic information about the meter E Online Variables for 204173456 CPU Usage Hardware Date Time Model pene Type 2000 06
124. ation Source Optical Input gt e Figure 22 1 EziView gate configuration The Gate Configuration settings bypass the pulsing input settings in the top half of the setup page Table 22 1 lists the possible modes Usually only Normal and Pulsed with Reset modes are used with hand testing GateMode Ju 22 Normal When the gate input goes on the gated energy registers are reset to zero and then begin to count up When the gate input goes off the gated energy registers stop accumulating energy The test time must be at least 100ms Designed primarily for use with automated systems using command line control of register FOB1 the gate is controlled by the falling edge of pulses on the gate input When the first pulse arrives FOB1 is decreased by one and the gated energy registers are reset to zero then allowed to accumulate energy After the number of pulses specified by the FOB1 register the gated energy registers stop accumulating energy No further pulses will have any effect until FOB1 is written with a new value The minimum pulse width is 4ms minimum test time is 100ms Pulsed with This operates in a similar manner to Pulsed mode except that after Reset FOB1 has reached zero another pulse will reset FOB1 to its original value This defaults to two at power on giving a pulse start pulse stop pulse reset operation This is useful for testing the meter against a Radian RM 10 or similar The minimum pulse width is 4
125. auxiliary supply system If the auxiliary system fails for any reason the meter will power down Type 4 VT priority High Voltage 200 240V Aux The meter will normally draw power from the VT circuits Once all the VTs have failed the changeover board will operate the internal relay and draw power from the auxiliary terminals The Meter 2 13 ES EDMI Type 6 VT priority Low Voltage 57 120V Aux The meter will normally draw power from the VT circuits Once all the VTs have failed the changeover board will operate the internal relay and draw power from the auxiliary terminals This is most useful when VT burden is not an issue but power must be guaranteed to the protection systems The RS 232 port on the Mk6 Genius meter is a 9 pin D type connector designed to Mk6 connect directly to a modem using a standard modem to PC cable Full hardware handshaking is supported See Table 2 3 for connection details Terminai Description FullName e Table 2 3 Mk6 Genius RS 232 connections When connected directly to a PC a null modem cable must be used Only pins 2 3 and 5 need be connected For modem connections it 1s strongly recommended that all signal lines be connected See Figure 2 4 and Figure 2 5 for the location of the connector Pin 1 is at the top left of the connector There will be numbers in the plastic at the base of each pin indicating the number Care must be taken that the connector used will not int
126. ays use Standard Time for the date stamp If daylight savings 15 active when an entry is made the daylight saving flag will be set in the status word for that entry 3 Time dependent settings Billing Resets Rates and Seasons will run as normal off Standard Time if the daylight saving box is not checked If the daylight saving box is checked in their settings the setting will run off Summer Time if daylight saving 1s active and Standard Time if it 1s inactive 4 Time based events particularly Billing Resets and script based time events will not be activated on the start date if they are set to occur in the period over which the time jumps In the example a Billing Reset set to occur at 2 30 00 07 02 99 Standard Time will not occur since there is no actual 2 30 on that day Similarly a Billing Reset set to occur at 1 30 00 31 10 99 Summer Time will occur twice since there are two instances where the time is 1 30 However the case that the event is set to occur on Standard time it will only occur once there 1s only one 1 30 Standard Time For these reasons it is suggested that any time based events should be set to occur during the periods when a time change does not occur due to daylight saving starting or ending 5 Time range based settings Rates and Seasons will work correctly However if a range begins during the period in which time 1s changed back the results may seem odd In the case of a Season or a Rate beginning at
127. ble 9 2 the number 12345 67890234567 is being displayed For clarity hashes are used to illustrate spaces orm T oispeyeaas _ Ny _ mo exse _ ves ewe O O _ LN No 12345 12345 6 890234 e Table 9 2 LCD floating point formatting examples Pieces _ s N s s vw s vw 97 77 s 9 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI LCD Formatting The Digits parameter for values to 14 sets the length of the number including a minus sign if present up to the decimal point but not including the decimal point If the number is shorter than set by the parameter it is padded with spaces from the left If the 0 Fill parameter is set then the number 15 padded with zeros instead of spaces This option should not be used with numbers that may be negative The zero fill option is useful for duplicating the look of mechanical counters A Digits setting of 15 causes all digits of the number before the decimal place to be displayed The Places parameter sets the number of digits to be shown after the decimal point The number is rounded to this precision It may be set from 0 to 15 If set to 0 the decimal point is not shown Floating point numbers have an infinite number of decimal places but not all digits are significant The number of significant digits in a floating point number is not infinite it is limited by the floating point format
128. but the feature 1s still enabled Miscellaneous 7 3 System Parameters These settings do not change the meter s operation They simply allow names to be applied to the meter for reference Meter Configuration Setup 204123456 Alarms B Communications EziPort Ports Time windows site Name Extensions LCD Screens Pulsinglnputs PulsingUutputs Feeder Name Security SistemParameters Utility Name Tariff BillingFieset Plant Number Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS TranstormerR atios Site ID Miscellaneous e Figure 7 3 System Parameters setup page The following table Table 7 2 lists suggested uses for these settings All are character strings Site ID Quick code identification for the site Name of the site the meter is located at e Table 7 2 System Parameter string uses 7 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter External Transformers This section is dedicated to configuring the meter for its voltage and current connections In many applications external measurement transformers are used between the meter and the system to be measured The values at the input to the meter are defined as secondary quantities and the values on the high voltage current side of the measurement transformers are defined as primary quantities The meter allows the ratios of these VTs and CTs external to the meter to be accounted for Changing the transfor
129. button on the Screens Status screen in EziView An EFA is generated if any alarms are active The letters EFA are displayed on the default LCD screen at the bottom left See the Chapter 2 section Default Display on page 2 18 for more information on the display If there are latched alarms but no active alarms the letters efa are displayed to indicate the fault is no longer active Alarms may be set to a flashing mode where if active they will flash the EFA sign This could be used for serious alarms or indicating certain types of tamper Alarms that should not cause an EFA may be disabled Each alarm has a mask that when set stops it from causing an EFA For displaying flags in space restricted places such as the LCD a string format is used The alarm status 15 displayed as a string of 16 characters with each alarm s flag letter used to indicate an alarm An inactive alarm is represented by a full stop A masked flag 1s represented by lower case An active flag is represented by upper case All flags active looks like SVFR CMLHXYZNDU The two full stops represent two unused alarm positions The letters always appear in the same locations 15 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Alarm Setup Alarm Setup The alarms may be configured using the Alarms setup page of EziView Figure 15 2 Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms Delay Time z Communications v Asymmetrical Power gt
130. ccount in the meter where the meter user name is displayed This affects that ability to track individual access With this type of group the permissions should be set to disallow access to the security setup as well as the CurrentUser CurrentPassword security groups This is to prevent the users in the group from finding out the login password Hill in the additional user information for the group as for a user see the following section This 1s the username and password that will be used to log into the meter Right clicking on a group gives a number of options New Group Ctrl G creates a new blank group New User adds a new user to the group Copy creates a new group with the same settings and Delete deletes the group and its users Users may be added to a group from the groups pop up menu or from another user s pop up menu Users may be dragged from one group to another The position of a user within a group makes no difference The meter supports up to 20 users For groups with user accounts in the meter each user counts as one user For groups with user accounts not in the meter the group counts as one user Security 16 7 Meter Configuration Setup 204123456 Alarms alge Default 1 B Communications EziPort 1 Full Name Bobby Holiday Ports i Newlserl Descriptio Tech from Maintainence Section Timewindo Password Extensions LCD Screens Confirm Password Pulsingl nputs Pulsing
131. ch input s scaling factor to use Factor x This uses one of the custom scaling factors from the table at the bottom v right of the form This may be useful if the source of pulses to the TOU channel is not from one of the standard sources and needs to be treated differently Table 13 2 Scaling factors Description This field allows an up to 10 letter description to be added to the channel This is the column heading that 1s displayed in the EziView TOU display table User Level When a register is read by the TOU system this is the user level that is used to read it If the indicated user level does not have security access to the indicated register the register will not be read and no pulses will be added to the channel Example Suppose the meter needs to record import and export Wh and varh Pulses from pulsing input 1 also need to be recorded The read outs need to be in primary real world quantities There is a requirement to keep the active rate for Wh varh and pulses independent but no need to differentiate between accumulated and demand rates The Default group has access to all of the registers required 13 12 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Alarms Communications EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security 5 ystemP arameterg Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS TranstormerR atios 0001E 333 0001 E336 OOO1E
132. ch these screens Data Storage Some features such as waveform capture covered later in this chapter and reading files covered in Chapter 23 save a file of data from the meter The location and naming convention for these files 1s set using Tools Options File Locations Figure 4 1 Options Ses Ferm Scheme Language M acras Tasks Time General File Locations Animation Headings Viewing Viewer Program WIND S Smatepad exe Extensions Path C Program FilesSEDMISEDMI Meter Software anlbos Save Serial Mumber Plant Number Data File Locations gt Meter File Always Append Fixed Directory Figure 4 1 EziView Options File Locations page The first part of the file name may be either the serial number of the meter or the plant number of the meter This is selected under Save By If the plant number is longer than 8 characters the file name will be a long file name The file may be stored either in the same directory as the MTR file Meter File option or in a fixed directory for all meters that may be entered below the Fixed Directory Viewing Data 4 1 44116 EDMI option Checking the Always Append box causes new data to always be appended to the file If this is not checked you will be prompted for the action to take when a file may be overwritten The Viewer Program setting is not used by this meter Link Active Icon Many of the data viewing screens ha
133. ctive There are seven seasons available but only one may be active at any one time Season entries are processed in a similar way to rate entries A time range 15 specified along with the season to enable during that time The same rules of precedence in the case of a conflict apply types of longer interval have priority entries towards the top of the table have priority The blank season setting means that no season is active The example in Figure 13 27 shows a definition for Southern Hemisphere summer and winter seasons The season names may be changed from the defaults using the table at the bottom of the setup page 13 28 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Setup via EziView The daylight saving checkbox allows the entry to be controlled by daylight saving time rather than standard time The most obvious use for seasons is to enable different tariff structures at different times of the year Another use is to use them to define day types Different seasons would define different day types such as weekday weekend holiday etc configured on the rates page The season page would then be used to define when those types of day occurred This could be useful to reduce the complexity of programming some types of tariff structures More esoteric uses include changing demand intervals for different days of the week or automatically switch over to a different tariff structure on a certain date The current season may be displayed using the
134. d The use of toolbox 1s covered in Chapter 18 When finished creating the new tool it will be added to the list To view the properties and setup of a tool select the tool and click the properties EST button on the toolbar 274 on the left Click Cancel or OK to return to the setup page If you have changed anything do not click the OK button as a new tool will be created To create a new tool based on an existing tool select the tool to base it on and click the properties button on the toolbar 2 on the left Change the settings and click OK to create a new tool based on the old one Clicking Cancel will discard any changes To delete a customised tool from the list select the tool and click the delete button on the toolbar 34 on the left This should only be done if the customised tool is not used in any meters The customised tool is used to track the tool and contains the full settings Without it Ezi View cannot get the full settings of the tool in a meter There are two views of the customised tool list The normal view shown in Figure 17 1 and the detailed view Figure 17 2 The views are switched using the two right hand buttons of the toolbar Meter Configuration Setup 204123456 Alarms M Fas B EH g B Communications EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season Times etup TOUS etup T
135. d surveys must be used which are compatible with MV90 The required setups are 1 The event log extension 005 must be loaded for MV90 to work correctly 2 Both MV90 load survey scripts generated by Toolbox must be loaded 003 and 004 The load survey must be of MV90 type 3 The first four Time of Use TOU registers must be set up as follows Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Energy Import W Total register 1E393 Energy Export W Total register 1E397 Energy Import var Total register 1E39B Energy Export var Total register 1E39F It appears MV90 will function without the TOU registers setup but it uses them to cross check against the recorded data 4 The Modem script needs to be installed if the unit 15 to be accessed remotely MV90 will list a number of unrecognised event codes These refer to features not supported by MV90 Retrieving the event log using EziView will give the complete event description In MV90 Phone Password 1 should be set to the username to log into the meter with Phone Password 2 should be set to the password for that username In MV90 Device S N should be set to the serial number of the meter Use with MV 90 A 1 Intentionally Blank A 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Appendix System Specifications This appendix covers the basic specifications of the meter The Class 1 and Class 2 meters comply to IEC1036 Class 0 5 meters comply with IEC687 The me
136. d instructions are not allowed X1 x1 x2 2 would be written as in Figure 24 2 Add x1 x2 Add x1 2 e Figure 24 2 Compound add example EziView Script Files 24 1 A group of instructions that perform a certain task is called a function Functions are defined as in Figure 24 3 Function to Add three numbers and returns the result in x1 1 1 2 3 Function Add3 var x1 Integer x2 Integer x3 Integer Add x1 x2 Add x1 x3 End Call Add3 x1 x2 2 e Figure 24 3 Function example Numbers can also be in hexadecimal by preceding it with a dollar sign eg 0F Non printable characters are preceded by a hash eg 13 is character 13 carriage return 24 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Program Outline Program Outline There are two special functions that are called when the script is run Global and Global is called to create global variables A global variable 15 a variable that 15 accessible anywhere in the script A local variable 1s accessible only in the function in which it was defined It is not necessary to have a global function if no global variables are needed Main is called to run the script Main must be defined Figure 24 4 shows a simple script that adds three numbers and returns true if the sum is 6 Create global variables Function Global Create a global variable called tbool of type Boolean Create tbool Boolean End Function to Add three numbers and returns
137. d is within 30 seconds the meter will run the clock fast or slow by up to 10 as appropriate to correct the time If time pulses stop the meter continues as if time pulses were not enabled To configure external synchronisation 1 Configure the pulsing input with a Mode of Pulsing and set Invert as appropriate sync occurs on the leading edge via the PulsingInputs page See Chapter 11 for more information on pulsing input configuration 2 Goto TimeSetup page in EziView See Figure 12 2 3 Setthe time interval for the syncronising pulse If the required interval 1s not available use a submultiple Date and Time 12 3 4 Select the input channel that was configured in step 1 To disable external synchronisation 1 Go to the TimeSetup page in EziView See Figure 12 2 2 Setthe time interval to Disable The input MUST be set to Pulsing mode for time synchronisation to work Generating an External Synchronising Pulse See Chapter 10 for information on generating a pulse that may be used to synchronise the time of other devices If no battery 1s fitted or it 1s discharged the meter will use the time that the meter powered off or if that is not available then it reverts to 1 1 1996 A Clock alarm will also be raised Restarting with the power off time reduces the possible loss of data that changing the time could cause Daylight Saving The meter fully supports daylight saving Figure 12 3 shows the s
138. d mode surveys this is the interval between records in seconds Otherwise it 1s ignored e Table 17 5 EziView survey extension channel statistics The bottom section of the dialog 1s a table that gives information about each channel Table 17 6 lists the meanings of this information with the most useful information shown in bold Statistic Description 00000 00 surveys as the name of the channel This 1s the source register of the channel May be useful in problem solving but usually will be of little use The offset from the start of the record of the channel The scaling code internal use Used to get the scaling factor Scaling Factor The factor to scale between stored and real world values for some data types e Table 17 6 EziView survey extension statistics Reading a Survey Reading the data from a e survey type extension is best done using a reading file See Chapter 23 EziView Reading Files 17 16 EDMI Genius MkGE User Manual 44116 EDMI Where from here To quickly download a survey simply right click on the survey and select Download EziView will display a dialog like that of Figure 17 12 to select a filename to save as The survey will be saved as a standard survey text file with the name provided For details on the format see Chapter 23 Download Energy Load Surveys 0300 Save in Toolbox w 2 EP Recent Documents Desktop Documents Computer
139. d online such as setting the clock The Transfer Setup group allows transfers between the setup in the MTR file kept by EziView and the setup in the meter itself The Special group allows registers in the meter to be changed directly and allows the meter to be restarted simulating a momentary loss of power The use of these menu options is explained in the following chapter EziView Basics 3 15 Status for 204123456 VIEW Analogue Readings Status Flags Asymmetric Power 244 90 Voltage Tolerance 0 05 VT Failure Phase Rotation 20 02 Clock Failure 1 33 Lead Reverse Power Calibration Data Lost 412 Modern Failure 1 49 HAM LED Failure Program Flash Failure 12 38 Data Flash Failure Output OverFlow Frequency 44 Battery Failure ple User Defined Fundamental 44 Inactive 20050 Total EDMI Active E Status Connected e Figure 3 24 EziView Status screen example As a quick example of the information available selecting Screens Status gives a real time display of the meter s basic measurements Figure 3 24 In this example the meter 1s only connected to phase C with a very low current To disconnect from the meter simply choose Disconnect from either the site or the meter s right click menu or from the File menu or by using the Connect Disconnect icon on the left hand end of each tool bar 3 16 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 EDMI Bits and Pieces Bits and Pieces Differ
140. e 7ype setting 3 If the input source produces a pulse by applying a voltage set nvert to false If the input source produces a pulse by dropping out a normally applied voltage set Invert to true 4 Parameter has no effect 5 Add a description as a note to what the input is connected to Now the input may be used as a time pulse source Note the input number so that the correct number is used in setting up the rest of the time synchronisation The TimeSetup page must be used to complete the setup 11 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 ER EDMI Configuration Input Status Reading The simplest use for an input is to view the status of a steady state input Set up the input with a mode of SteadyState and give it a description The state of the input can then be read from the Online Variables PulsingInputs status page Figure 11 4 above Inputs for Testing Gate Control See Chapter 22 for information on testing the meter s accuracy using gated readings Using Inputs with EziScript Extensions Refer to the documentation on the EziScript extension on how to set up the meter to work with the extension Pulsing Inputs 11 7 Intentionally Blank 11 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Date and Time Time is a fundamental quantity The management of time is extremely important especially in how time changes are handled For example having two 2pms in the one day is not physically possible but is pos
141. e contents of all current channels to be copied into a set of previous channels This data 1s also added to a set of total registers After this processing the current set of channels is cleared to zero Each channel belongs to one of 5 rate groups W VAR VA EXI and EX2 There are 5 active rates one for each of the 5 rate groups each being independently programmable using the scheduler Scheduler time specifications may repeat hourly daily weekly monthly yearly and never or repeat at a user defined interval Specifications with a longer repeat rate have priority over others Time of Use 13 1 Demand time periods are also programmed the scheduler as are automatic billing resets Billing resets may also be initiated by a push button on the meter or by a communications command e Billing resets may be locked out for a defined period to stop repeated triggering Manual Billing Resets may be initiated using the sealable billing reset button e Support for up to seven seasons A running example is used throughout this chapter which is built upon as new concepts are covered It is important to read the examples as some information is covered only there Overview This section covers the fundamentals and terminology of the TOU system The following diagram is used throughout and illustrates the overall structure of the TOU system Figure 13 1 Billing Total Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 A Channel 12 Rate
142. e following Figure shows the Communications Eziport setup page that allows the registers to transmit to be selected Figure 14 4 Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms Communications EziPort Ports Tine indo Extensions LCD Screens Pulsinglnputs PulsingUutputs Security SietemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season Times etup TOUS TranstormerR atios 000 000 001 000 002 DOODOFFFF OOOOF FFF OOOOF FFF OOOOF FFF OOOOF FFF OOOOF FFF OOOOF FFF OOOOF FFF OOOOF FFF OOOOF FFF OOOOF FFF OOOOF FFF OOOOF FFF DODOFFFF 14 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Description Ph Voltage Voltage Pht Voltage Low Speed OOOOFFFF OOOOFFFF OOOOFFFF OOOUFFFF OOOUFFFF OOOUFFFF OOOUFFFF OOOUFFFF OOOUFFFF OOOUFFFF Description Figure 14 4 Eziport registers for transmission setup Chapter Alarms EFA During operation the meter monitors a variety of internal and external conditions Ifa problem is detected an alarm is raised called an Equipment Failure Alarm or EFA These tests are designed to detect measurement faults tampering attempts and hardware failure Status for 204123456 Sel VIEW Analogue Readings Status Flags Asymmetric Power 244 90 Voltage Tolera
143. e the following sections for more information on this A dialog box is presented Select the extension binary file you wish to load into the meter These files have the SCB extension Multiple files may be selected at once Toolbox files with the extension may also be loaded in this way EziView will now start to load the file into the meter A confirm overwrite dialog box Figure 17 6 is displayed if an extension already exists with the same extension number Select OK to delete the existing extension and load the new one in its place Selecting Cancel will stop the new extension from being loaded 17 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EDMI Online EziScript Control Warning Extension Type Already Exists 0050 Overvrite e Figure 17 6 EziView Extension Exists warning dialog 5 Finally EziView links the extension This tells the meter to verify it is a valid extension and to start using it Only linked extensions have any effect If a Bad icon appears the extension was found to be invalid by the meter and has not been linked The bad extension will be deleted if the meter is restarted Deleting an EziScript Extension Warning Delete Event 005 Cancel e Figure 17 7 EziView extension delete confirmation dialog 1 Right click on the extension and select Delete from the popup menu 2 Aconfirmation dialog box 1s presented Click OK to delete the extension Clicking Cancel will
144. e time 50ms inactive time a parameter of 0 01 Secondary All channels W Export More Help EziView has a built in calculator that assists you in setting the Parameter for a pulsing output It is accessed by clicking on the calculator icon when configuring an output setup as Pulsing This calculator allows you to set your system characteristics Line to Line or Line to Neutral Voltage Current and Load Rating and then tweak the rate of the pusling output through different representations of the pulsing rate Primary Voltage 240 Primary Current Load A ating wh Pulse Pulses Ewh Pulses 5ec Secs Fulse e Figure 10 6 Pulsing Outputs Settings page 10 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Programming Outputs The pulsed output mode is mostly designed for use with EziScript for pulse transmission In this mode a number of pulses are written to a register F96X series which is added to a total of pulses to be sent Pulses are sent with the indicated Active and nactive times Each time a pulse is sent the pulses to be transmitted 15 decremented by one until there are no pulses left to send If the meter is turned off then any pulses that were queued for transmission will be lost Table 10 4 lists the options available Normally instructions for this setup will be given with the EziScript documentation Seu 0000 Active Time This is the time in milliseconds that the output will pulse active for This has a resolution of
145. e toolbar button from the left This will display the Site Properties dialog box Site Properties E4 Site Properties Mame Connection Advanced Script Site Mame Tutarial Test e Figure 3 11 EziView Site Properties Name page There are four pages to the Site Properties dialog The first page Name Figure 3 11 shows the site name This 1s yet another way to change the site name EziView Basics 3 7 E Site Properties Mame Connection Advanced Script Port COM Baud Hate S600 hull e Figure 3 12 EziView Site Properties Connection page The Connection page Figure 3 12 allows the method of connection to the meter to be configured The Connect Using box allows the type of connection to be picked The Direct option shown in Figure 3 12 uses a serial port on the computer to connect directly This includes use with optical reader heads or null modem cables connected to the RS 232 port With this option the Port and Baud Rate fields are used to select the details of the serial port The Baud Rate must be set to the same rate as the meter which defaults to 9600 baud The Configure button allows the number of data bits stop bits parity and flow control to be set Unless the meter settings have been changed these may generally be left as their default values of 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity and no flow control 8 data bits must be used for correct operation with the meter
146. e whether the port is fitted or not Meter Configuration Setup 204123456 Alarms B Communications EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS TranstormerR atios Optical Port Baud Rate Data Bits Parity Default User Level Stop Bits SCADA Fort gen Mone Transmit Enable User Level Default 1 Modem Port Mone Default User Level Hane Type Modem w Dial Response Init Initialization ATEDSUSS amp D 2801 Handshaking Access ATE Options Fitted OTA DOCO SOM SOFF Pass Through IEC 1107 Login 2 Wire R5485 Fitted OTA OCO ADM Pass Through IEC 1107 Login 2 Wire H5485 Modbus Command Line Login Fitted OTA OCO AUN Pass Through IEC 1107 Login Wire 5485 Modbus e Figure 14 3 Modem communications setup Communications 14 3 RS 485 When an RS 485 port is fitted the bottom three rows of modem port setup may be ignored except that Type should be set to No Modem DTR DCD should be turned off as the lines are not available on the port flow control may be enabled if required Pass Through should not be enabled and 2 Wire 5485 should be ticked if the appropriate hardware is being used The Handshaking setting should be set to either RTS
147. ead var f File var S String Size Integer FileReadln var f File var S String FileSeek var f File Position Integer Origin String FileSetName var f File FileName String FileSetOpenMode var f File OpenModes String FileSetShareMode var f File ShareModes String FileSetWriteMode var f File WriteMode String 24 10 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Closes the opened file Example 1 f File opened file FileClose f f is closed Sets Result to true if at the end of the opened file else false Example 1 tbool Boolean false f File opened file FileEof tbool f tbool true false Opens the file Example 1 f File unopened file FileOpen f f is open Sets result to the current position in the file Example 1 tint Integer 0 f File opened file FilePos tint f tint position in file Reads Size characters from the opened file into S Example 1 S String f File opened file FileRead f S 10 5210 characters from the file Reads characters to the next carriage return from the file into 5 Example 1 S String f File opened file FileReadlIn f S S next line from the file Sets the file position to the Position from the Origin Origin can be Begin from the beginning of the file Default Current from the current position in the file End from the end of the file Example 1 f File opened file FileSeek f 0 End f is at the end of the file FileSeek f O Begin f is at the start of the file
148. eck box Checking this box stops the display of the Save and Delete buttons and thus prevents the schemes from being changed Additional Security The Config Jumper setting allows the effect of the config jumper to be setup When the config jumper is in the Secure position any security group without its rights enabled here will not be accessible In these permission settings only the read and write settings have an effect the modify setting does not do anything The config jumper settings can only be written to the meter if the config jumper is in the Config position The Billing Reset Button Disable check box may be checked to disable the operation of the billing reset button on the front of the meter Lost Passwords Care should be taken that at least one user has permission to change user security information Contact EDMI if you do manage to lock yourself out of the meter Security 16 13 Intentionally Blank 16 14 EDMI Genius MkGE User Manual A Part EziScnpt Extensions Ithough the meter has quite a range of built in functions there are limits to its versatility There always seems to be something that needs to work a little bit differently for your application This is where EziScript extensions are useful EziScript 1s a kind of macro language that allows the meter s operation to be customised It works just in the way a macro language for a word processor or spreadsheet works by piecing together the existin
149. ed energy Use the method that best suits your testing system Using the Pulsing Outputs The easiest way to test the accuracy 1s to use a pulsing LED or pulsing output from the meter The testing 1s then performed as it would be for a rotating disk Ferraris type meter Pulsing outputs are configured using EziView For best results the pulse rate should be no faster than 10 pulses per second The test time should be at least 10 seconds Using Gated Energy The meter has the ability to measure the energy between two gating pulses This allows testing against another standard such as Radian RM 10 s that also has a gating capability The meters are gated for the same period of time and the readings are then compared This method of testing 1s only feasible if a gate input can be supplied to the meter and the standard being tested against Another method is to gate the meter using the energy pulses from another meter Testing 22 1 The gate can be fed into the meter either optically or via input 1 The settings for the gate input are in the Gate Configuration section of the Pulsing Input page in EziView see Figure 22 1 Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms 1 inputi Unused B Communications 2 Input Unused EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season Times etup TOUSetup TranstormerR atios Gate Configur
150. ed integer generally expressed in hexadecimal for ease of display 16 digits Waveform Captured waveform with status data Format of the F402 Table 5 2 Types of Register gt lt U lt Registers 5 3 44 ER EDMI Register Units Each register has a unit although many simply have None as a unit These are displayed on the LCD when selected and are available to command line users using the information command A single capital letter is used to refer to the unit The possible units are listed in Table 5 3 A Percent Seconds h Seconds e Table 5 3 Types of Register LR Security Groups Every register belongs to one of 256 security groups Access to a register 1s granted only if the user has access to that group to perform the requested operation Security is discussed fully in Chapter 16 Accessing Registers with EziView EziView communicates with the meter using registers although this process is generally hidden from the user The Special Read Register and Special Write Register commands in EziView while online to a meter allow registers to be accessed directly 5 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Accessing Registers with EziView General Read x General Read 2041 23456 SOOO0FO02 S 2041235456 lt 000 gt zZ50 567357553711 Word 43 74 99193F 4374 913F Characters Boolean DateTime Dat Length dl Other hs Mask Format
151. ed to record the status of the record The information is stored in a 16 bit integer type H This consists of a set of flags that record the state of the system since the last record and flags indicating the validity of the record A complete list follows in Table 17 4 17 12 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Detailed Survey Information An error occurred reading one of the registers One or more channels of the record will be wrong Filled entry no data If bit 3 is set as well then this interval was lost due to a survey rewind caused by a backwards time change Power failed during interval This is set in the interval where power was lost not where it just continued to be lost or was restored The I flag will be set for all intervals where power was not present lost or restored Incomplete interval Caused by power failure or time change at some time since the last entry S V E R or M alarm failure any or all S Asymmetric Power V Voltage Tolerance Error F VT Failure R Incorrect Phase Rotation M Reverse Power User U flag alarm failure User flag Data check sum error this record should be treated with caution Unused e Table 17 4 Alarm names and flag letters Note that EziView displays the flags as the right most column when using a reading file The number of records in a survey in theory may be over 4 billion but in practice is limited by memory availability There are two bas
152. ee lines are self explanatory They define a daily schedule of changes The last entry overrides the daily entries to enforce off peak on a weekend This could be simplified even further by using the fact that entries higher up in the table override those lower down of the same type if they overlap In the following table Table 13 7 the top entry will override the second entry during the middle of the day While this requires fewer entries it is more cryptic than the earlier version Table 13 6 san End Rate Number 10 00 17 00 21 00 21 00 Fri 7 00 Mon e Table 13 7 Example alternative scheduler commands We will use rate group W for the channels to be controlled by this tariff No seasons are used and all times are standard time not daylight saving time 13 16 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Setup via EziView The EziView Tariff Rates page can now be filled in The following is for the first entry 1 2 Select Daily as the type from the drop down list Enter the Start time This 1s done by double clicking on the field to bring up the Minute Calculator Figure 13 14 Earlier Table 13 1 it was mentioned that the times are entered as a number of minutes past the repeat point The minute calculator lets you ignore that and enter times as hours minutes etc The field at the bottom left shows the time in minutes while the field at the bottom right shows the calculated time Using the minu
153. eeseeeeeeeeeeeeseeseeeees 4 9 FIGURE 4 9 EZIVIEW WAVEFORM SCREEN HARMONICS TABLE 4 10 FIGURE 4 10 SINGLE HARMONIC GRAPH cccccccccccssesssssccsccesssssscesescecssssesessseesesssessseseecssssssssscesesseaseas 4 11 FIGURE 4 11 EZIVIEW TIME OF USE SCREEN eee 4 12 FIGURE 4 12 EZIVIEW GATED ENERGY SCREEN cccccccccssssssccssssscscsesssssscsssssssssessssssccesesssssesssssseeseass 4 12 FIGURE 4 13 ONLINE VARIABLES SCREEN DATE TIME 4 13 FIGURE 4 14 ONLINE VARIABLES SCREEN OPTIONS PAGE 4 13 FIGURE 4 15 ONLINE VARIABLES SCREEN SYSTEM PAGE ccsscsccssssssscsesssssscsesssssecessssssssesssssseeseeees 4 14 FIGURE 5 1 GENERAL READ SCREEN 6464 00 5 5 FIGURE 5 2 GENERAL WRITE SCREEN cccccccsssssscccssssscsccsssssscsesssssscesssesscecssssssceessessecsesesssseessssssseseesesees 5 6 FIGURE 6 1 METER CONFIGURATION SETUP SCREEN 020 0 44600000 6 1 FIGURE 6 2 READ ALL SETUP VALUES DIALOG ccccccccccssssssccsssscsscsssssssssessssscsessessecessessssssesssssseseesesees 6 2 FIGURE 0 35 SET TIME DIALOG oi d a eto GEN o 6 3 FIGURE 6 4 READ SETUP IN 55 4 4 4 6 3 FIGURE 6 5 S YNCHRONISE SETUP
154. effective Waveform Capture for 204173456 VIEW Graph Options Summary Harmonics Graph Harmonics T able Harmonics Options Capture Quantity Voltage bal Fhases v B Graph Phase Gaps Number Log Avg Width Defaut gk EET Status Connected e Figure 4 8 EziView Waveform screen Options page The Phases setting allows selection of the phases to display The Quantity setting selects what quantity is displayed Table 4 2 shows the possible options Voltage Displays the voltage harmonics as a percent of the fundamental Displays the current harmonics as a percent of the fundamental Voltage Mag Displays the voltage harmonic magnitudes in volts Displays the current harmonic magnitudes in amps Displays the power of each harmonic in watts with sign e Table 4 2 Harmonic quantity options The first two options have a wide range of formatting options for the display These are listed in Table 4 3 Viewing Data 4 9 EDMI Numbers the harmonics Log If checked the scale is a log scale If unchecked the scale is linear Log The maximum value to display on the graph for linear scales Avg Ezi View will perform a running average over this many readings AN from the meter This can settle down the display when harmonics are changing This 1s the number of harmonics to display e Table 4 3 Harmonic graph options The other three options have a single formatting option
155. eing automatically generated by the scheduler A billing reset lockout period may also be specified Two billing resets may not occur within this time of each other If an attempt 1s made the second billing reset will be ignored The ability to perform a billing reset 1s controlled by a feature code Your meter may not have this code To extend the number of previous readings stored an EziScript survey may be used See Chapter 19 Billing History Tool on page 19 5 for more information The reason for the large number of bits in the registers 15 to totally eliminate the possibility of overflow within the lifetime of the meter and to provide high resolution Time of Use 13 5 4416 EDMI results For energy quantities the data is stored as a number of micropulses Micropulses are an internal pulse value used for measured energy and should be scaled to a primary or secondary quantity There is approximately micropulse per 0 000001 kWh for a 5A meter This means that even under very low input conditions a significant number of pulses are recorded For example at 63 5 V 0 05A on a single phase around 800 pulses are still recorded for a 15 minute period ensuring that the meter s accuracy is not lost though an inadequate number of pulses At the other end of the scale even at full load the registers will not overflow The maximum demand registers which never record energy for more than an hour would take almost 6 days to overflow The
156. ended feature code enables one or more options in addition to the existing options 7 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Extended Feature Code The Screens Online Variables Extended Feature Code page is used to enter new codes Figure 7 2 Online Variables for 204123456 CPU Usage Date Time Debug Extended Feature Code Feature Code Gate LCD Memory Options Ports Pulsinglnputs Pulsingllutputs Security System Time Window EEH Extended Feature Code Status Serial Humber 204123455 1 Load Survey Energy 2 Load Survey Instantaneous 3 Load Survey External Energy 4 Event Log 5 Billing History b Modem Control Modern Extended B Surge 9 Dual Summation 10 Advanced Tamper Detection 11 Load Shedding 1 Chander Mew Extended Feature Code Load From File Status Connected Figure 7 2 Extended feature code setup page To enter a new code type it into the Feature Code field and click the set button Check it is for the right serial number if it has no effect Where large number of codes are required they may be supplied in a file The Load From File button allows a file to be selected which contains the extended feature codes The extended feature codes enabled in the meter are listed on the page If a code is enabled which your version of EziView does not understand three question marks will be displayed beside the extended feature number
157. ent Languages EziView supports languages other than English EziView will automatically detect the language of the computer and set the filename under Tools Options Language Figure 3 25 to the appropriate LNG file This may be overridden by setting a filename here 7 Options General File Locations Animation Icon Headings Viewing Ferm Scheme Language Macros Tasks Time Enable Language Translation Default Desc Resize Buttons Resize All Reposition hal JU s JC Ese e Figure 3 25 EziView Options Language page The Default Desc option selects whether default descriptions are converted to the new language Default descriptions are written to the meter by default for display on the LCD as a description The meter cannot display the variety of languages that the computer can so unchecking this options allows these default descriptions to remain in English to ensure that they display properly Language files may be obtained from your local agent where you obtained EziView or from EDMI EziView Basics 3 17 File Locations The Tools Search List option Figure 3 26 allows meter files to be located outside the default location The default location 1s the directory EziView is installed in Directory Search List Program Files gt EDMI Connect Scripts 29 Include Language 25 Language ditorHelp ditorHelp Macros MySite
158. entry Add creates the new entry at the end of the list The name of the reading file to appear on the menu is entered under Menu Name This is also the name shown in the list The Filename 1s the reading file name and location It can be selected using the browse button or simply typed in The notepad button causes the reading file to be opened by the default viewer Notepad works quite well for this The entries in the list are added to the Meter menu under the item Readings Figure 23 2 when the meter 1s connected EziView SEES File Edit Tree View Tools Help Meters B Local Serial Number Address Quick Connect 204122465 204123456 0 MySite Screens i Tutorial Test Readings Test Transfer Setup Special Macros Setup Disconnect Edit View Arrange Icons Default Meter Default Meter Mone e Figure 23 2 Reading files on the meter menu Selecting a reading causes the reading file to be processed and generates the output file as detailed by the reading file 23 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Using Reading Files Viewing Reading Result Files It is very useful to be able to easily view the newly produced file To make this easier EziView allows viewing programs to be configured This is done using the Tools Options Viewing screen Figure 23 3 7 Options Perm Scheme Language Macros Tasks Time General File Locations Animation Icon Headings Viewing T
159. er of three ways e Manually using EziView Manually using the Billing Reset button on the meter where fitted e Automatically using the scheduler When a billing reset occurs for any reason the following message is shown on the LCD for several seconds Figure 13 22 overriding any other display Billing Reset Initiated e Figure 13 22 Billing Resets LCD screen Details on the ways to perform billing resets follow Manually using EziView Use the Screens Online Variables Tariff page Figure 13 23 in EziView to perform a remote manual billing reset Clicking the Billing Reset button performs the reset The date and time of the last and 2 last billing resets by any cause are also displayed on this page If these resets have never occurred the date 1 1 96 will be shown The Number Of Billing Resets counter records the total number of billing resets the meter has had The lockout time figures are discussed later Online Variables for 204123456 CPU Usage Date Time Debug Extended Feature Code Current Rate var Feature Code Gate Current Rate V LCD Memory Map ptions Current Rate Ex2 P Ports I Pulsinglnputs Number OF Billing Resets PulsingOutputs Last Reset 28 10 2004 16 00 53 2nd Last 01 01 1996 00 00 00 Security System Billing Reset Tariff Billing Reset Lockout Time Remaining 0 0 Time Window EL EDMI Current Rate w Current Rate Ex1
160. er when rates and demand times are described later in this chapter Acc Unit Accumulated Unit This selects the unit that will be displayed after the value on LCD displays It should generally be Wh varh or VAh as appropriate to the quantity being measured or No Unit where none is appropriate Pulses from a gas meter for example Dem Type Demand Type This puts the channel into one of five groups for demand calculations The groups are as for Acc Type Dem Unit Demand Unit This selects the unit that will be displayed after the value on LCD displays It should generally be W var or VA as appropriate to the quantity being measured or No Unit where none is appropriate Pulses from a gas meter for example Time of Use 13 11 This 1s how the pulses are scaled to real world quantities When displayed or read out anywhere the pulse values from the TOU system are scaled by the indicated factor Table 13 2 Scale Option Description 1 1 No scaling is done This is generally not used but may be useful for IRE pulsing inputs if the unscaled value is required This is for scaling micropulses into primary quantities the external transformer ratios are used Secondary This is for scaling micropulses into secondary quantities the external transformer ratios are not used Pul Inp x This is for scaling pulses from a pulsing input by the scaling factor per pulse specified in the pulsing input setup The x specifies whi
161. eraction e Close Will cancel the script EziView will display the message Script Error User Terminated These options are available only when the debugger is idle When the debugger 1s idle the next instruction to be run is blue When the debugger 1s busy the currently running instruction 15 grey If the debugger is busy and you want to cancel without the currently running instruction to complete press cancel on the main connect window Example 1 Datagate This is an example script for connecting with a Datagate modem gateway device This script connects through a Datagate The User Name comes from the UserID option in the Site Properties Script page 24 12 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Example 1 Datagate Password comes from the Password option in the Site Properties Script page The Port Number comes from the Parameters option in the Site Properties Script page Global Variables Function Global Temporary Boolean to use with If statement Create tbool Boolean End ANrites a string to the communications port and adds CH character Halts the script if the port is lost Function Writeln s String Transmit s CommrTransmit s Transmit the carriage return CommrTransmit 13 End Main execution of the script Function Main Create local variables Create RetryCount Integer Create s1 String Set the RetryCount to 2 when it reaches 0 quit with a timed out message Assi
162. erfere with the terminal cover of the meter when fitted The meter s RS 232 port is provided by an 8 pin RJ45 connector Connection details are described below in Table 2 4 Terminal Description FullName e Table 2 4 Mk6E RS 232 connections 2 14 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI Connections in Detail RS 485 The RS 485 port on the EDMI Mk6 Genius meter is a 5 connection screw terminal block that replaces the DB9 as TB10 Table 2 5 lists the connections e Table 2 5 Mk6 Genius RS 485 connections The terminals are numbered left to right See Figure 2 4 and Figure 2 5 for the location of the connector The terminals replace the DB9 port shown in the diagram The Mk6E also supports an RS 485 port via either a 5 connection screw terminal or two RJ 45 connectors The 5 connection screw terminal 1s labelled TB9 in Figure 2 7 and the connector has the following pin out e Table 2 6 Mk6E RS 485 screw terminal connections The pin out for RS 485 via the two RJ45 connectors TB7 and TB8 on the Mk6E is shown in Table 2 7 Note that the pin out for TB7 and TB8 s are the same thus only TB7 s connections are shown 5V Optional e Table 2 7 Mk6E RS 485 RJ45 connections The Meter 2 15 EDM FLAG Port Simply use a standard FLAG IECI 107 physical standard read head to connect the meter to a PC Note that we have occasionally found that some FLAG heads need to be rotated
163. est Results Add Remove Menu Mame Programm E tension e Figure 23 3 Reading File Viewing setup Each entry in the list is a viewing option Entries may be added or removed using the Add and Remove buttons respectively The order they appear in the list is the order they appear on the meter menu To change the order drag the entries using the left mouse button The menu name of an entry is the name that appears on the menu and in the list The Program is the viewing program to run when the option is selected The file is passed as an argument to the viewing program Extension should be the extension of the output of the reading file EziView uses this and the meter serial number or plant number to determine the filename to pass to the viewing program The Reading File option allows the reading file to be processed before the viewer to be selected from those listed under the Readings tab Selecting None will stop EziView from processing a reading file first This is useful where you may want to view the same data with several different viewing programs EziView Reading Files 23 3 44 4 EDMI After an entry is added to the list it will appear the menu of a connected meter under the Viewing option Figure 23 4 EziView Bele File Edit Tree View Tools Help ee ASHE Meters B i Local Serial Number Address E Quick Connect 204123 204123456 Y MySite et X Screens Tutorial Test Readings V
164. eters pane displays any restrictions on what meters the CD keys may be used on The Features pane displays what EziView features are enabled shown in Bold by the CD keys System Code This program has been copy protected to Increase Your security This prevents the program from being run an other computers The following code needs to be sent ta ED MI the easiest way by email and an unlock cade will be sent back to vau Send the following cade to EDMI for an unlock key LIU G 0000 0000 0000 000F 05H 9 40 Unlock key e Figure 3 4 EziView System Code confirmation EziView Basics 3 3 With some CD keys EziView will ask for a system code confirmation In this case the dialog of Figure 3 4 will be displayed The indicated code needs to be sent to EDMI or your local agent who will send you the corresponding unlock key Email is the easiest way to do this but fax or phone may also be used This locks EziView such that it will run only on your system Running EziView Upon running EziView the main EziView screen 1s shown along with a login prompt Figure 3 5 Use the name EDMUI and the password IMDEIMDE to log into EziView Stars will be displayed instead of the password for security Ignore the Link Security field Click OK after the username and password has been entered User Mame DK Password Cancel Link Security gt e Figure 3 5 EziView login
165. etup page Meter Configuration Setup 204123456 sa Alarms Enable Daylight Savings E Communications Start Date End D ate 25710 EziPort Ports Start End Day Sunday Timewndow Start Hour End Hour 1 Extensions Hours to Skip Pulsinglnputs Time Source PulsingQ utputs Security 5 ystemParameters BillingFieset Sync Interval Demand Rates Season TimeSetup TOUSetup TranstormerR Time Source Time Synchronisation e Figure 12 3 EziView Date and Time Setup page Daylight Savings 12 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI Daylight Saving Check the Enable Daylight Savings box to enable the other settings When unchecked the start date and end date are set to be the same which disables daylight saving DLS Start Hour This is the hour during the day when daylight savings will become active on the specified date This is always specified as Standard Time Default is 2am DLS Start Day This is the day on which daylight savings will begin Sunday is 0 through to 6 which is Saturday In most cases this will be Sunday Default is Sunday DLS Start Date The date on which daylight savings will begin This is written to the meter with a year but the year 15 always ignored The exact date on which daylight savings will occur will be the day DLS Start Day on or after the set date
166. f SubStr is not Index Integer SubStr String S String found in S Index is 0 Example 1 Index Integer 0 StrPos Index world hello world Index 7 Example 2 Index Integer 0 good evening hello world Index 0 StrTrim var S String Removes white space from the start and end of the string Example 1 S String hello StrTrim S S hello StrUpperCase var S String Converts all characters in the string to upper case Example 1 S String Hello StrUpperCase S S HELLO e Table 24 3 String instructions When creating a file variable the optional parameter specifies the type of file to create The options are e Text standard text file This is the default This type doesn t support several functions FilePos FileSeek FileSize and FileTruncate Untyped standard binary file 24 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual instructions e Handle standard Windows binary file HandleRead read only Windows binary file All file instructions set the Global Result variable to True if the operation is successful and False if the operation failed and the Global ScriptResultMsg to the reason for the failure Table 24 4 lists all of the file instructions EziView Script Files 24 9 Instruction Description FileClose var f File FileEof var Result Boolean var f File FileOpen var f File FilePos var Result Integer var f File FileR
167. file is sum added to the list of source files for the sum Figure 25 4 shows two files added to the Summation fem C3 NewSet set EEk Figure 25 4 Summation with files added to the sum Summation 25 3 The plus sign in front of a file indicates that the file will be added to the sum Right clicking on the file and selecting nvert will change the sign to a minus sign This means that the file will be subtracted from the total Files can be moved around between sums using the Cut Copy Paste and Delete commands Right clicking in the window and selecting Sum will cause all the summated load surveys to be generated from their source files The program will take channels with the same register number and add them together to create a channel in the sum This generally means for surveys created with toolbox that the surveys in the meters will have the corresponding channel numbers added up It is recommended that all the meters have the same survey loaded to ensure correct results Quick Data Display The summation program also has a simple viewing function This 1s accessed by right clicking on a survey and selecting Display Figure 25 5 gt Summation File Window Help 454 96 1405 0 500 501 82 0 1454 0 503 1 3 gt 1 1 1 1 a7 1 1 1 1 q 1 1 10 09 2004 12 09 2004 14 08 2004 16 09 2004 18 08 2004 20 08 2004 22 08 2004 e Figure 25
168. formation Table 2 8 Pressing the button again will revert to the normal display SCADA Eziport Configuration Table 2 8 Special Display contents Processor idle time and Flash Used are for EDMI internal use Default Display The default display Figure 2 15 shows a summary of many of the systems within the meter 311 16 04 08 L 22 1 9595 e Figure 2 15 Default LCD display The organisation of the display from the top left 1s as follows The first two characters of the top row display the direction of watts and vars respectively A plus sign indicates positive export delivered energy while a minus sign indicates negative import received energy A blank indicates zero energy 2 18 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI Billing Reset Button The third character shows a little pulsing heart symbol as an indication that the meter is running and updating the display The fourth fifth and sixth characters indicate the active rate for W var and VA rate groups respectively as a number from 1 to 8 These values are fully explained in Chapter 13 The seventh character shows a battery symbol if the battery was depleted or missing at power up See the Battery section earlier in this chapter The eighth character shows D if daylight saving is currently active The right hand side of the display shows the current time with daylight savings if active The first three characters of the bottom row display
169. ful in tracking down gate level and polarity problems The Pulses box gives the number of pulses to count this is the starting value for register FOB1 described in Table 22 1 To change this value enter the new number into the Pulses box under Gate Setting Click the Set Meter button to confirm the change By default Pulses will be 2 which gives the pulse on pulse off action commonly used It can of course be set to any value useful if the gate is fed from the pulsing output of another meter The Gate Override box allows the gate inputs to be overridden When this box is checked the gate 1s controlled by the Gate Status checkbox normally greyed out Testing 22 3 To see the value of the gated registers either display them on the LCD or via the Gated Energy Status screen Figure 22 3 shows the current accumulated energy in the gated registers Gated Ene rey B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Status Connected e Figure 22 3 EziView Gated Energy status The format button allows the number format to be changed specified as a language like format specifier the details of which are beyond this document The default format should be fine for just about all applications Optical Gate Interface A convenient interface for the optical gate input 1s currently in development 22 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter EziView Reading Files Readin
170. g Event Groups Event Number System 90 compatible Log 1 Setup Event Log 2 L Billing Event Log 3 Diagnostic O Event Log 4 User Script Properties Figure 18 2 Event Log dialog Every tool has a similar format Most of the dialog is devoted to the custom settings for the tool However all tools have the same three buttons The OK button goes ahead and creates a new tool with the indicated configuration It will be added to the list in the EziView extensions setup page The Cancel button will abort the tool creation and return to EziView The Properties button allows a number of standard properties to be adjusted 18 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI Tool Properties Tool Properties The properties dialog 1s the same for all tools Figure 18 3 shows the settings page of the properties dialog ToolBox Properties settings Description About Tool Name User Group L efault 1 Security Group Extension 11 Flash Backup Made3 extension registers survey backed uj e Figure 18 3 Toolbox Properties Settings page The Script Name 1s the name that will be used to identify the tool you have created It is used as part of the filename for the TBX file and as the name displayed by EziView It is displayed at the top of the tool customisation dialog The User Group 1s the user group that this tool will use to access registers and features wit
171. g The display will automatically step to the next screen after the Cycling Rate period has passed The range is to 255 seconds A setting of zero disables display cycling Set the Hold Time to the time in seconds to pause automatic display cycling when the Select button is pushed The range is 0 to 255 seconds Set the Display Revert field to a non zero number to ensure the display returns to a known state after use If the Select button has not been pressed for the set number of minutes the display will revert to the default screen of display set A The range is to 255 minutes A setting of zero disables display revert The backlight of the display 1s usually configured to light only when the meter 1s being read Set the Backlight On Time to the time in seconds 1 to 254 that the backlight should remain on after the Select button is pressed A setting of 0 disables the backlight A setting of 255 keeps the backlight on permanently Change the Contrast setting to adjust the contrast of the LCD Adjustments of this set ng are not normally required as this 1s set at the factory Adjusting the contrast may help visibility in some lighting environments Set the User Level to the user level that the meter will use to access the registers to display on the LCD A level of none prevents all access 9 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 EDMI Direct LCD control 9 If a register is displayed as Access Denied this is caused by the sec
172. g features to create new functionality This section of the manual gives an overview of how EziScripts work and how to load them into a meter The following chapters then detail EziScripts that are available for specific tasks Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Using EziScript Extensions Toolbox Survey Tools Control Tools Modem Control Chapter 17 gives an introduction to EziScript extensions and the basics on how to use them Chapter 18 covers the use of toolbox to create customised extension tools The other chapters document the available tools and may be read in any order EziScript Extensions Intentionally Blank II EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Using EziScnpt Extensions An EziScript extension is a macro that can be loaded into a meter to extend its functionality It works to tie together the operations of the meter to create new functionality and customisations Each EziScript extension consists of several parts that combine to produce the desired operation The parts are e User defined registers These can be used to store items of information just like meter s built in registers e Survey This allows multiple channels of data to be recorded and retrieved efficiently e Time Events These allow operations to be scheduled to occur at set times e Scripts These tie together the operation of the other parts and the existing meter functions There
173. g files are a method of generating reports from a connected meter EziView takes a user formatted text file that contains special control sequences These control sequences tell EziView which register values to insert to produce the final report Reading files may be used for down loading surveys reading TOU registers and any other use where a report of values from the meter needs to be made The use of reading files in EziView 15 covered first followed by the structure of reading files so that you can create your own Using Reading Files Reading files are registered with EziView by using the Tools Options Readings screen Figure 23 1 Options Ferm Scheme Language Macros Tasks Time General File Locations Animation Icon Readings Viewing Remove Menu Mame Test FileM ame CANE best rds Ti e gt Parameter 157 e Figure 23 1 EziView Reading File Setup The readings files registered with EziView are listed 1n the large pane The order they appear is the order that they appear on the meter menu Reading files can be removed EziView Reading Files 23 1 from the list does not delete the reading file itself by selecting the entry and clicking the Remove button Entries can be moved around by dragging them with the mouse using the left button To add a new reading file entry to the list use nsert or Add buttons Insert creates the entry ahead of the currently selected
174. gn RetryCount 2 MainWaitlnput Wait for the datagate response Result is the O for timeout 1 login 2 password 3 Enter Option 4 Enter User ID 5 Access Denied CommWaitFor 3000 login password Enter Option Enter User ID Access Denied Assign s1 MainCase Convert the Result Integer to a String because can t add a String and an Integer CastValue Result String Add s1 Result Goto s1 MainCaseO Timed out Subtract RetryCount 1 Equal tbool RetryCount O If tbool Goto MainTimedOut CommtTransmit 27 Goto MainWaitlnput MainCase1 login Call Writeln UserID EziView Script Files 24 13 3 EDMI Goto MainWaitlnput MainCase2 Call Writeln Password Goto MainWaitlnput MainCase3 Enter Option Call Writeln Parameters Goto MainWaitlnput MainCase4 Enter User ID Return True MainCase5 55 Denied Assign ScriptResultMsg Incorrect User Name or Password Return False MainTimedOut Assign ScriptResultMsg Datagate Not Responding Return False End Example 2 Special Modem This is an example that dials the modem directly using AT commands is sent and OK is expected in 2 seconds If this fails twice the script returns false with the message Response Failed OK If successful phone number is sent and CONNECT or fail string is expected 2 minutes If CONNECT
175. h a minus sign if the number is negative One digit always precedes the decimal point The total number of digits in the resulting string including the one before the decimal point is given by the precision specifier in the format string a default precision of 15 is assumed if no precision specifier is present The E exponent character in the resulting string is always followed by a plus or minus sign and at least three digits Fixed The argument must be a floating point value The value is converted to a string of the form ddd dad The resulting string starts with a minus sign if the number is negative The number of digits after the decimal point is given by the precision specifier in the format string a default of 2 decimal digits is assumed if no precision specifier is present General The argument must be a floating point value The value is converted to the shortest possible decimal string using fixed or scientific format The number of significant digits in the resulting string is given by the precision specifier in the format string a default precision of 15 is assumed if no precision specifier is present Trailing zeros are removed from the resulting string and a decimal point appears only if necessary The resulting string uses fixed point format if the number of digits to the left of the decimal point in the value is less than or equal to the specified precision and if the value is greater than or equal to 0 00001 O
176. h memory that the other sections don t have enough The number of demand entries will generally be minimal in comparison Other settings The Forgiveness Time setting allows for a start up period forgiveness time If the power has been off for some time it generally takes a fair bit of power to start a plant up again This abnormal situation can increase the maximum demand even if it was caused by a loss of power that was not the fault of the plant If the meter has been off for more than the Off Activation Time in seconds then when power is restored no new maximum demands will be recorded until the Forgiveness Time 1n seconds has passed It works by preventing new maximum demands from being registered not by stopping the rising demand registers which still accumulate and reset as normal Seeing the changes The EziView Screens Time Of Use screen can also show maximum demand figures Simply tick the boxes for what is to be displayed Figure 13 21 below shows some readings from the setup so far Note that before a maximum demand has been recorded the maximum demand will read zero and time will read 1 1 96 Time of Use for 204123456 Register Type Period Setup Energy Max Demand Time of Demand 86 99 0 00 0 00 0 00 0170171956 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 010121996 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 01 4077936 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 0170171936 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 0170171956 00 00 00 0 00 0 00 01701 1956 00 00 00 0 00
177. hat appears in the tree view Users belong to one of the groups the settings of a group affect all users belonging to the group The nactivity Timeout sets the longest time in minutes that a logged in user can be inactive no valid communications After this time the user will be logged out and disconnected A setting of zero disables this feature The Group Number setting allows the group s number to be changed Dragging the group in the tree view can also do this The actual group number of a group has very little meaning except where EziScripts are concerned EziScripts are coded to run with the access of a particular group number rearranging group numbers may affect this Several other systems in the meter also use the group number The TOUSetup LCDscreens and Communications Ports pages all have a security group setting These sections must access information and they use the access rights of the indicated group to do so If group numbers are changed EziView will automatically change the group number settings on these screens to keep the groups the same Permissions allow the access permissions of the user group to be changed The use of this is covered in the Permissions section later in the chapter Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms E dist Default 1 B Communications EziPart dist Mewlraupl Description Forts Inactivity Timeout Timewindow Extensions LCD Screens Logon Pulsinglnpu
178. he clock during loss of power It also preserves the memory of the meter most notably the EziScript memory that is not backed up to permanent FLASH memory The battery is a 3 6V 750mAh Lithium battery It clips into the compartment above and to the left of the main terminal block and plugs into TB12 polarised Replacement batteries may be ordered from EDMI as 2000 0600 BATTERY A low battery indicator is displayed on the LCD when the meter powers up if the battery is not 2 16 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EDMI Super Cap present or is depleted The battery usage life is at least 2 years The Meter Off time display Time Statistics page 12 7 may be used to help estimate the battery usage To eliminate the possibility of data loss it is best to change the battery while the meter is running Care must be taken as the battery is at the potential of the neutral terminal The meter will only retain data for several seconds with the power off and no battery The battery is at the potential of the neutral terminal If conditions such as wiring configuration make this a dangerous operation then steps should be taken to ensure that it is safe to do so While the risk of coming into contact with the conductors during battery change is minimal care must be exercised If the meter does have to be turned off while a battery change 1s made the data especially load surveys should be backed up from the meter The battery should be changed as
179. he location of the jumper for the Mk6 Genius Meter JOOOO O6 0 1 T T H D 2440 S N 9901019 S0Hz Class 1 IEC 1036 UWV Phase e Figure 2 9 The Config Jumper on the Mk6 Genius The jumper is located just under the EziPort indicator LED It has two positions Config and Secure To change the setting remove the plastic jumper and move it to the other set of pins Shorting the top and centre pins 1s the Config position while shorting the bottom and centre pins 1s the Secure position The Meter 2 9 Figure 2 10 shows the location of the jumper on the Mk6E Meter The jumper is located near the right hand edge of the meter near the Select Button It has two positions Config and Secure To change the setting remove the plastic jumper and move it to the other set of pins Shorting the top and centre pins 1s the Secure position while shorting the bottom and centre pins 1s the Config position e Figure 2 10 The Config Jumper on the Mk6E CT to VT Links Whole current meters have CT to VT links between TB1 terminals 1 and 2 4 and 5 8 and 9 12 and 13 There is also a fixed link between 12 and 14 These links may need to be removed to allow testing on some types of test bench Figure 2 11 shows the location of the links just above the terminal block Location of the CT to VT links e Figure 2 2 10 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual To remove the link connections remove the four screws and washers from the
180. hin the meter tool must have access to all the facilities it needs to function Note that most tools need access to themselves to work properly Either select a group from the list or enter the number of the group See Chapter 16 for more information on security The list of user groups is taken from the current settings in the security setup page It 15 the user group number that 1s stored with the tool If the groups are rearranged in EziView after the tool is created the tool will be in the same group number as it was created with Access to the Security Group 1s required for operations to be performed on the tool once in the meter This includes deleting the tool reading the tool settings and retrieving results from the tool One of the security groups reserved for tools may be selected from the drop down box If you are having problems with a tool not functioning correctly check the security properties This is the most common cause of problems Toolbox 18 3 The Flash Backup setting determines if and how this tool will be backed up to FLASH memory This is very important if there are times when the meter will not have a battery fitted All EziScript extensions which is of course what tools are are stored in battery backed up memory so that they and their accumulated data are not lost during a power outage This does not protect against the battery being removed however which is particularly important if meters are going to be
181. iView The order of the following sections is a suggested order of operations The preceding overview section should be read before this section Channel setup Information about a particular quantity 1s recorded in a TOU channel by the meter The meter has 12 TOU channels available each being largely independent of the others The TOUSetup page Figure 13 7 in EziView allows the content of each channel to be defined This should generally be done as the first part of setting up the TOU system Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms Acc Acc Unit Communications wh Dem Twpe Unit Primary Imp Vh EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff 0001E OOO1E 3 39 33F OOO1E 0 DDBOOFFFF DDOOFFFF varh Wh varh Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary 1 1 1 1 1 1 Imp varh Imp V Ah Exp wh Exp varh Exp Biling eset DDDOFFFF Demand Rates Unit Unit Unit Unit 1 1 Unit 1 1 Unit 1 1 z z zs tksi t 3 Season TimeS etup TOUSetup TransfarmerFi atios User Level Default 1 Scaling Factors e Figure 13 7 EziView TOUSetup page Each line 1 to 12 of the table is
182. iView Waveform screen Summary page Table 4 1 gives the definitions for these quantities where Waveform represents the sample points and LengthofWaveform represents the number of points 4 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual XE Basic Status Y 2 Waveform LengthofW aveform THD RMS Fundamental RMS 100 RMS Fundamental RMS 100 in terms of the Load Current RMS Fundamental Fundamental 100 2 Waveform LengthofWaveform Neutral Magnitude of the Phasor Addition of I Ip and Ic Current Voltage A meaure of the balance of the system Unbalance e Table 4 1 Summary definitions Viewing Data 4 7 44116 EDMI The waveform display in EziView Screens Waveform also has the capability to view information about harmonics from the 2 to the 50 Figure 4 7 shows an example graph of harmonic magnitudes for voltage The graph shows a typical harmonic profile for a General Purpose Output with 5 7 and 11 Harmonics Waveform Capture for 404123456 VIEW Graph Options Summary Harmonics Graph Harmonics Table Harmonics Options if 18 0 zx zz d G2 03 E E amp GG e Figure 4 7 EziView Waveform screen Harmonics Graph page 4 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Basic Status The Harmonics Options tab sets up what information is displayed Figure 4 8 Note that the Options page settings for colours and capture mode are still
183. ic types of survey each best suited to a particular use These are variable interval and fixed interval A variable interval survey simply stores a record when triggered The interval between two triggers may be anything Generally time 15 stored in this type of survey in a channel using the 0000F080 register which is 4 bytes wide This type of survey is good for things such as event logs and billing reset histories Functions exist via the command line interface to search for a record by time based on the 0000F080 channel or on another time channel if present In contrast a fixed interval survey stores with a fixed interval between records The interval is specified in the survey set up and the meter will ensure that each interval 15 of the specified length by filling rewinding or even restarting the survey to cope with time changes and power failures Because the start time and recording interval of the survey is known the time of any entry can be determined from the entry number and no channel need be wasted to record the time of the record This type of survey is best for load surveys and other situations where readings must be taken at set intervals Using EziScript Extensions 17 13 Each record in a survey has a 32 bit record number with record being stored at the start time of the survey stored when the first entry is triggered This way each record has a unique number which should never wrap around 32 bits gives over 1
184. iewing Test Results Print Transfer Setup Special Macros Setup Disconnect Edit View Arrange Icons Default Meter Default Meter None e Figure 23 4 Selecting a Viewer Selecting the option will process the reading file producing an output file then open the viewing program with the name of the output file as an argument The Print option does virtually the same thing as the Viewing option The difference is that a P is added to the arguments of the viewing program On many programs this causes the program to print the file to the default printer As an exercise of using reading files with EziView create a TEST RDS file with a text editor such as Notepad Enter the single line PCExtension tst f002 Save the file and then setup EziView to use this file as shown in the Figures of this section Connecting to a meter and selecting the Viewing Test Results option should result in Notepad being opened and displaying the serial number of the meter The following sections describe how to create your own reading files Reading File Structure The EziView control sequences are enclosed in square brackets EziView searches the file for characters and processes the following characters as control sequences until the matching This is compatible with Rich Text Format files allowing highly 23 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 EDMI Reading File Structure formatted files to be created Reading f
185. ile selecting following standard windows conventions The bottom part of the dialog selects what parts of the setup will be copied Where the box is unchecked that part of the setup will remain unchanged Where the box is checked the setup will be copied from the source meter to the destination meter The All and None button provide an easy way to select all boxes or clear all boxes Clicking OK performs the copy of the selected parameters Configuration Basics 6 7 Intentionally Blank 6 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Miscellaneous This chapter covers the configuration parameters that do not fit into any of the other chapters This includes feature codes extended feature codes and miscellaneous ID strings Feature Codes Feature codes provide a way of upgrading meter functionality at a later date A feature code consists of a string of 16 upper case characters It will only work for the specific meter that it was created for The feature code unlocks a number of options different feature codes can unlock different combinations of options oF Online Variables for 704123456 CPU Usage Date Time Debug Extended Feature Code Feature Code Late LCD Memory Options Ports Puleinglnputs PuleingU utputs Security System Time Window cel HERT Feature Code Status Serial Number 204123456 Feature Code rz SNEDBLZHMEVEID Internal Test Mode Single rate TOU Two rate TOU
186. iles should have the extension RDS although other extensions may be used The reading file control sequences recognised by EziView are listed in Table 23 1 Replaced with the result of reading register Reg Uses auto format Reg Format Replaced with the result of reading register Reg with format Reg Format OutputFormat Replaced with the result of reading register Reg with format displaying the result with formatted using OutputFormat Reg Format OutputFormat Same as above with an offset into a complex structure Offset PCDateTime Replaced with the current PC Date Time PCAppend Always append to the output file Do not use with RTF files PCOverwrite Always overwrite the output file PCExtension xxx xxx is the extension of the output file Defaults to if this is not specified PCHeading PCEnd The in between text is only written when the output file is created Do not use with RTF files Control Sequences in the text will not be processed PCLoadSurvey xxx The Survey specified by the EziScript extension id xxx is retrieved from the meter Only one of these sequences is permitted If more than one is present only the last one will be used PCFloatFmt xxx Specifies the format for floating point numbers in a Survey only Example 966 3f to format the number as xx xxx See Numbers and Strings for details PCFloatMult xxxx Specifies the multiplier for floating point numbers in a Survey on
187. ime Error ANSI 00 05 00 e Figure 16 2 Save Main Password setting The username and password may be changed within EziView using the Tools Current User option If the Save Main Password option has been selected then a Save Password checkbox will also be displayed Checking this box remembers the entered username and password Additionally there 1s a Tools Alternate Logon option This allows for the provision of an alternate password to use if the main password fails This can be useful for instance where meters are to be configured and only have the EDMI standard username and password This can be entered as the alternate logon while the normal password remains set to your normal password It can also be useful if you are changing passwords in the meter The Link Security field in a login is used when you don t have an account in the meter and are attempting to map the site Select the MTR file of a meter in which you belong to a group EziView will use the group username and password from that meter to map the site 16 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44116 EDMI Meter Security Overview The current login information in use in the meter can be viewed using Screens Online Variables Security Figure 16 3 E Online Variables for 704123456 CPU Usage User Details Date Time User Name Debug Password Show Hide Extended Feature Code Default_1 1 Group Feature Code Gate Phone
188. imilar function but performs the transfer without prompting Copying Setup View also provides tools to copy setup from one meter and transfer it to another This is useful where the setup for one meter needs to be copied to a number of other meters Select Edit gt Copy Setup from the right click menu or Edit menu of the meter to copy setup from A copy icon will appear next to the meter as a reminder which meter 1s being copied from 6 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Copying Setup Now select the meter or meters to paste the setup to and select Edit Paste Setup from the right click menu or Edit menu The following screen will be displayed Figure 6 8 very similar to the synchronise setup dialog Paste Setup 3 gA S eral Number Address E 204123456 204 23456 S eral Number Address E 1000000000 1000000000 0 General Setup Communications PulsingOutputs Tariff Ports Security TimeSetup LEDSereens SystemParameters Restricted Setup Extensions TOUSetup Sistem Setup Alarms BillingFieset Season Timevwindow Demand Transformer Pulsinglnputs Rates e Figure 6 8 Paste Setup The source and destination meter are listed at the top of the dialog If multiple destination meters have been selected they will all be listed Multiple meters may be selected at a site by holding the control or shift key down wh
189. indow 300 ga Demand 1 A Demand 2 gt lt Demand Power D gt Time e Figure 13 6 Demand example In this example Figure 13 6 the power trace on the graph shows the power that the meter is measuring at that time The three demand traces show how 3 rising demand registers behave They are all 15 minute demands on 5 minute windows The demands shown are the rising demands computed from the energy accumulated over the 15 minute period multiplied by 4 60 15 4 to convert Wh to W The value rises until at the end of the 15 minutes it is equal to the average power over the 15 minutes The first maximum occurs at 0 15 then at 0 20 0 25 and 0 30 After this no new maximums occur The meter allows up to seven seasons to be defined Only one season 15 active at any one time although it is possible for no seasons to be active Each entry in the scheduler may optionally be set to only be active when a certain season is active This allows for different schemes in summer and winter or even as a way to change tariff schemes on a certain day Care must be taken with using seasons with single time scheduler events like billing resets If the meter 1s turned off or the time 1s changed the season which 1s used to look for a skipped over event such as a billing reset is that which 1s active at the beginning of the period As such it is recommended that seasons only be used for range
190. ine Far long distance calls dial Use this carrier code to make long distance calls Use this carrier cade to make international calls To disable call waiting dial Dial using 2 Tone Pulse e Figure 21 4 Dialing Location Properties When the modem is ringing the meter should display RING on the LCD for each ring If it does not check that the modem is set up to send the string RING when a ring is When the modem answers the meter should display Modem Connected EziView will then log into the meter and it can be used remotely If the modem does not answer check the auto answer settings in the modem initialisation string When disconnecting using EziView the modem will hang up The meter will display Modem Hung Up when carrier 1s lost The meter is now properly configured for use with a modem Modem Control 21 7 Enhanced Modem Script The enhanced modem script option allows each of the outputs from the meter to be used to turn off power to the modem This is useful with non industrial modems that are prone to latch up after prolonged operation While the modem is turned off the meter will not attempt to talk to it preventing erroneous modem EFA s Figure 21 5 shows the tool Bi ToolBox Modem Control Saks Modem Control This tool enables the Following initialisatian of modem at power up ar when the extension iz first linked sets up modem for a meter ta answer the phone connec
191. ing Inputs eere e eee ee eeseseeees 11 Physical Input TV DG usciti 11 1 S PIE IN Or EE 11 1 PONU MEOE ater rore 11 2 OO mcm 11 3 Pulsine Inputs from other 11 4 Time Synchronisation 11 6 loput status CAG IN 11 7 Inputs for Testis Gate C OBITOL deis 11 7 Using Inputs with EziScript Extensions 11 7 Chapter 12 Date and 12 1 Consequences of Changing the 12 1 hane mo tB T TIO tue EA To tu T 12 1 12 2 m 12 2 Synchronisation from an External 12 3 Generating an External Synchronising essere 12 4 ee E NEU 12 4 NO 12 4 How DLS affects meter operation 12 5 RT 12 7 Chapter 13 Time of SC
192. ion Write access allows defragment command ExtensionSetup2 Access to read the summary information of EziScripts ExtensionSetup4 Access to upload and download EziScripts this 1s not survey data Access is also required to the EziScript s security group These are security groups reserved for EziScripts to use They correspond to group numbers 230 to 245 e Table 16 1 Extension Security Groups The EnableLevelXScriptUpload security groups are used to control what level EziScripts may be loaded by a user EziScripts have a user group level that they use to access the registers they need to operate To load an EziScript into the meter the EnableLevelXScriptUpload write flag that corresponds to the EziScript s user group must be set This allows the access abilities of EziScripts loaded by a user to be limited The EziView options relate to features of EziSetup only the modify flag 1s used Security allows access to the security setup page Clearing the flag for this has a similar effect to clearing all the security flags If the security flags are set the EziView security flag will be set The Properties option allows access to the properties of the meter If this 1s not set a a symbol will be displayed next to the meter 1n EziView The GeneralRegister option controls the use of the read register and write register commands Alternate Permissions Control In addition to the tree view of permissions there is another
193. ired unit multiplier See Table 9 3 for a list of the available options 8 Check the Units field to display a unit after the value If a multiplier has been selected it is prefixed to the unit The meter knows the units of all registers although not all registers have units 9 Select the display set the register belongs to from the list in the Set field Note that set D cannot be reached from the Select button LCD Display 9 5 44 4 EDMI 10 Enter a description of the register to be displayed on the top line of the LCD A default description is entered when a register is selected from the Register Selection dialog Descriptions may be up to 16 characters long If the description is blank the description Reg XXXXXXXX is used where the Xs represent the register number in hexadecimal If the same register is displayed several times the description from its first occurrence in the list 15 used for all entries To delete an LCD screen 1 Select the register number to remove 2 Delete the register number using delete or backspace so the field 1s blank 3 Press Enter or click in another field To move an LCD screen 1 Click on the numbered tab to the left of the screen to move 2 Drag the screen to the new location A highlighted line will show where the screen will be inserted when the mouse button is released Other display parameters Set the Cycling Rate to a non zero number of seconds to enable display cyclin
194. is another option called MV 90 This is for use in conjunction with the MV 90 program There are a limited number of options when using MV 90 mode due to the restrictions of MV 90 See Appendix A for more information Extension numbers 003 and 004 are used for this option The nterval setting controls the time between successive entries The setting is in minutes with a minimum of 1 minute It is recommended to made this setting an even subdivision of an hour but not required The Period setting is the number of days to record for The maximum setting 1s only limited by the memory of the meter 19 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI Load Survey Between the nterval and Period settings Toolbox calculates the number of entries that will be in the survey This is the Entries readout Toolbox also uses the channel setup and calculates the approximate size of the resulting tool Estimated Size when loaded into the meter The Channels setting allows setup of what is to be recorded The list under the Channels heading shows what channels are to be recorded Clicking the Add button adds a new channel to the list It will have the same settings initially as the selected channel when Add was clicked The number of channels is limited to 30 Selecting a channel displays its settings in the tab pages To change the settings for a channel simply change the radio button settings and tabs Whenever settings are changed the name of the channe
195. is represented as a hexadecimal number Whereas decimal numbers base 10 count from to 9 hexadecimal numbers base 16 count from to 9 then A to F Thus the 4 digit hexadecimal numbers used for the registers listed in Table 5 above give 16 possible registers that is 65536 Normally register numbers can just be used as 1s so there is no need to worry about hexadecimal arithmetic Full register numbers are 8 digits 32 bit Wherever a 4 digit number is listed as in Table 5 1 above the first four digits are assumed to be zero For example E000 is actually 0000E000 The 4 digit numbers are used for convenience as most of the commonly used registers fall into this category EziScript extensions use registers with non zero digits in the first four positions Register Types There are a few more parts to registers than are immediately obvious Each register has a defined type that gives information about what kind of data it can store The type is given a capital letter to identify it For example type 15 an 8 bit integer that can store values from 0 to 255 Some types though have both an internal format and an external format For example type is used to store alarm strings Its normal External form is a string of 16 letters or dots depending on whether a particular alarm is active This is easily read on an LCD or other display Internally to the meter though it is stored as a 16 bit number When a bit 1s on
196. is the important information The input is sampled at a rate of 40Hz A change of state from inactive to active causes a pulse to be measured As such the maximum detectable pulse rate is just under 20Hz but this is derated to 10Hz to allow for the 50Hz filters on the inputs SteadyState This is used for inputs where the state of the input is important not whether it is pulsing e Table 11 2 Pulsing input modes 4 On the Mk6 Genius Meter physical hardware of meter means that Input 2 and A Output 1 share the same connector Which one is fitted to the meter is a factory option At least one of Input 2 or Output 1 should always be set to Not Fitted Pulsing Inputs 11 3 44116 EDMI There are a number of other options available for each input listed briefly in Table 11 3 Field Description Explained above in Table 11 2 Type This is a simple flag that may be set as a reminder of the input source It has no effect on readings Invert If true then the sense of the input is inverted so a loss of voltage on the input is taken as activation Parameter This is a multiplier that is used to convert the number of pulses to real quantities For example it may be set to the energy per pulse to give TOU accumulations in energy instead of pulses This is a description of the input kept locally by EziView e Table 11 3 Pulsing input field descriptions Information about the status of the inputs can be obtained from
197. it are not checked Checking a box with sub Security 16 9 branches changes all those settings too The checkboxes at the bottom may be used to change all settings Expand and Collapse may be used to expand the detail shown in the tree view as can using the plus and minus boxes Figure 16 9 shows the effect of these settings on the PulsingOutputs page Note that outputs 1 and 2 are greyed out and cannot be changed The Modify setting 1s most useful where a user needs to be able to write a setting but should not be allowed to modify the setting themselves Pulsing Output Setup Caine E Butpgut3 Output4 Output5 8 Output 9 Output e Figure 16 9 Modified PulsingOutputs page There are several security groups that are not directly related to setup pages Figure 16 10 Permissions Edit TranstfermerR atios Security Properties GeneralRegister Display Instantaneous Readings Reserved H fle General Read All write All Modify All e Figure 16 10 Extra Permissions 16 10 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI EziView Security The Display permissions are for values that can be displayed such as voltage General has the security groups which don t fit anywhere else along with any currently unused groups Extensions has the settings for EziScript extensions Table 16 1 ExtensionSetupl Access to read the EziScript memory usage informat
198. itialisation string in EziView 21 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EDMI Modem EziScript Modem EziScript In order to support the widest range of modems communication with the modem 15 handled using an EziView Toolbox tool an EziScript Before using a modem the meter must be loaded with this tool See Chapter 17 and Chapter 18 for information on loading tools Figure 21 2 shows the Modem Control tool Bi ToolBox Modem Control BEE Modem Control This tool enables the Following initialisatian of modem at power up ar when the extension is first linked sete up modem for a meter to answer the phone eonnecting and disconnecting of the modem extended control allows the modern to be switched on aff via an output option for dial out capability option for SMS capability Enable manual answer Enable dial out Enable SMS capability Control Type Extended Options Standard Modem Control Output Output 1 T d Uk x Cancel e Figure 21 2 Modem tool O Enhanced Modem Control The modem tool may have been provided as a separate EziScript file in older installations The use of the Extended Modem Control option 1s covered later in this chapter If you need to communicate directly e g using a PC with the meter using the RS 232 port while the modem script is installed the DCD line must be asserted Trying it out The meter should now be ready to access remotely When the meter powers
199. ks The number of memory blocks allocated including empty blocks The total amount of free memory in bytes Total Memory The total amount of memory fitted for extensions in bytes Unfraged The memory unfragmentation level in percent e Table 17 3 Extension total memory statistics Memory Used The amount of memory used by extensions in bytes Using EziScript Extensions 17 7 The Pie Chart tab shows the memory usage information in graphical form Figure 17 5 Online Variables for 204123456 CPU Usage List Pie Chart Date Time Debug Extended Feature Code Feature Code Energy Load S Gate LCD Memory Options Event Log Ports Pulsinglnputs Pulsingllutputs Security System Time Window eel 4 Status Connected e Figure 17 5 EziView Online Variables Memory Map dialog Pie Chart tab Loading a new EziScript extension into the meter Note that loading new EziScript extensions is a feature controlled by a feature code 1 Right click on any ig Empty extension and select Load from the popup menu There may be more than one Empty extension but selecting any of them has the same effect as the meter determines the ultimate location of any new extensions Survey extensions will load in the first large enough empty space script extensions will go into the last large enough empty space If there 15 not enough space you may have to delete EziScripts or defragment the memory se
200. l be interleaved EziView Reading Files 23 11 Example 1 Table 23 5 demonstrates the reading of a single register the meter serial number and the integration of text Source This is my meter Serial Number F002 s Output This is my meter Serial Numberz204123456 Table 23 5 Reading File Example 1 Example 2 Table 23 6 demonstrates reading a floating point value Phase A voltage and formatting it to display with 3 decimal places The file is overwritten every time it is read again PCOverwrite Value is E000 f 6 3f Output Value is 241 894 e Table 23 6 Reading File Example 2 Example 3 Table 23 7 demonstrates reading a load survey displaying the numbers with 3 decimal places in kWh Note that the heading of the channels still shows Wh not kWh as this heading comes from the meter Note that displaying a heading using PCHeading in a survey file displays the heading on the same line and to the left of the channel headings PCLoadSurvey 030 PCFloatFmt 956 3f PCFloatMult Kilo Output LoadSurvey LastRecord 0000001440 Record No Date Time Import Wh Total Export Wh Total Record Status 0x03110000 0 03110001 31 08 99 10 00 00 31 08 99 10 30 00 31 08 99 11 00 00 31 08 99 11 30 00 31 08 99 12 00 00 30 09 99 06 30 00 30 09 99 07 00 00 30 09 99 07 30 00 30 09 99 08 00 00 30 09 99 08 30 00 30 09 99 09 00 00 30 09 99 09 30 00 e Table 23 7 Reading File Example 3 23 12 EDMI Genius Mk6E User
201. l listed will update to reflect the new settings This default name can be changed manually by simply selecting the text and editing it up to 30 characters long The name listed will be the name of the channel when EziView downloads the survey To remove a channel from the list select the channel and click the Remove button To remove all channels hold the shift key down when clicking the Remove button Available Channels There are two broad types of channels Energy and Instantaneous Energy channels record the energy accumulated during each recording interval Select the Energy tab page The type of energy the source and the direction can be selected Refer to Figure 2 16 and the accompanying text on page 2 20 for an explanation of direction conventions ToolBox Load Survey Channels Pulsing Inputs Time of Uze Survey Settings Voltage Ph A Energy Demand Instantaneous Number Avg Voltage Quantity ERES Voltage Ph gt Voltage gt Phase Interval Current Q Phase B CO watts Phase C C2 var Ova Entries CO Phase Angle Processing Estimated Size 5 15k C Power Factor E sport C2 Minimum Frequency Average 2 Va to Vb Angle Maximum CO Vc to Va Angle C2 Power Factor C2 Voltage Harmonics Current Harmonics THD Properties ff Ok X Cancel e Figure 19 2 Load Survey tool nstantaneous page Survey Tools 19 3
202. l prompt you to set the clock in the meter Figure 6 3 Clicking Yes will set the time in the meter to the same as the computer Clicking No will skip the time set and clicking Cancel will abort the read operation Information Set Meter Date Time Meter 27 10 2004 18 41 23 2771072004 18 31 00 Figure 6 3 Set time dialog EziView will now download the entire setup from the meter Figure 6 4 This operation may take some time depending on the speed of the communications link Reading 204123456 Head All Setup Values From Meter Into File Security umperPermissians Cancel Status Connected e Figure 6 4 Read setup in progress If any problems occur during the transfer you will be notified The most likely problem is that you do not have permission to read some of the setup values Any values that could not be read will be listed For these values EziView will retain its existing settings EziView caches reads and writes to setup registers in the meter As a result if the setup is read again without disconnecting the data will transfer very quickly EziView is simply using its cached values To force EziView to clear the cache disconnect from the site and reconnect Write Setup to Meter This option writes all of the setup to the meter You should be sure that you want to overwrite all existing settings in the meter before using this option EziView will prompt before sensitive
203. l tbool Compare1 7 tbool True Goto Label String Jumps to the Label Example 1 Goto MyLabel Example 2 LabelPtr String MyLabel Goto LabelPtr Same as example 1 Greater var Result Boolean Compare1 Variant Result Compare1 gt Compare2 Compare2 Variant Example 1 Compare1 7 tbool Boolean False Greater tbool Compare 7 tbool False GreaterEq var Result Compare1 gt Compare2 Result Boolean Compare1 Variant Example 1 Compare1 Integer 7 tbool Boolean False 24 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Instructions Compare2 Variant Greater tbool Comparet1 7 tbool2 True Set the Global ScriptResult to Result and ends the script Halt Result Boolean If Condition Less var Result Boolean Comparet1 Variant Compare2 Variant LessEq var Result Boolean Comparet Variant Compare2 Variant Mod var Valuet Variant Value2 Variant Multiply var Value1 Variant Value2 Variant Not var Variant NotEqual var Result Boolean Compare1 Variant Compare2 Variant Or var Value1 Variant Value2 Varaint Return Result Boolean Shi var Value Integer Value2 Integer Shr var Value Integer Value2 Integer Example 1 Halt False Finishes the script If the condition is true the next instruction is run if the condition is false the next instruction is skipped Example 1 toool Boolean True If tbool Display tbool true Instruction is run Exam
204. lag to be set as well Time change forward e If the time doesn t go past the end of the current interval there are no special effects e If the time change goes past the end of the current interval the current interval will be closed off stored calculated etc and a new interval will be started e Ifthe change crosses more than one interval the in between intervals will be filled with zeros and marked as filled e If the time change is more than the number of entries the survey can record survey will be cleared and restarted Time change backward e the time doesn t go past the beginning of the current interval there are no special effects e If the time change goes past the beginning of the current interval but not into the interval before that there are no special effects The current interval 1s the active interval even though the time 1s before it started This allows time changes back over to just into the previous interval to put the energy into the currently being calculated interval 17 14 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Detailed Survey Information e If the time change goes past the beginning of the interval before the current interval the current interval will be stored then this interval and the intervals between it and the new time will be deleted A new interval 1s then started in the time period that the new time specifies e Ifthe change crosses more than one interval the in between intervals will
205. lowing screen will be displayed Figure 3 1 Welcome Io EziView Welcome to EziView Version 3 33 Thank you for choosing this product Please have your ready e Figure 3 1 EziView welcome screen Clicking OK will display the CD Key entry dialog Figure 3 2 Add Key View Keps Enter Kep Load From File e Figure 3 2 Ez View CD Key entry dialog CD keys may be provided with the CD packaging or on a separate disk or via email CD keys may either be typed into the Enter CD Key field or if they are in a file the Load CD Keys From File button may be used Depending on your area you should have one or more CD keys Each key is a series of 26 letters or numbers followed by a customer name The customer name must be the same for all keys in use New keys may be added after the first run of EziView by using the Tools CD Key option 3 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EziView Tutorial To see what CD keys are in use change to the View Keys tab Figure 3 3 The keys that have been entered will be listed in the Keys section The Status indicator shows whether the currently selected key is valid and active or not The Save CD Keys to File button may be used to save all the installed CD keys to a file CD Key Add View Reps keps Status pu Save CO Keys File Meters Features e Figure 3 3 EziView CD Key information The M
206. ly Options are Kilo Mega Giga Milli and Micro PCCtrlEnd Signifies the end of initial PC Controls These are PCAppend PCOverwrite PCExtension PCLoadSurvey PCEventLog PCSagSwell The file is searched for these first then the whole file is processed If the file is large it is wasting time searching the whole file once all initial PC controls are found e Table 23 1 Read file control sequences There are basically two types of data that can be read register values and survey data EziView Reading Files 23 5 Register values Format The format specifier is the same as in the Special General Read screen This screen can be used to become familiar with the way formatting works Table 23 2 lists the available format characters Format Desorption _ a detect ype Display Bytes Words and Longs in Decimal OOO ove e Table 23 2 Format characters The format can be followed by a number to specify the number of that type eg b3 15 the same as bbb If the number is omitted the default is the number of that type that can fit in the message eg if the message is 2 bytes long b will display 2 bytes Notes If no format is specified the default is a Auto format asks the meter what format the register 1s This takes an extra message and is slower Therefore it 15 recommended that the register format be specified Some
207. mation in the meter 1s stored in a register and each register has a number Register numbers provide a universal way of referencing information within the meter A basic understanding of registers 1s important as much of the meter s operation 1s based on registers These registers can be used both as a reference to information within a device as used by the meter s LCD displays and as a means of programming and reading the device remotely However it is not necessary to fully understand registers to use the meter EziView hides most of the usage of registers so don t be alarmed if the following more detailed sections seem a little complex What s in a Register Each register has a number of different properties besides the value stored in it These include the type and unit of the value and which security group it belongs to Registers can be read to retrieve their current value e g displaying voltage on the LCD or written to store a new value e g setting the time Some examples of registers are shown in Table 5 1 Register Register Data Type Example Value Security Number Group Phase A Voltage E000 237 345 Plant Number FOOD Fred Electric Number of Billing F032 Long 453 None 92 Resets Last Billing Reset 14 30 24 28 8 98 E060 50 056 Channel Unified 0009 Double 12332543 12234 Wh 42 Energy Table 5 1 Example Registers Registers 5 1 44116 EDMI Register Numbers The register number
208. matting options available that affect how a register s contents are displayed Most options only affect floating point numbers which have data types of F or D All displays are left justified unless otherwise indicated Base Data Display Format Type Displayed as is If longer than 59 characters it is not displayed at all Unreadable 5 is shown instead B Boolean Iftrue the word TRUE If false the word FALSE Displayed as a number from 0 to 255 Double See the Floating Point Numbers section below Float See the Floating Point Numbers section below Hex Short Displayed as 4 hexadecimal digits Leading zeros are shown Short Displayed as a number from 0 to 65535 Units may be enabled for display following the number with a space separating J Variable Cannot be displayed Undefined is shown instead Special Time Dspayditefem HHMMSS _ Date Dspayditefom DDMMYY 5 Special Cannot be displayed Undefined is shown instead T TmeDas Dspiyeiitefom DDMMYYHRMMSS _ v Displayed as 16 hexadecimal diis Leading zeros are shown w Wave Cannot be displayed Undefined is shown X j HexLon Displayed as 8 hexadecimal digits Leading zeros are shown e Table 9 1 LCD data type formatting Floating Point Numbers The formatting capabilities for floating point numbers are far more extensive than for other types of data In the following examples Ta
209. may be entered directly into the register field without using the Register Selection Dialog In this case go straight to step 4 Repister Selection Selected Register EUG Voltage Offset Currents Current Offset Phase Angles Time Of Use Energy Absolute Curent Angle Time Use Max Demand Absolute Voltage Angle Time OF Use Dem Time Active Power Pulsing Inputs Fund Active Power Reactive Power Apparent Power Frequency e Figure 9 2 EziView Register Selection Dialog with Phase A Instantaneous Voltage selected 2 Select the register to display As each entry is selected the options within that entry are displayed in the next column to the right When the register 1s completely defined the Add and OK buttons will activate 3 add a series of registers to the list of screens click on the Add button To add a single register and return to the table click on the OK button 4 To display leading zeros check the 0 Fill box This only has an effect for floating point registers Digits must be less than 15 as well 5 Tolimit the number of digits to the left of the decimal point set a number other than 15 in the Digits field Set the Digits field to 15 to allow any number of digits This only has an effect for floating point registers 6 Set the Place field to the number of digits required after the decimal point This only has an effect for floating point registers 7 Set the Multiplier field to the des
210. mer ratios in a meter with existing data may have variable effects on the data already stored Much of the information recorded by the meter 1s effectively in secondary quantities Changing the transformer ratios affect how these stored values are read out as primary values This mainly affects the Time of Use system The effect on load surveys will depend on the survey See Chapter 19 for more information Because of this it is strongly recommended that the Time of Use readings be cleared if the transformer ratios are changed The meter also needs to know the nominal voltage and current at the meter terminals i e the secondary values The meter uses these for the generation of alarms see Chapter 15 for more information Finally the meter needs to know if it is connected in two element or three element mode See Chapter 2 for connection details This is not automatically detected in order to make the detection of alarm conditions more reliable External Transformers 8 1 Meter Configuration Setup 204123456 Alarms B Communications E ziFort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season External CT Current T ranstormers Measurement Contig Measurement Method Voltage Transformers External VT 3 Element Total TimeS etup TOUS etup TransfarmerH atios e
211. meter into a survey The survey records the time of the event and an up to 40 character description of the event Figure 19 6 shows the settings dialog Toolbox Event Log Event Groups Event Number System gt MY 90 compatible Lag 1 Setup Event Log 2 Billing Event Log 3 Diagnostic Event Log 4 User Script Entries 100 Properties e Figure 19 6 Event Log tool The number of events to record 1s set by the Entries parameters Events are divided into several groups The Event Groups setting allows the groups to be included in the event log to be selected Table 19 1 lists all the events and their erouping The diagnostic group should not normally be used unless requested by EDMI for support purposes Survey Tools 19 7 m Event String Power Off SYSTEM Recovered XXXX SYSTEM Description The time the meter was turned off The time the meter powered up The battery backed up copy of the indicated parameters was lost but the information was retrieved from the data FLASH memory May indicate a low battery Initialised XXXX SYSTEM Both the battery backed up copy and the data FLASH copy of the indicated parameters was lost The parameters have been initialised to default values May indicate a fault in the FLASH shutdown sequence setup or power supply Check for Shutdown Complete message on the LCD when power is disconnected Recovering Ex
212. mmation from the main menu Summation is actually provided by a separate program that is integrated into EziView Figure 25 1 shows the main summation screen gt Summation m z Ge H amp e Figure 25 1 Summation main screen Summation 25 1 Selecting File New Set from the menu creates a new summation set Figure 25 2 A summation set contains a list of summated surveys and their sources Summation aj 35 Newser set CIE e Figure 25 2 Summation with a new set The other options on the File menu are used to save the set save it under a different name close the set and open an exis ng set The three icons on the toolbar allow for opening a set saving a set and closing a set Multiple sets may be open at once The Window menu offers a standard set of windowing operations for arranging the set windows 25 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Using Summation To add a summed survey to the set right click in the set window and select New Sum You will be prompted for the filename of the new sum default extension of LSS The new sum will now be shown in the set window Figure 25 3 Summation DDR gt E ym rl C Documents and Settings andrewt My Documents summed iss e Figure 25 3 Summation with a new sum Load survey files can now be added to the sum by right clicking on it and selecting New File These load survey files will generally be created by reading files Each
213. ms minimum test time is 100ms e Table 22 1 Gating Modes 22 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Using Gated Energy Source allows the source of the gate to be selected from either input 1 or the optical gate input The optical gate input 15 an infrared receiver input accessed though the EziPort recess This can be triggered by an infrared LED or some other infrared source Some visible LED s may also be able to activate it The normal sense of input 1 is gate off The normal sense of the optical gate input 1s no light The invert option allows the sense of the gate to be reversed The current gate input can be viewed in the Online Variables Gate page see Figure 22 2 Online Variables for 704123456 CPU Usage Input Status Date Time Billing Reset Butto Debug select Button Extended Feature Code Feature Cade Jumper Config Gate Setting p tal Set Meter Memory Pulses Options Gate Override Ports Alarm Pulsinglnputs User Defined PulsingU utputs Security System T ariff Time v Indow Connected e Figure 22 2 EziView Online Variables gate status This page gives a lot of information about the gate input The Gate Status indicator will light up if the gate input is currently active e g light is shining on the optical gate input The Gate Active indicator will light up if the meter 1s currently accumulating gated energy These indicators can be very use
214. mum and time of maximum is set for the channel The demand register is then reset The demand scheduler set up is similar to rate scheduler configuration The main difference 1s in the type of time event required What is needed to mark the ends of demand intervals is a type that resets the rising demand registers when the end of an interval is reached The type to use is Rate No other types can be used for demand EziView has three different modes that can be use to configure the Demand reset points These are described in Table 13 8 Do not calculate Maximum Demand No reset Block This sets a block Maximum Demand calculation for all types of energy for the selected Interval That means that after each Interval period the first Maximum Demand register for each energy type will be reset to zero This 1s the only register used to calculate Maximum Demand This sets the Maximum Demand calculations to a rolling window type calculation The section below details this type of calculation Create your own way of calculating Maximum Demand This could be used for example to use a Rolling Maximum Demand for active energy and Block calculations for reactive data e Table 13 8 Maximum Demand Modes Block Demand In a simple block demand the first rising demand register for each type of energy 15 reset every interval period So at the end of each period the demand for that interval 15 compared with the Maximum Demand for the channel If it i
215. n This code allows the tool to be tracked and forms part of the TBX filename Two tools created with the exact same settings will still result in different GUID s It cannot be edited 18 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Tool Properties The description page allows a description to be entered for the tool This 1s the description that will be displayed at the bottom of the EziView extensions setup page Figure 18 4 shows the description page ToolBox Properties Settings Description About sustem events selup events billing events diagnostic events user events Script events total of 1000 entries can be stored EDMI Pty Ltd Generate e Figure 18 4 Toolbox Properties Description page The default description is a simple note on the author and the tool Clicking the Generate button creates a description based on the settings that are currently active for the tool Figure 18 5 shows an example of the results ToolBox Properties Settings Description About 90 compatible Log 1 records the following grouped events sustem events selup events billing events diagnastic events user events Script events total of 1000 entries can be stored EDMI Pty Ltd Generate e Figure 18 5 Toolbox Properties Description page with generate In any case this description can be edited to say what you want Note that clicking the generate button again will upda
216. n Connect hides 1t after connection 1s established Minimise on Connect minimises it after connection is made and Show Always shows it until the connection 15 broken The Operation setting controls when interactive mode is used In interactive mode the connection details are displayed before the connection is attempted Figure 3 22 Connect Tutorial Test DER Connection Status Connecting on 4 Baud Hate 9600 e Figure 3 22 Interactive Connection 3 14 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EziView Tutorial Automatic never uses interactive mode nteractive Modem uses it only for modem connections and nteractive Always uses it for all connections Online Functionality Once the meter is connected and online extra options become available on the meter s menu Figure 3 23 shows these options Most obvious 15 the Disconnect button which terminates the connection with the meter E FziView Sele File Edit Tree View Tools Help ee Meters B Local Serial Number Address Quick Connect _ 204123456 204123456 0 ES Myo ite Screens Online variables Tutorial Test T Fer Sek Time OF Use Special P Waveform Macros Gated Energy Setup Disconnect Edit View Arrange Icons Default Meter Default Meter Figure 3 23 EziView online options The Screens group provides a range of status screens updated in real time along with those settings that can only be performe
217. nce 005 VT Failure Phaze Rotation 20 02 Clock Failure 0 33 Lead Reverse Power Calibration Data Lost 4 12 Modem Failure 448 HAM LCD Failure Program Flash Failure 12 38 Data Flash Failure Output OverFlow Frequency 43 38 Battery Failure User Defined Fundamental Q ed Inactive Total EDMI Active B Status Connected e Figure 15 1 EziView Status screen The alarm status can be viewed on the Screens Status screen using EziView See Figure 15 1 In this case there is an active pulsing output overflow alarm Alarms EFA 15 1 44116 EDMI Alarm States There are 14 different EFAs each representing a different type of fault Each alarm has a corresponding flag letter that represents it listed 1n Table 15 1 S F VT Failures o Incorrect Phase Rotation C Clock Failure sd M JRevmePowr RAM Failure or LCD Failure Program Flash Failure Data Flash Failure Pulsing Output Overflow Battery Failure User Defined e Table 15 1 Alarm names and flag letters Tta An alarm flag can have one of 3 states The active state means that the alarm has been detected and is still occurring The latched state means that the alarm was active but isn t now The inactive state means that the alarm is not active and has not been in the past Latched alarms stay latched even if power is removed from the meter They may be cleared using the Clear Flags
218. nfo brings up a graph of the voltage and current vectors for the selected harmonic number Figure 4 10 Harmonic Info for 204123456 SI Scale Curent Scale e Figure 4 10 Single Harmonic Graph Viewing Data 4 11 Time Of Use This screen is used to display the current values from the Time Of Use system of the meter The display shown Figure 4 11 is from a partially configured meter See Chapter 13 for complete information Time of Use for 704123456 Register Type Period Setup Energy Demand Time of Max Demand Imp wh Imp varh VAh Exp T Exp varh 3 342 32 110 32 4323 17 576 72 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 342 33 110 32 4323 17 orb 72 Connected e Figure 4 11 EziView Time Of Use screen Gated Energy The gated energy screen shows the contents of the gated registers used for accuracy testing Gated ENE ASIN ce ce ce ce ce ce ce ce Ln ce ce ce ce ce ce ce Status Connected e Figure 4 12 EziView Gated Energy screen 4 12 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Online Variables Online Variables The Online Variables dialog Figure 4 13 contains everything else that needs to be displayed or changed while online to the meter The tree diagram on the left of the dialog indicates the pages available Settings made on these pages take effect immedi
219. nt a case statement 24 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Types Table 24 1 gives a list of all available types Type Name Smallint 16 bit integer value 32768 32767 Integer 32 bit integer value 2147483648 2147483647 Float Single 32 bit floating point value 1 5x10 45 3 4x1038 7 8 Significant Digits Double 64 bit floating point value 5 0x10 324 1 7x10308 15 16 Significant Digits Currency 64 bit number with 4 Significant decimal digits 922 337 203 685 477 5808 922 337 203 685 477 5807 Date Double representing the date and time The integral part represents the number of days that have passed since 12 30 1899 and the fractional part is the fraction of a 24 hour day that has elapsed e Table 24 1 Available types File is a special type and is not compatible with any other type All the other types are compatible with each other and are converted as needed For example an integer of value 1 can be used as a string it is converted to the string 1 The term Variant is used for these types EziView Script Files 24 5 The instructions are broken up into the groups of basic string file and communications Basic Instructions This covers mathematics variables and flow control instructions Table 24 2 Instruction Description Add var Value1 Variant Value2 Variant Value1 Value1 Value2 Example 1 Value1 Integer 2 Add Value1 3 Value1 5 Example 2 Value1 String hello
220. o be received or until MilliSeconds time has elapsed Global variable Result is set to the parameter that caused the completion of the operation starting from O Example 1 CommWaitFor 2000 OK ERROR will wait for 2 seconds to receive an OK or ERROR message Global Result is set to 0 if timed out 1 if OK received or 2 if ERROR received e Table 24 5 Communications instructions EziView Script Files 24 11 All variables function names and labels are referenced by their name as a string 1 Goto and Call take a string parameter This means that function pointers and label pointers are simple strings Variables can also be referenced by their name This 1s done by adding a character after the variable name see Figure 24 5 Create variable x1 of type String Create x1 String x1 temp Assign x1 Create variable temp of type Integer Create x1 Integer temp 4 Assign x1 4 e Figure 24 5 Pointer example Debugger When the Debug option is checked in Site Properties Script page the debugger 15 run with the script loaded The debugger allows the script to be examined to give the programmer information about its state From the debugger the available options are e Step This runs one instruction at a time The variable values may be inspected e Run Once finished stepping through the script pressing Run will complete the script without any user int
221. o the energy measured such that each pulse represents a defined amount of energy Table 10 3 lists the options available Beo SOS V ity Active Time This is the approximate time in milliseconds that the output will pulse active for Inactive Time At least this time in milliseconds should occur between pulses If it does not a pulsing output overflow EFA alarm is generated to warn that pulses may be lost Parameter This is the amount of energy that each pulse represents in Wh varh or VAh as appropriate Valid settings are from 0 000001 to 1000000000000 0 P S The parameter may be either a primary at VT CT inputs or a secondary at meter terminals quantity This selects which P for primary S for secondary Secondary is especially useful for test LEDs in laboratory testing so that they are unaffected by the transformer ratio set Channel This selects what input channel the energy is from is the most used option where it is the total of all three phases 2 in two element mode The phase by phase options B and C are most useful in 3 element mode where each phase may be indicated independently This gives the type of energy Wh varh or VAh Sign The Abs option here means that the output will operate for energy flowing in either direction The and select Export only or Import only energy respectively The diagram at the bottom of the setup page illustrate
222. occur only once If power is switched off or a time change occurs the intervening time 1s searched for events that would have occurred during the period At most only one of the same event will be generated by this method Time range entries are specified in a similar manner except that two times are given the start time and the end time If the start time 1s after the end time the range extends over the boundaries For example starting at 20 00 on a daily time type and going to 7 00 would result in a range that extends through midnight but excludes the period 7 00 to 20 00 during the day When time range entries for the same event overlap e g active rate there is a defined precedence Time types lower down in Table 13 1 i e those with longer repeat rates override types higher up the table e g Yearly overrides Daily For time types with the same type those higher up in the scheduler table will override those lower down The Memory Available bar at the bottom of the scheduler setup pages indicates how much memory is left in the meter for entries Note that the BillingReset Demand Rates and Season pages all share the same block of memory The meter has 1600 bytes of memory allocated for the scheduler This gives up to 266 of the smallest entries but in practice there will be a mix of types so this figure will be less 13 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Setup via EziView Setup via EziView The TOU system is configured from Ez
223. of Show Fundamental Unchecking this box prevents the fundamental from being displayed bypassing scaling problems when the harmonic levels are relatively low compared to the fundamental The Default button returns the graph settings to their default values To see the harmonic values in table form use the Harmonics Table page Figure 4 9 Waveform Capture for 404123456 VIEW Graph Options Harmonic 1 50 2 100 30150 4 200 EDMI X 100 00 Mag 241 20 VI ABS Watts 2407 03 32 72 Watts 00 20 15 lt 0 36 VIA 32 31 zz 1 2 MI A 1 05 38 Vb 100 00 Mag 240 82 VIAZZSB 0 W alls h37 9 0 02 0 05 150 wW atts L LI 0 04 0 10 8 15 Ww atts 0 00 zz 03 Ur 1 17 Watts 0 00 Ve ze 100 00 240 20 wW atts 151 2 8l 0 02 Mag 0 06 Yl amp 119 81 W atts L 00 0 06 Mag 0 14 MIA 271 0 04 Mag 0 10 PB Wi atts LI e Figure 4 9 EziView Waveform screen Harmonics Table page The table displays relative and absolute magnitudes as well as power and V to A angles VIA You will need to resize the rows by dragging the dividing lines to see the information properly 4 10 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Basic Status Right clicking on a rows data and selecting
224. of a database for the recording of large amounts of historical data This section explains the structure of a survey and its capabilities This section does get quite detailed but this overview will help in understanding how surveys organise the data they record ways of accessing this data and the effect of influences such as time changes An illustration will help at this point see Figure 17 10 below ChannelO Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel M Status Recordo o J T Record T Record 3 DEDE Channel 3 ReodN o e Figure 17 10 Survey storage structure A survey consists of a number of records each record then consisting of a number of channels channels are called fields in database terminology Each channel stores one particular quantity and each record therefore stores a record of the values of those quantities at a specific moment in time For example a load survey may have channels for Wh and varh with records at 15 minute intervals There may be up to 256 channels in a survey Each channel may be of any width and of any data type with the only constraint being that the total width of all channels must be less than 65536 bytes Each channel has a source register When a record is stored the source register for each channel 1s read and the returned value is stored into that channel in the record The first channel channel 0 of a survey is always us
225. ols may be used as a basis to create new tools Tool Selection When creating a new tool the first thing to select is the tool to use This is done on the tool selection dialog Figure 18 1 ToolBox Tool Selection Load Survey Tool Description Event Lag An Event Log records events that occur to the meter Billing History and the time at which they occur Events may include Modem Control accesses power outages and configuration Sag amp Surge changes Pulse Summation Advanced Tamper Detection Tariff Changer Output Controller Modem Monitor Harmonics Control Control ModBus Control feature code is required for the Event Log ta enabled e Figure 18 1 Toolbox Tool selection dialog The tools available are listed down the left hand side of the dialog More tools will become available as development continues As each tool 1s selected the right hand side of the dialog gives a brief description and any feature requirements needed to use the tool Most of the tools require particular extended feature codes to be active on the meter to operate Toolbox 18 1 44116 EDMI Selecting a tool and double clicking it or clicking OK will load the dialog for the tool Clicking Cancel will return to the EziView setup page Tool Setup For the purposes of explaining some of the more general features we ll look at the event log tool Figure 18 2 Toolbox Event Lo
226. on jumper also called the config jumper This is located under the main meter cover below the right hand end of the LCD See The Config Jumper on page 2 9 When in the Config position the jumper has no effect on security When in the Secure position additional user set masks are applied to all operations This allows hardware security to be applied that cannot be defeated without breaking two sets of seals on the meter Changing the settings for the config jumper requires the config jumper to be in the config position By default meters are usually shipped with a single user EDMT which has a password of IMDEIMDE The user is in the user group number 1 which is given full access This user may and should be deleted after you have configured your own administrator user As described above the internal security provisions of the meter are considerable EziView uses these capabilities and adds more of its own 16 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EziView Security EziView Security Each meter in EziView has its own separate security settings there are no program wide settings The Security page is used to configure the settings for the meter See Figure 16 4 Alarms Communications EziPort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS TransfarmerFiatias Meter Configuration Se
227. ons If a extension will not link it is deleted This 15 a disabled extension Extensions which do something wrong p during operation such as accessing restricted registers will be disabled They will remain in memory until deleted or linked from EziView but will not be active e Table 17 2 EziScript extension icons in EziView Each EziScript has a descriptive name and a number of other parameters For toolbox scripts the name is the name given to the tool with a letter on the end to indicate the different scripts that can make up a tool C for control S for survey A for a single script RegID is the identification number for the extension in hexadecimal The Reg D must be unique within the meter as it 15 used to reference the extension The Reg D is part of the extension and forms the first 3 hexadecimal digits of any register references to the extension The CPU Load figure is an indication of the computational loading the script places on the meter The total loading is limited to ensure proper operation The Size gives the amount of memory the EziScript is using in bytes The GUID is listed for toolbox scripts This is the GUID of the tool and will be the same for all of the scripts that form part of the tool The total memory statistics are listed below the list of extensions Table 17 3 lists the meanings of these figures EziView Code Loaded Ext The number of extensions loaded in memory Memory Bloc
228. ons Permit LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security Deny Permit Permit Permit SystemParameters Memory Available CLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLILE Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUSetup TransfarmerPiatias e Figure 21 7 EziView Time Window Properties Setup The Type Start End and D settings have the same usage as in the TOU system see Chapter 13 for more information on these The Access setting indicates whether the modem 15 to be enabled or disabled by this entry By default the modem 15 Permitted Denying access turns off the modem for that period The Optical and EziPort boxes should be unchecked and the Modem box should be checked The example in Figure 21 7 will turn off the modem between 2pm and 3pm every day 21 10 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Part Advanced Topics have not been covered so far The chapters in this section may be read in any 4 Y his section covers topics in some of the more advanced usages of the meter that order but familiarity with the previous parts of the manual is assumed e Chapter 22 e Chapter 23 Chapter 24 e Chapter 25 Testing Ez View Reading Files Ez View Script Files Summation Advanced Topics Intentionally Blank II EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Testing There are two main ways to test the accuracy of the meter These are via pulsing outputs or via gat
229. ored in an EziScript Sag amp Surge survey that must be loaded in the meter for this alarm to work correctly Refer to Chapter 17 and Chapter 19 for more information on how to install the Sag amp Surge Extension Alarm Types A list of all possible alarm conditions is provided below followed by a detailed description of each test Note that where a programmed delay time is specified this means that the fault must exist continuously for the set time before an alarm will be raised Meter reset loss of power will restart the timers Calibration Data Lost This is a check for valid calibration data in the meter If a reference value has its default value of 0 then the calibration data has been initialised and a Calibration Data Lost alarm will be raised This will occur if a unit has never been calibrated or if a major fault causes both the non volatile RAM and FLASH to be corrupted Asymmetric Power Power Symmetry Pu 1s defined as the amount of unbalance between the individual phase powers The calculation of this figure depends on the measurement configuration 2 or 3 element as detailed below This test 1s not performed if all of the input currents are below the minimum current threshold min If the value Pu is greater than or equal to the set limit then a power symmetry error is considered to be present Unbalance must exceed the bounds for a programmed time default 1 minute before an alarm 1s raised For 3 Element
230. our clock for the preceding h or hh specifier and displays am for any hour before noon and pm for any hour after noon The am pm specifier can use lower upper or mixed case and the result is displayed accordingly Uses the 12 hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier and displays a for any hour before noon and p for any hour after noon The a p specifier can use lower upper or mixed case and the result is displayed accordingly am pm Uses the 12 hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier and displays the contents of the TimeAMsString global variable for any hour before noon and the contents of the TimePMsString global variable for any hour after noon Displays the date separator character given by the DateSeparator Windows Control Panel variable Displays the time separator character given by the TimeSeparator Windows Control Panel variable 23 10 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Reading File Structure Characters enclosed single or double quotes displayed as is and do not affect formatting e Table 23 4 Date and Time OutputFormats Format specifiers may be written in upper case as well as in lower case letters both produce the same result Survey Data Figure 23 5 shows a sample output from reading a survey in this case the event log LoadSurvey LastRecord 0000000160 Record No Time Event Record Status 0x0000F080 0 0000 68 158 3 09 99 14 49 2
231. p page Each output has a mode which is listed next to the Output designator Depending on the mode various other options become available Each mode operates as described in the following sections Most modes have an invert option nv which defines what active means Normally an active pulse is generated by lighting an LED or closing a contact If this box is ticked then this convention 1s inverted pulses are generated by turning off an LED or opening a contact To change the mode of an output or other options click on the Edit button Figure 10 5 shows the page used to edit individual Pulsing Output settings Pulsing Outputs utputh Mode Fixed Output Pulsing Pulsed Fired Output Time Pulse Fired Persistent Invert e Figure 10 5 Pulsing Outputs Settings page 10 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Programming Outputs This is used to indicate that this output is not physically fitted to the unit This is simply a tag to remind the user it is not something detected from the actual hardware This is used to indicate that the output 15 fitted but 1s not being used for anything The output will be off There are no other options The pulsing output mode is the most complex as there is a lot of flexibility in configuring this mode Pulsing outputs may be used to test the meter s accuracy or to supply an indication of energy usage to another device The output pulse rate 15 proportional t
232. pages Su Permireions Edit Alams Calibration Cammunicatians Extensions LOO Screens Pulsinglnputs PulsingOutputs OM apping EZIO PulsinaliutpurLED 1 PulsinautpurL ED 2 d PulsinaD utputa PulsingOutput MI PulsingQutputS MI PulsingOutput 14 Security SvstemParameters Tariff TimeSetup Mi 05 MINI Transformer atias Display Instantaneous Readings Reserved General Read All write All Modify All e Figure 16 8 Permissions Edit screen There are three check boxes for each security group The left most box allows reading when checked The middle box allows writing when checked and the right most box allows modifying when checked Reading and writing are controlled by the meter and modifying is controlled by EziView The Modify setting is used to prevent users from modifying settings in EziView If a user 1s not permitted to modify a setting it is greyed out and cannot be changed If all of the modify settings for a setup page are cleared the setup page is not displayed For example in Figure 16 8 the modify permissions have been removed from the first two pulsing outputs Note that the modify checkbox for PulsingOutputs is greyed to indicate that some of the boxes beneath
233. pe of the register to be displayed cannot be Undefined shown on the LCD For example a waveform The top line shows The register indicated cannot be found XXXXXXXX Undef The top line shows The register indicated is a type S register and cannot be Spec displayed on the LCD The top line shows Revert to This is the meter returning to the beginning of set after set A occasionally the user specified revert time The display shows No Display The display number has been set manually to a Defined programmed page that is not used e Table 9 5 LCD unit examples Q Nothing seems to happen when I press the Select button A There no pages enabled in the current set Try changing set by holding down the Select button for a second Q The bottom line seems to scroll around and around A The line to show is longer than 16 characters so the meter is scrolling it to display it To avoid this try to format pages so that the bottom line is no more than 16 characters Q Ineedto light all segments as a display test A Useregister FFFE LCD only Status Display Test 9 10 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter 10 Pulsing Outputs The pulsing outputs of the meter provide more functionality than simply an indication of power usage Among other things they also allow for a synchronising time pulse to be generated or for various fixed output uses where the state of the output
234. ple 2 tbool Boolean False If tbool Display tbool true Instruction is skipped Result Compare1 lt Compare2 Example 1 Compare1 Integer 7 tbool Boolean False Less tbool Compare 1 7 tbool False Result Compare1 lt Compare2 Example 1 Compare1 Integer 7 tbool Boolean False LessEq tbool Compare 1 7 tbool2 True Value1 Value1 mod Value2 Example 1 Value1 Integer 7 Mod Value1 4 Value1 3 Value1 Value1 Value2 Example 1 Value1 Integer 7 Multiply Value1 4 Value1 28 1 Value Example 1 Value1 Byte 0F Not Value1 Value1 F0 Example 2 Value1 Boolean True Not Value1 Value1 False Result Compare1 lt gt Compare2 Example 1 Compare Integer 7 toool Boolean False NotEqual tbool Compare1 7 tbool False Value1 Value1 or Value2 Example 1 Value1 Integer 6 Or Value1 1 Value1 7 Example 2 Value1 Boolean False Or Value1 True Value1 True Sets the Global Result to Result and ends the function Example 1 Return True Finishes the function Value1 Value1 shl Value2 Example 1 Value1 Integer 2 Shi Value1 1 Value1 4 Value1 Value1 shr Value2 Example 1 Value1 Integer 2 Sleep MilliSeconds Integer Subtract var Value1 Variant Value2 Varaint Shr Value1 1 Value1 1 Suspend execution for MilliSeconds amount of time Example 1 Sleep 200 Wait 200 milliseconds Value1 Value2 Example 1 Value1 Integer 7
235. r depending on the supplied options Pulsing inputs allow the meter to count pulses from other devices such as energy water or gas meters They may also be used to synchronise the time with other units allow the remote reading of other equipment s status or used to gate energy for accuracy tests In conjunction with EziScript extensions they may be used for specialised tasks such as external control of tariff rates Physical Input Types Pulsing inputs are an input into the meter which may accept either a series of pulses at up to 10Hz or a steady state input Inputs accept both 50Hz and DC voltages and are insensitive to polarity The inputs are volt free an external voltage source is needed to operate them As with the Pulsing Outputs Mk6 Genius and have slightly different hardware options EDMI Mk6 Genius Meter The Mk6 Genius Meter supports up to 6 inputs Figure 11 1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TBS TB10 m m m m 999 TB6 TB7 TB8 TB9 EN e Figure 11 1 Mk6 Genius Terminal block diagram Pulsing Inputs 11 1 TB2 TB3 and TB6 to TB9 may be inputs depending on the exact meter type These correspond to inputs to 6 TB3 is shared with output 1 so depending on the meter s configuration the terminal may be an input or an output Refer to the terminal cover or order code for details EDMI Mk6E Meter Figure 11 2 shows the terminal block for the Meter 2
236. r 14 Configuration Intentionally Blank II EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Configuration Basics The Setup option for a meter allows the configuration for the meter to be changed What is edited is the copy of the configuration kept by EziView in the MTR file for the meter This chapter deals with the basics of setting up and ways of transferring this information between EziView and the meter Changing Configuration To change the configuration setup of a meter select Setup from its right click menu The meter may be connected or off line A screen similar to Figure 6 1 will be displayed Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms B Communications E ziFort Ports Timewindow Site Name Extensions LCD Screens Pulsinglnputs PulsingQutputs Feeder Mame Security SystemParameters Utility Marne Tariff BillingFieset Plant Number Demand Site ID Rates Miscellaneous PO Season TimeS etup TOUS TranstormerR atios e Figure 6 1 Meter Configuration Setup Screen The data shown in the fields is the data in the MTR file maintained by EziView Changing the data and clicking OK saves the changed data back to the MTR file and Configuration Basics 6 1 44116 EDMI closes the setup screen Clicking Apply does the same but does not close the screen The Cancel button will exit the screen and cancel any changes made since the last Apply The Help button is currently non functional refer to thi
237. r button The number of power ups is also shown To clear this click the bottom Clear button The Last Power On Off panel gives statistics about when and how long ago that power was last applied It also gives the time and duration of the last power outage Date and Time 12 7 Intentionally Blank 12 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Time of Use The Time of Use system TOU is used when there is a need to measure usage patterns without going to the detail of load survey type recordings The aim of the TOU system is to produce directly from the meter the type of tariff information that 1s generally extracted from a load survey This reduces the amount of information that must be transferred from the meter and makes the information more easily accessible to the customer on site Some of the key features of the TOU system are Up to 12 channels of TOU Channel data can be from the meter s own measurements or pulses from external sources Example sources are Imported Wh Export varh or Input 1 pulses Each channel records the accumulated energy as well as the maximum demand of energy and the time of maximum demand of energy Maximum demand may be rolling up to 15 sub intervals Each channel records this information in up to eight rates each rate being a time period over which the information was recorded There 15 also a unified rate that behaves as if it was always active The occurrence of a billing reset causes th
238. ram The Current period is data form now back tll the last billing reset The Previous x periods are periods between billing resets The Previous period is all previous data back to when the TOU system was cleared A setup with Entries set to 4 would record data for the 4 numbers periods shown If Interval is set to Period the data recorded between the two billing resets that surround the period is recorded If set to Cumulative the cumulative data at the time of the last 4 billing resets is recorded Cumulative data is data since the TOU system was cleared Time of Max Dem 1s not available for cumulative readings as it has no meaning Generally the size of this tool is quite small because the data rate is so low This allows it to be setup for FLASH backup if so desired The extension number for the survey 15 001 To display the previous periods on the LCD or read them out individually the survey recent data registers can be used For this tool the register number format 1s 0012aabb The aa is the reading 0 being the reading status then 1 onwards is the readings in the order listed 1n the tool The bb is the reading number 0 being the most recent reading Note that before a reading has been recorded the recent data register for it does not exist and will display on the LCD as undefined 19 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI Event Log Tool Event Log Tool The event log tool logs various events that occur in the
239. ranstormerR atios Mame Version Author Created Compiled Type wf Energy Load Survey 2 1 20 10 2004 18 36 36 28 10 2004 18 38 36 LoadSurvey This load survey will store the following channels Absolute wh T otal Headings stored every 30 minutes for a period of f days Memory Flash OT C Cre Ace He e Figure 17 2 EziView Extensions Setup page detailed view 17 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI EziScripts using setup and Toolbox The detailed view gives additional information about the tool and version information This also displays the exact memory and flash usage as well as the security group of the tool File Locations The customised tool files are kept by EziView in a special directory The location of this directory can be changed using the Tools Options File Locations Extensions Path setting Figure 17 3 E ptions Ferm Scheme Language Macros Tasks Time General File Locations Animation Headings Viewing Viewer Program Extensions Path C Program Files EDMISEDMI Meter Software s Toolbox Save Seral Number Plant Number Data File Locations gt Meter File Always Append Fixed Directory e Figure 17 3 EziView extensions path se
240. rd atari 24 5 TABLE 24 2 40 04 24 8 TABLE 24 3 STRING INSTRUCTIONS sccccccosssssscccsssssssnsccescssssscsceccssesssueccecesssssnssceesssesssunseessssssscnsecers 24 8 TABLE 24 4 FILE INSTRUCTIONS scccccsssssocsosssscccsovssscccssssscsscsssscccsessscecsosssececsovsuscsssossncessvssecsesosess 24 11 TABLE 24 5 COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUCTIONS ccccsscsccesssssccsssssscsseesssseceessesssceesssssscesssessscessesseseess 24 11 TABLE 25 1 MEASUREMENTS c cccccsssccsssssscsccsssscsssssssssessessssesesssssssceesssssscecsssssscessssessessesssssesssseseeseeses B 1 viii EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 2 1 OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF THE METER 2 2 1 FIGURE 2 2 MOUNTING Oba Her 2 2 FIGURE 2 3 THE METER WITH TERMINAL COVER FITTED 2 3 FIGURE 2 4 UNDER THE TERMINAL COVER OF A MK6 GENIUS 2 4 FIGURE 2 5 MK6 TERMINAL BLOCK DIAGRAM ccccccccssssscccesssssccesssscscsesssssssessessscessssssssessessessesssseceeses 2 5 FIGURE 2 6 MK6E UNDER THE TERMINAL 2 6 FIGURE 2 7 MK6E TERMINAL BLOCK 866420000 000 2 7 FIGURE 220 TBI TERMINAL E A A A 2 8 FIGURE 2 9 THE CO
241. read the source with a plain text editor to check if the command sequences are being broken up and thus will not be recognised This may happen with some programs that produce rich text 23 14 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter EziView Script Files Since there are lots of other devices such as Datagates and special modems connected to Meters EziView needed a way to automatically control these devices As a result a scripting language was added to EziView A script is a simple language allowing transmitting and receiving messages Once the communications port is open the script is run The script will control the special device by sending and receiving messages and when finished EziView will continue the log on sequence as normal This chapter assumes that the reader 1s familiar with basic programming techniques and is for advanced users The EziView Script language is different to EziScript Extensions The structure of a script is quite simple A script is made up of a sequence of operations or instructions with one instruction per line Each instruction consists of the instruction name and parameters These are case sensitive See Figure 24 1 Create a new variable named x1 of type integer Create x1 Integer 1 2 Assign x1 2 X1 x1 3 Add x1 3 e Figure 24 1 Simple example Comments are denoted by characters and the rest of the line is ignored Each instruction 1s a single simple instruction Compoun
242. registers have no simple type in the meter In that case Auto doesn t work These are specialised registers that will probably never be used 23 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 EDMI Reading File Structure Register Values OutputFormat The OutputFormat specifies how the value of the register 15 to be formatted and printed Do not specify an OutputFormat when there are multiple types For example F119 fbb 766 2f will fail because the OutputFormat 966 2f will be applied to a Byte Numbers and Strings Format specifiers have the following form width prec type A format specifier begins with a character After the come the following in this order e An optional left justification indicator An optional width specifier width An optional precision specifier prec e The conversion type character type The Table 23 3 summarises the possible values for type EziView Reading Files 23 7 Decimal The argument must be an integer value The value is converted to a string of decimal digits If the format string contains a precision specifier it indicates that the resulting string must contain at least the specified number of digits if the value has fewer digits the resulting string is left padded with zeros Scientific The argument must be a floating point value The value is converted to a string of the form d ddd E ddd The resulting string starts wit
243. respond correctly to commands the alarm is also raised This test is performed continuously Program Flash Failure The content of the program Flash memory is tested using a checksum If the checksum calculated is different from that stored with the program an alarm is raised This test is performed continuously Data Flash Failure The data Flash memory contains information about the system configuration and calibration data as well as back ups of EziScript extensions Erases and writes to the Flash are monitored and the alarm 15 raised if an erase or write fails to operate correctly indicating a possible error with the Flash device Pulsing Output Overflow A pulsing output overflow alarm is generated if the rate of pulses to be output is such that the off time between pulses violates the specified minimum off time for the output The pulses will still be output but the off time will be less than the specified minimum and in extreme overflows the off time will be zero resulting in a permanently on output This alarm provides a warning that the settings for the pulsing outputs may need to be changed Battery Failure Tested at power up this flag is set if the backup battery 15 low non existent It is only tested when the meter is powered up not when simply reset When simply reset e g via the Restart Meter option the meter will always indicate that the battery is ok Alarms EFA 15 7 Intentionally Blank 15 8 EDMI Geni
244. riods example EziView configuration There are three entries listed Each has a type of rate a 15 minute interval and set to affect channels with a demand rate group of W The differences are the offsets and the period Per settings The offsets create the windowed effect and the periods set each one to reset a different one of the channel s 15 rising demand registers If the periods were all set to 1 the meter would reset the first rising demand channel every five minutes but would calculate demand based on 15 minutes not the result required The Time field becomes the demand interval the time between resetting the demand back to zero It must always be divisible into an hour evenly 1 60 30 20 15 12 10 6 5 4 3 2 or minute If itis not the demand calculated will be wrong The Offset field is an offset from start of the interval For example if the Time field is set 1015 minutes setting the Offset field to 5 results in resets at times of 0 05 0 20 0 35 and 0 50 This 15 used for rolling window demand schemes The daylight saving field should not be used for demands The season field could be used to implement different maximum demand schemes in different seasons although normally it should be left blank 13 22 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Setup via EziView As with rates each entry uses up some memory as shown by the memory available bar The main issue here is making sure the rates doesn t use so muc
245. rogrammed with See Table 13 1 and its accompanying text for details The rate groups not specifically changed will simply remain in the first rate To delete an entry select the blank option from the type list 13 18 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Setup via EziView Displaying the Status Time Of Use screen Figure 13 16 in EziView will now show that the energy in the W rate group channels is now being split across the first 3 rates The other channels are not affected because the active rate for their rate group 15 the first rate Of course this will only show entries if the meter has been run over the time periods Time of Use for 204123456 Sel Register Type Period Setup Energy Demand Time of Max Demand Imp Imp V Ah Exp wh Exp varh Exp 352 69 110 32 5206 26 576 72 5421 33 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 3524 69 110 32 5266 26 arb r2 5420 99 Connected e Figure 13 16 EziView TOU Status with rates Time of Use 13 19 The active rates can be displayed using the Screens Online Variables Tariff page in EziView Figure 13 17 The active rate for the first three rate groups can also be seen on the default LCD screen covered in the section LCD Select Button page 2 17 E Online Variables for 70412345
246. rror Count This is the total number of errors counted while communicating with any meter on this site By checking this value problems such as cable faults and bad modem connections will become obvious Timeout EziView waits for a response to a message If no response occurs it sends the message again This wait time is called the timeout period and is calculated by adding the timeout for the site and the timeout for the meter By changing the timeout for the site the timeout is changed for all meters This is most useful if a site has special characteristics e g using a low speed mobile modem Retry Count These options fine tune the connection to a site Retry Delay Connecting to a site involves dialling a modem or opening a serial port If the serial port is in use by another application or if the modem does not answer EziView will retry Hetry Count number of times The delay between retries is Retry Delay milliseconds Dialback Wait This is the time to wait in milliseconds for a dialback from a meter Failed Logon Delay This is the time to wait after a logon has failed to try the alternate logon e Table 3 1 Site Properties Advanced page settings These settings can generally be left at their default values Site Properties Mame Connection Advanced Script Filename User 10 Password Parameters Debug e Figure 3 14 EziView Site Properties Script page Finally the Script page Figure 3 14
247. rs Properties Serial Number Address Connect summation Exit Default Site Mone e Figure 3 9 EziView File menu new site menu option This will create a site called SITO To change the name either right click on it and select Rename or click on the name while it is highlighted A new name can then be entered All site names must be unique If a site of the same name already exists a number is added to the end to differentiate it Site names may contain spaces and may be any length Rename the site to Tutorial Test Figure 3 10 3 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EziView Tutorial Edit Tree View Tools Help eM RS ss E Meters Local Serial Number Address Quick Connect MySite Site Site R5485 Mew Delete Rename Default Site Explore Default Site Properties e Figure 3 10 Renaming a site Sites may be deleted by choosing delete from the right click menu or by pressing the delete key or by selecting File Delete Delete Site or by using the delete toolbar button 4 button on the Sites toolbar site may not be deleted if it contains any other sites Those sites must be deleted first A site may also not be deleted if EziView is connected to a meter within the site The properties of the site can now be configured Select the site then select properties from the right click menu or the File menu or the Sit
248. rts visible in Figure 2 3 include e A 16x2 character backlit LCD display displaying a Maximum Demand reading A select button for cycling the display bottom push button e A sealable billing reset button optional to initiate a manual billing reset top push button e Two pulsing LEDs for energy indication two left hand LEDs labelled pulse 1 and pulse 2 The Meter 2 3 e EziPort socket with activity indicator LED optional Note that this 15 Mk6 ONLY feature The does not have an EziPort A FLAG or ANSI port for local connection Beneath the terminal cover accessible by removing the two sealable screws on the terminal cover is the terminal block for voltage and current measurement as well as connectors for the pulsing inputs and outputs optional and for the optional RS 232 or RS 485 interface The sealable screws have 2 7mm diameter holes to accommodate standard sealing wire Under the Terminal Cover EDMI Mk6 Genius Meter Most of the connections to the meter occur under the terminal cover Figure 2 4 shows the terminals available on a 1 input 3 output RS 232 CT connected Mk6 Genius e Figure 2 4 Under the terminal cover of a Mk6 Genius Meter The two screws into the grey plastic of the base are not to be removed as they hold the terminal block in place The other two screws visible are two of the four sealable screws that secure the meter lid The other two screws are located on ei
249. s 72 101 108 108 1 1 1 0 Boolean This is a byte that can be 0 meaning false or 1 being true Setting it to any non zero value will result in a ee of 1 s pme Double precision IEEE 64 bit floating point number EFA String External 16 character null EFA string ee See eres fo f r String Long External of an integer uu Variable If the written size is less than the maximum size it is Special padded with zeros When read always returns the maximum size 32 bit signed long integer Used by the meter to indicate an invalid type Float Energy Internal 32 bit unsigned integer micropulses External float with transformer ratio applied Power Internal signed short from 32767 to 32767 External float from 1 0 to 1 0 H o Internal unsigned 32 bit seconds since midnight External time as 3 bytes Hour Minute Second Displays on an LCD formatted as HH MM SS Date Internal unsigned 32 bit seconds since 1 1 96 External date as 3 bytes Date Month Year Displays on an LCD formatted as DD MM YY 1 8 2 Special Special not a regular type T Time Date Internal unsigned 32 bit seconds since 1 1 96 External time date as 6 bytes Date Month Year Hour Minute Second Displays on an LCD formatted as HH MM SSDD MM YY U Double Internal 64 bit integer micropulses Energy External double with transformer ratio applied Long long 64 bit sign
250. s bigger then becomes the Maximum Demand Rolling Maximum Demand The simpliest way to describe a rolling window scheme is by providing a example If we setup the Demand Interval to be 15 minutes and the Sub Interval to be 5 minutes the meter will use 3 windows This 1s effectively running three demand calculations at once on the same data Figure 13 19 illustrates this showing how the different windows overlap To achieve this in the meter three of a channel s rising demand registers are used configured the same except for different offsets e Figure 13 19 Demand periods example Time of Use 13 21 By using this rolling window scheme every 5 minutes the demand over the previous 15 minutes is compared with the current Maximum Demand In a Block calculation this check is only done every 15 minutes Custom Maximum Demand The same rolling window setup as described above can be achieved by configuring a Custom Demand setup as shown in Figure 13 20 below Meter Configuration Setup 204123456 Alarms Custom B Communications EziPort Ports 15 mins Timewindaw TECUM Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SystemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS TrarstormerF atios 15 mins Activation Time sec Forgiveness Time sec Memory Available ITITLTLLLILILILILLLLILTIILLLLLILIILLLLIILILLLLITILILLLLILILILLLLLITILLIE e Figure 13 20 Demand pe
251. s manual when help is required The only items of setup data not stored in the MTR file are extensions tools These are stored as separate TBX files and are referred to by the MTR file For more information on this see Chapter 17 Using EziScript Extensions Most configuration changes are made using the Setup pages The tree on the left side shows the available pages and clicking on the tree moves to the selected page Changing data in the Setup pages may be performed when connected to the meter or offline The changes will not be sent to the meter in either case unless they are transferred discussed next Transferring Configuration Read Setup from Meter This 1s the most basic option It simply reads the entire setup from the meter into EziView To change the setup of an exisiting meter use this option first to ensure that the EziView copy of the meter configuration 1s complete The setup can then be edited and sent back to the meter EziView first asks for confirmation to proceed with the download Figure 6 2 Reading 204123456 Sele Head All Setup Values From Meter Into File Continue Status Connected e Figure 6 2 Read all setup values dialog 6 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual EDMI Transferring Configuration Continuing EziView checks the meter s time against the computer s time If it is different by more than the amount set in Tools Options General Max Time Error Ez View wil
252. s the energy directions Figure 2 16 on page 2 20 gives more detailed information The remaining options allow any combination of quadrants to be selected The numbers refer to the quadrant numbers 1 to 4 given in the setup page diagram An x is shown for disabled quadrants that will not give an output e Table 10 3 Pulsing Output options Pulsing Outputs 10 5 Notes For the active and inactive times the exact time 1s 1 less than set and is also less 1f the system frequency is higher than nominal The output is less by the percentage difference In normal operation these variations will have no noticeable effect on the pulse length and are only listed here for completeness Note that this only changes the duration of the pulse and the minimum off time not the pulse rate If the pulse rate results in an inactive time of zero or less the output will remain active If the pulse rate slows down pulses will once more be distinguishable Pulses do not back up if the rate becomes too fast they simply merge into each other Therefore it is important to select an appropriate parameter to prevent pulses from being lost under high load conditions Example An LED output is needed for testing the delivered Wh accuracy A pulse rate of 0 01 Wh per pulse is needed at the meter terminals The sense head needs a 90ms light pulse with at least a 50ms gap between pulses to sense properly The required setup is no inversion 90ms activ
253. scccsssscsscsssssssscessssssssessssssccesssssssessessscssussssessssseseessesssess 9 10 TABLE 10 1 MK6E STANDARD OUTPUT TERMINALS 6 10 2 TABLE 10 2 MK6E EXTENDED OUTPUT TERMINALS 10 3 TABLE 10 3 PUESING OUTPUT OPTIONS SER FREU E RE FEX RM GI E 10 5 TABLE 10 4 PULSED OUTPUT OPTIONS ccccccccccssssssssccscessssssscssscesesssesssscesessssssssscesesseesssscesesesssessseess 10 7 TABLE 10 5 FIXED OUTPUT PERSISTENT 8 0 6 6 46 10 7 TABLE 10 6 TIME PULSE OPTIONS ccccccccssssssccsssssssccesssecsccesssssscesssessceesssssceesssssscessesssssesssssseessesssees 10 8 TABLE 10 7 TIME PULSE OPTIONS 0004 4 0 0 00100 1 a N nasse seus 10 8 TABLE 11 1 MK6E STANDARD OUTPUT TERMINALS ecce 11 2 TABLE 122 PULSING INPUT MER PHI FA VOR n DN UE 11 3 TABLE 11 3 PULSING INPUT FIELD DESCRIPTIONS eene enn nennen 11 4 ja gt u s Cmm 12 5 TABLE DESICGAMPLE NEUE EON RUE TRUE ON 12 6 TABLE 13 1 TIME SPECIFICATION OPTIONS 13 6 13 2 SCALING FACTORS 13 12 TABLE 13 3 EZIVIEW RATE SETUP COLUMNS cccsssscscesssscess
254. scripts A tool is taken from a toolbox then adjusted and customised for the specific task It can then be put into the meter or kept in a holding area close at hand Once in the meter the tool performs its function gathers data controls outputs etc The EziView Setup Extensions page Figure 17 1 1s used to select the tools to be included in the meter Meter Configuration Setup 204123456 Alarme Bets B B Communications E ziFort Ports Timewindaw Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS TranstormerR atios Energy Load Survey This load survey will store the following channels Absolute wh T otal Readings stored every 30 minutes for a period of f days Memory CL Flash LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLELLLIL LAE e Figure 17 1 EziView Extensions Setup page EziView keeps a directory that holds all of the customised tools This is common for all meters The Extensions page lists all of these tools Selecting a tool brings up its description in the Description field Each tool has a checkbox Checking the checkbox for a tool marks it for loading into the meter The Memory and Flash bars indicate an estimate of the remaining memory in the meter for tools This does not take account of non toolbox extensions in the meter 17 2 EDMI Genius
255. se The Access setting indicates whether the port 14 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Modem Port is to be enabled or disabled by this entry By default access to ports are Permitted The Optical EziPort and Modem checkboxes indicate which port s the entry controls The Memory Available indicator shows how much memory is remaining for entries There 15 space for approximately 20 entries depending on their type The setting in Figure 14 2 will disable the optical port outside the hours of 8am to 5pm Modem Port The meter s modem port can be fitted as either an RS 485 port or RS 232 modem interface To connect a modem obviously RS 232 hardware is selected A modem cannot be used properly with the RS 485 port as there are no handshaking signals RS 485 supports longer cable runs than RS 232 and supports multidrop operation where multiple meters are connected in parallel on the same line One meter can be talked to at once while the meters not being accessed disable their transmitters to avoid conflicts EDMI meters supports both 2 wire RS 485 and 4 wire RS 485 operation in 2 wire operation the transmit and receive lines are shared and used half duplex The modem port is configured in a similar way to the other ports Baud rate data bits should be 8 parity stop bits access and default user level may all be set using the modem section of the Communications Ports setup page Figure 14 3 Once again Fitted 1s just a not
256. sections TOU Setup Extensions and Security are written Meter calibration is not written Configuration Basics 6 3 Synchronise Setup This option allows the information that 15 to be written to the meter to be specified based on the grouping in the setup pages The meter setup 1s synchronised with EziView Synchronise for 204123456 General Setup Communications PulsingQutputs Tariff _ Ports Security TimeSetup LCDScreens SustemP arameters System Setup Alarms BillingFiezet Season Timevwindaw Demand TransformerRatios Pulsinglnputs Rates Restricted Setup Extensions TOUSetup Status Connected e Figure 6 5 Synchronise Setup If the group is checked then the setup from EziView will be sent to the meter for that group If unchecked the setup in the meter is read and stored in EziView The button checks all boxes except for Restricted Setup boxes these may be checked manually The None button clears all boxes Confirmation is asked for when checking any of the Restricted Setup boxes The Extensions box 1s for the transfer of tools to the meter while the TOUSetup box is for the transfer of the TOU channel setup Clicking OK will transfer the selected settings to the meter and read the unselected settings into EziView A completely unchecked form has the same effect as Read Setup from Meter while a completely checked form has the same effect
257. setup then stored with the battery disconnected There are several levels of battery backup This is to balance the fact that there is only a limited amount of FLASH memory around 32KB This prevents large items such as load surveys from being completely backed up but their setup still can be Mode 0 extension stored in battery backed RAM does not back up any of the tool to FLASH Mode 1 extension is backed up all data is lost backs up the tool itself to FLASH but none of its data This is the minimum setting if you have a situation where meters will not have a battery fitted at some time after setup Mode 2 extension registers backed up backs up the tool and its registers to FLASH It does not however back up any survey data For tools without surveys this has the same effect as Mode 3 Mode 3 extension registers survey backed up backs up everything including surveys This option should be used with care as surveys can be quite large Generally it should only be used with small surveys such as billing history and perhaps event logs Selecting the right modes will prevent against data loss in the case of a removed or flat battery when the main power to the meter is not present If the meter runs out of FLASH memory not all extensions requesting flash storage will be stored to flash The meter will skip any extension that will not fit The GUID 1s a totally unique identifier created by toolbox for this tool configuratio
258. sible for the meter to experience when a time change occurs Consequences of Changing the Time Changing the time may affect the Time of Use system and EziScript extensions especially fixed interval surveys See the section Effect of Time Changes in Chapter 17 for more information on the effects to EziScript extensions For information on time changes with regards to Time of Use see Chapter 13 Changing Time Time and date information from the meter is accessible from the Screens Online Variables Date Time dialog in EziView Figure 12 1 oe Online Variables for 7041273456 CPU Usage Dates T inne Date Time PE 2 1022004 12 11 12 Debug n Meter 21871072004 12 11 10 Feature Code Power On Off Gate On Time 3Dayz 15 02 16 Time 13 Days 7 75 06 Clear LCD Number Power Ups Clear Options Last Power On Off Ports On Date Ff 10 2004 Duration 1 39 43 L USO DS Off Date 2710 2004 Duration 10 04 24 0 utputs Se Security System T arit Time window Status Connected e Figure 12 1 EziView Date and Time page Date and Time 12 1 44116 EDMI The top panel displays the time on your computer PC and the time read from the meter To set the time on the meter to the same as the computer click the Set Meter button Changing the time may have an effect on stored data Make sure you understand the possible
259. ss 17 13 TABLE 17 5 EZIVIEW SURVEY EXTENSION CHANNEL 1 17 16 TABLE 17 6 EZIVIEW SURVEY EXTENSION STATISTICS eese 17 16 Contents vii TABLE 19 1 EVENT LOG EVENTS AND GROUPINGS cssssscccccccccssecccccccccssseeccccccasseecccccceasesecccceeaausecs 19 8 TABLE 19 2 EVENT LOG SETUP CHANGE EVENTS cccccccsssssssscssssscscesssssesscsssscesesssssssscsssssessessuseseesseses 19 9 TABUEZISTRS 2952CONNEC 21 2 22 2 TABLE 23 1 READ FILE CONTROL SEQUENCES cccccccccssscccssssssccsesssssccesssssessssssssscsesssssecesssesssesssssssseeseeas 23 5 TABLE 23 2 FORMAT CHARACTERS a SE VETE 23 6 TABLE 23 3 OUTPUTFORMAT SPECIFIERS cccccccccscsessssssccsccessssscsseccecssssessssscesessseessssesessseesesscesesseasess 23 8 TABLE 23 4 DATE AND TIME OUTPUTFORMATS 23 11 TABLE 23 5 READING FILE EXAMPLE 1 cccccccccccscccssssscccessssccccesssscecsssssssscsessessscsesssssseessesssseessesssseeees 23 12 TABLE 23 6 READING FILE EXAMPLE 2 cccccccccsssssccsssssssccssssscsccssssssscesssssseceessessesessssssscesssssssesssssseeses 23 12 TABLE 23 7 READING FILE EXAMPLE 23 12 TABLE 23 8 READING FILE EXAMPLE 4 eese 23 13 TABLE 24 1 AVAILABLE TYPES ea rao sod aw iai rl rk
260. ssssscssssssssessecssscsssessessessessessessesssseseeseuees 13 15 TABLE 13 4 EXAMPLE TARIFF TIMES ee eee eerte tran otra na nina na d ee En Na eaae EE a reo asus aao a 13 16 TABLE 13 5 EXAMPLE TARIFF RATE ALLOCATIONS ccccsccccsssssssscsssssescessssssscsssssssssesssssssessssssseseees 13 16 TABLE 13 6 EXAMPLE SCHEDULER COMMANDS ccccccccssssssccssssscscssssssscessssssscsesssssssesssssssssssssseeseaees 13 16 TABLE 13 7 EXAMPLE ALTERNATIVE SCHEDULER COMMANDS 13 16 TABLE 13 8 MAXIMUM DEMAND MODES eere enn nennen enhn 13 21 TABLE 13 9 MAXIMUM DEMAND 13 25 TABLE 15 1 ALARM NAMES AND FLAG LETTERS cccccccssscsscessssccccssssscscsesssssceesssssscsssssssssesssssssessesseees 15 2 TABLE 16 1 EXTENSION SECURITY GROUPS cccccccssccccssssssscsssssssccsesssssscessssssscsesssssssessssssceesssssseeseeess 16 11 TABLE 17 1 TOOL ICONS IN EZIVIEW cccccccccccssssssscccsccscssssecccssesessssscessescssseesesssesssssussessesessssseessess 17 3 TABLE 17 2 EZISCRIPT EXTENSION ICONS IN EZIVIEW cccccsccccccsssssssscesccsssssssccsscccsssssscsesssesssssssesees 17 7 TABLE 17 3 EXTENSION TOTAL MEMORY STATISTICS cccccsessccccccccsccssssssssssssssssccssssssssessesesssssssssesesess 17 7 TABLE 17 4 ALARM NAMES AND FLAG LETTERS cccccsssssssssscccccesccssssssessssssssssccssssssescssesessssssssecese
261. stem 4 Outputs Setting Tariff Time window Pulses 20 Status Connected e Figure 10 7 EziView Online Variables Mk6 Genius Pulsing Outputs page All outputs are listed along with their mode For Fixed Output and Fixed Output Persistent modes the State column shows their current output state For Pulsed mode the Pulses column gives the number of pulses queued for transmission Clicking on an output of one of these types allows it to be changed in the window at the bottom of the page For Pulsed mode entering a number and clicking Set adds that number to the number of pulsed to be transmitted Note that for a Mk6E Meter the Online Variables page shows and Output and LED2 and Output2 as the same physical output as explained previously see Figure 10 8 91 Online Variables for 704173456 CPU Usage Pulsing Outputs Status Date Time Debug Extended Feature Code Feature Code 2 LED Output Pulsing Gate LCD 3 Qutputs Mot Fitted 1 LEDH 7 Output Memory Map 4 Qutput4 Pulsed Options Parts 5 Output Fixed Output Pulsinglnputs PulsingUutputs Setting 4 Status Connected e Figure 10 8 EziView Online Variables Mk6E Pulsing Outputs page Pulsing Outputs 10 9 Intentionally Blank 10 10 EDMI Genius MkGE User Manual Chapter Pulsing Inputs Up to six pulsing inputs may be fitted to the mete
262. tage and the current at trigger the tool also stores the phase that caused the trigger The numbers 1 and 2 indicate phases A B and C respectively The time stored in the survey is the time at which the event completed This may cause some confusion in the order of the events when multiple triggers occur 19 10 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Control Tools There are no pure control tools available at this time Check with EDMI for new releases Control Tools 20 1 Intentionally Blank 20 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Modem Control This chapter describes how to configure the EDMI Genius Energy Meter for use with a modem Required setup components The following is required for modem operation e A Genius Energy meter with the modem port option e A Hayes compatible modem e A cable to connect the modem to the meter e The Modem tool must be loaded into the meter e meter must be configured for the modem using EziView Compatible Modems The meter is designed for use with modems that use the Hayes AT command set to control the modem The modem should have an RS 232 connection which must include the signals Ground Tx Rx DCD and DTR The hardware handshaking signals RTS and CTS are also supported The meter does not use the RI signal The modem must be able to support No command echo e Hang up on DTR drop e DCD follows carrier detect e Auto answer Modem Control 21 1
263. te the description but will delete any changes you have made Toolbox 18 5 EDMI The about page simply displays some version information about this tool used by EDMI for version tracking Figure 18 6 gives an example page ToolBox Properties Settings Description amp bout Version 2 49 Tool Version 1 4 EventLag Previous Tool Version 1 4 Previous Toolbox Version 2 49 Date Created eof 10 2004 6 47 27 PM Last Compiled eof 10 2004 5 47 27 PM Author ED MI Drawing 1680 2 20 Electronic Design and Manufacturing International Ltd Copyright c 2002 EDMI X Cancel e Figure 18 6 Toolbox Properties About page This information may be requested by EDMI when obtaining technical support 15 The following chapters cover range of tools provided by Toolbox They broken up into two main groups those that are a data recording type using a survey and those that provide direct control More complex tools such as the modem have their own chapter 18 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Survey Tools This chapter covers all of the general tools that record information in a survey These are at present Load Survey Billing History Event Log Sag Swell Log Work 1s ongoing on creating new tools Contact EDMI for more information The preceding 2 chapters should be read before this chapter as knowledge of them is assumed Survey Tools 19 1 44 4 EDMI
264. tensions SYSTEM The battery backed up memory that holds the extensions was lost The system is recovering the extensions that are backed up to the data FLASH SYSTEM The indicated extension was recovered from the data FLASH The amount of information recovered depends on the backup setup of the extension User USERNAME logged on via the indicated port A USERNAME of Anon means the user name is not known PORT USERNAME SETUP User USERNAME changed a setting in the changed XXXXXX XXXXXX group via the indicated port PORT Logoff Access SETUP A user was logged off the indicated port because of Denied a bad password PORT Logoff User SETUP A user was logged off the indicated port because a Request log off was requested by the X command PORT Logoff Timeout SETUP A user was logged off the indicated port because of an inactivity timeout PORT Logoff Lost SETUP A user was logged off the indicated port because of Connection a lost connection PORT Logoff User ID SETUP A user was logged off the indicated port because a change login under another name occurred PORT Logoff Requested SETUP A user was logged off the indicated port because a logoff was requested via a register write Changing System Time SYSTEM These two events occur in pairs to show the extent of a time change system Time Changed SYSTEM EFA XXXXXXXX SYSTEM The indicated EFA was latched EFA Conditions Cleared SYSTEM The latched EFAs were cleared
265. termined by the feature code Figure 13 3 illustrates how rates fit in to the system The active rate of a channel is where new data is recorded it specifies which cell is active out of the eight The unified rate gives readings as if there was only ever a single rate active i e it is the sum of the accumulation registers the maximum of the maximum demand registers and the time of the maximum of the maximum demand registers Time of Use 13 3 1 1 1 H i i Z E 1 A H i i I i H H H H H i H H H i i i i i i f H i E i H H e Figure 13 4 TOU overview rate groups example There are situations where one active rate for all channels 1s not enough e g a pulsing input from a gas meter that is subject to different timings to energy readings To cover this the meter has 5 independent rate groups At any one time one rate is active in each of the 5 rate groups The rate groups are called W var EXT and EX2 The names do suggest uses for them but any rate group can be used for any purpose The active rates for the first 3 rate groups are displayed on the default LCD screen The active rate that affects a channel is determined from the TOU channel s rate group Each TOU channel belongs to a rate group for accumulated energy and a rate group for maximum demand they may be different In the example of Fig
266. ters also comply with the relevant parts of AS1284 Measured Quantities and Methods The meter can measure the quantities listed in Table 25 1 Note that some measurements are optional features VA hours VA Voltage x UMEN Current The total VA calculated from Vrms Irms True RMS voltage True RMS current Ah ar The fundamental var A Frequency Fundamental system frequency Phase Angle Angle between Fundamental Voltage and Fundamental Current Phase to Degrees Angle between Fundamental Voltages Phase Angle Power Watts divided by VA Lead or lag determines the sign Factor e Table 25 1 Measurements The sign of VAh is based on the sign of the Wh as VA itself has no sign V V When measuring in 2 element mode a VA reading is computed for the three phases as if the meter was connected in three element mode The direction of the phase by phase gate registers 15 determined by the direction of the total power System Specifications B 1
267. tes and hours fields set the start time to 10 00 and click OK EIE Minutes Hours 10 e Figure 13 14 EziView Minute Calculator Enter the End Time of 17 00 in the same way as the start time The daylight saving column D should be left unchecked Select the Rate from the drop down list Depending on EziView settings that rate will be either as letters A to H or as numbers 1 to 8 Select C or 3 as appropriate See the Rates section on page 13 3 The blank Season from the drop down list should be selected Check the W rate group column but leave the other columns unchecked Fill in the other two entries in a similar fashion and the screen should look as follows although the rate may be listed as numbers in Figure 13 15 Time of Use 13 17 Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms 10 00 00 17 00 00 07 00 00 21 00 00 Forts Timewindaw Friday 21 00 00 Monday 07 00 00 Extensions LCD Screens Pulsingl nputs PulsingUutputs Security SistemParameters Tariff Biling eset Demand Hates Season TimeS etup TOUS TransfarmerFiatias st Memory Available ILILLLLLLLLILLLLLLLLLLLLLILLLLLILILLLLLLIILLLLLLLLLLLLTTLLLI e Figure 13 15 EziView Rates Example completed Note that the Memory Available bar drops slightly in length Each entry in the Tariff pages uses a small amount of memory This is what limits the maximum number of entries the meter can be p
268. the screenshots shown in this manual may vary slightly from the appearance of the software on your system This manual covers both Genius and Mk6E meters Where the two are sometimes slightly different the differences are marked as for Mk6 Genius specific documentation Mk6E for specific documentation For more information The best source of information should generally be this manual The table of contents has been organised to make finding information as easy as possible If you are still having problems though EDMI support may be contacted via email at support edmi com au The EDMI web site is located at www edmi com au When contacting EDMI for support you may be asked for the meter serial number firmware version and EziView version The serial number is printed on the label and is the serial number used in EziView to identify the meter The firmware version is displayed on the LCD at start up or by holding Select down for 10 seconds See LCD Select Button page 2 17 It can also be displayed using EziView See Online Variables page 4 13 The EziView version is available under Help About in Ez View All this information will help us help you 1 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Part Fundamentals the initial installation and setup of the meter It also covers some basic 4 Y his section of the manual covers the information and procedures required for concepts of the meter and its basic use e
269. the alarm status See Chapter 15 for more information Characters five six and seven on the bottom row show the login status An indicates a login on the optical port local an indicates a login on the modem port and an 5 indicates a login on the SCADA port Finally the right hand side shows the current date with daylight savings if active Billing Reset Button The billing reset button 1s the top of the two push buttons beside the display The button is an option and where not fitted the hole will be filled by a plastic plug The push button has a 2 7mm diameter hole through it allowing it to be sealed using standard sealing wire For more information see Manually using the Billing Reset Button page 13 25 The Meter 2 19 Measurement Conventions The convention for energy directions is as shown in Figure 2 16 below ve VArs pos reactive power Quadrant 2 Quadrant 1 Capacitive load Inductive load Current lags voltage Current lags voltage Lead power factor 0 Lag power factor ve Watts amp VA ve Watts amp VA neg active power pos active power Quadrant 3 0 Quadrant 4 Inductive load Capacitive load Current leads voltage 0 Current leads voltage Lag power factor Lead power factor ve VArs neg reactive power e Figure 2 16 Energy Directions 15 the impedance angle of Voltage with respect to Current 15 the admittance angle of Current with respect to Voltage The
270. the applied signals is tested to ensure that the correct phase rotation is maintained The method of determining the phase rotation is dependent upon the measurement configuration For both methods the test is applied only 1f all of the currents are greater than the minimum current level Imin and all of the voltages are between the limits of Vmin and Vmax A programmed time delay default 1 minute is applied to this test An error condition must be present for more than the programmed time delay default 1 minute before the alarm is activated 2 Element For 2 element measurements the angle between the two applied voltages Vab to Vcb must be between 30 and 90 degrees while the angle between the two applied currents Ia Ic must be between 60 and 180 degrees Alarms EFA 15 5 44 ER EDMI 3 Element For 3 element measurements the angles between each successive voltage input Vab Vbc Vca must be between 90 and 150 degrees while the angle between each successive current input lab Ibc Ica must be between 60 and 180 degrees Clock Failure The clock test consists of a simple check to determine that the real time clock RTC is running It also checks that the RTC is operating at approximately the correct rate If a clock is running significantly fast or slow the event log will show a large number of System Time Synchronised events It may also be caused if the time in the RTC was found to be invalid during start up In
271. the load survey tool The big difference is that stores occur when a billing reset occurs not at a specific time interval The other difference is of course that different data 1s available for recording The left hand Readings pane lists the reads to be recorded The number in the box besides each entry indicates the channel number 1 to 12 The name is automatically generated but can be edited The rest of the dialog shows the settings for the selected reading Clicking Add adds a new reading with the same settings as that selected Clicking Delete deletes the selected reading and clicking Delete with the shift key down will delete all readings The Meters Channel Name selects which TOU channel to record for the selected reading The names are taken from the TOU channel setup page in EziView The Type section selects the type of reading to take Energy Maximum Demand or Time of Maximum Demand The Rate setting selects which rate to record in the reading The Entries setting sets how many previous periods will be recorded Estimated Size gives an estimated size for the tool when in the meter Survey Tools 19 5 4416 EDMI The nterval setting selects whether to take a reading of the value over the billing period or to take a reading of the cumulative value over all time Figure 19 5 gives an illustration of the billing history Current Previous 1 Previous 2 Previous 3 Previous 4 Previous e Figure 19 5 Billing Period Diag
272. the programmed LCDs is numbered from 0 to 63 The default LCD screen is numbered 64 The active display set is also shown along with the remaining freeze time discussed later The LCD Setting section allows the display to be controlled directly bypassing the preprogrammed screens The Register tab allows a register to be displayed with the same sort of formatting controls used for programmed pages The settings are updated when Enter or the Set button is pressed LCD Display 9 7 oF Online Variables for 704123456 CPU Usage LED Status Date Time Frequency Debug 435 98 3H2 Extended Feature Code Feature Code Register OOOOEQ6O Format Gate LCD Wo Bele Disp Set LCD Freeze 00 00 Memory Map LCD Settings Options Register Number Display Set Screen Freeze Ports Pulsinglnputs LED Number PulsingU utputs Security System Time Window Connected e Figure 9 4 EziView Online Variables LCD dialog Number Tab The Number tab Figure 9 4 allows the LCD to go straight to a programmed page using its number from to 63 or 64 for the default page If the page is unused the message Display Defined 1s shown E Online Variables for 204123456 Sele CPU Usage LCD Status Date Time Power Factor Debug 1 000 Extended Feature Code Feature Code Register OOOOEOZ6 Format Gate LCD Wo Disp Set LCD Freeze 00 00 Memory Map LED Settings Options Register Number Displa
273. the result in x1 1X1 X1 X2 x3 Function Add3 var x1 Integer x2 Integer x3 Integer Add x1 x2 Add x1 x3 End Main function Function Main Create a local variable called x1 of type Integer Create x1 Integer Create a local variable called x2 of type Integer Create x2 Integer 1 1 Assign x1 1 2 2 Assign x2 2 1 1 2 2 Call Add3 x1 x2 2 Test to see if x126 Equal tbool x1 6 Set the result of the script ScriptResult tbool Assign ScriptResult tbool Set the result message if the ScriptResult is false If tbool Goto MainSuccess Assign ScriptResultMsg x1 not 6 MainSuccess End e Figure 24 4 Variables example This script will return false because x1 15 not equal to 6 Connecting to the meter will fail with the message Script Error x1 not 6 EziView Script Files 24 3 Predefined Global Variables There are three predefined global variables 1 ScriptResult is a Boolean that indicates the success or failure of the script This is set to true by default If ScriptResult is true the script 1s successful and EziView continues the log on process If ScriptResult is false the script failed and EziView closes the port and displayes an error message 2 ScriptResultMsg is a string that contains the error message to display to the user when the script fails 3 Resultis a variable that contains the result of specific instructions eg CommWaitFor 2000 OK ERROR
274. the setup for a channel The setup for each channel is as follows Register This field gives the source of the channel as a source of pulses Every second the register listed in this field 1s read to retrieve the number of pulses that occurred during the last second The convention for energy directions 15 as shown in Figure 2 16 Four quadrant measurement is an option requiring a feature code to activate it Without the feature code only quadrants 1 and 4 are available Var varh VA and VAh readings are also an option requiring a feature code Time of Use 13 9 Double clicking on the register field brings up a list of useful source registers Selecting OK will insert the selected register into the field To find out what a register is double clicking the register field will bring up the register selection form for the register Alternatively a register may simply be typed into the register field Any register may be used if it is of type L I or C Other types may lead to an extremely large and incorrect number of pulses being recorded If the Nothing register 0000FFFF is specified the channel is deactivated In the following example Total Export Wh has been selected Figure 13 8 Register Selection Selected Register E397 Imp wh Phase Quadrant Energy Phase Inputs Imp arh Phase Nothing Register Exp varh Imp Exp Imp Fund wh Exp Fund wh e Figure 13 8 Register selection
275. the specified rate should be active for the specified rate groups The scheduler in the meter resolves the priorities of the entries to give an active rate for each rate group The meaning of each column is listed briefly in Table 13 3 below This 1s the type of entry which gives the span of time it repeats over Table 13 1 has a full list Rate Season Selecting a season means that the entry will be ignored unless that season is active EX2 e Table 13 3 EziView rate setup columns The best way to explain how to use the system is with an example Time of Use 13 15 Suppose the following tariff was in place Table 13 4 Time Rate 0 00 to 7 00 Off Peak 7 00 to 10 00 10 00 to 17 00 17 00 to 21 00 21 00 to 24 00 Off Peak Weekends Off Peak 21 00 Friday to 7 00 Monday e Table 13 4 Example tariff times There are 3 rates in this tariff structure each being charged at a different amount per Wh To separate this usage different rates in the meter are used for each tariff rate For this example the following assignment is used Table 13 5 _ Table 13 5 Example tariff rate allocations It is best to use rate 1 for the most common rate Rate is the default rate and as such does not need any scheduler entries to define it The scheduler commands needed to implement this are Table 13 6 Type Stat ReteNumber e Table 13 6 Example scheduler commands The first thr
276. ther option In the example of Figure 5 2 the string Hello has been written to register FOOF which is the miscellaneous string register The data written 1s displayed in the top part of the screen followed by whether the operation was successful If unsuccessful a reason is given Unchecking the Debug option prevents the data written from being displayed To enter a hexadecimal value in the Send Data field precede the number with a 5 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Part Configuration the initial installation and setup of the meter The first chapter in this section should be read first as it covers how to transfer setup information to the meter The remaining chapters may be read in any order as required 4 Y his section of the manual covers the information and procedures required for Before you setup a large number of meters you should decide how you will use the features of the meter consistently within your organisation This is particularly important in deciding security groupings and basic setting such as TOU channels e Chapter 6 Configuration Basics e Chapter 7 Miscellaneous e Chapter 8 External Transformers e Chapter 9 LCD Display e Chapter 10 Pulsing Outputs e Chapter 11 Pulsing Inputs e Chapter 12 Date and Time e Chapter 13 Time of Use e Chapter 14 Communications e Chapter 15 Alarms EFA e Chapter 16 Security Note that EziPort configuration is covered in Chapte
277. ther side of the LCD All sealing screws have 2 7mm diameter holes for accepting standard sealing wire or plastic seals 2 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 4414 EDMI Under the Terminal Cover Diagrammatically this 1s shown in Figure 2 5 with the terminal block numbering TB2 TB3 TB4 TBS TB10 eese 00 00 TB7 00 TB8 00 TB9 TB6 e Figure 2 5 Mk6 Terminal block diagram Table 2 1 lists the terminal block connections Terminal Description supply where fitted TB2 Input 1 e Table 2 1 Mk6 Terminal block connections The Meter 2 5 EDMI Mk6E Meter The terminal block for is a slight revision of Figure 2 6 shows under the terminal cover of an RS 232 MK6E e Figure 2 6 Mk6E under the terminal cover The two screws into the grey plastic of the base are not to be removed as they hold the terminal block in place The other two screws visible are two of the four sealable screws that secure the meter lid The other two screws are located on either side of the LCD All sealing screws have 2 7mm diameter holes for accepting standard sealing wire or plastic seals Figure 2 7 shows the a diagramatical version showing all possible options The top diagram shows the terminals of an RS 232 or RS 485 meter with RJ45 connectors The second diagram shows RS 485 with the screw terminals option 2 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Under the Terminal Cover IB4 1
278. therwise the resulting string uses scientific format Number The argument must be a floating point value The value is converted to a string of the form d ddd ddd ddd The n format corresponds to the f format except that the resulting string contains thousand separators Money The argument must be a floating point value The value is converted to a string that represents a currency amount The conversion is controlled by the CurrencyString CurrencyFormat NegCurrFormat ThousandSeparator DecimalSeparator and CurrencyDecimals global variables all of which are initialized from the Currency Format in the International section of the Windows Control Panel If the format string contains a precision specifier it overrides the value given by the CurrencyDecimals global variable String The argument must be a character or a string value The string or character is inserted in place of the format specifier The precision specifier if present in the format string specifies the maximum length of the resulting string If the argument is a string that is longer than this maximum the string is truncated Hexadecimal The argument must be an integer value The value is converted to a string of hexadecimal digits If the format string contains a precision specifier it indicates that the resulting string must contain at least the specified number of digits if the value has fewer digits the resulting string is left padded with zeros
279. ting and disconnecting of the modem extended control allows the modern to be switched on aff via an output option for dial out capability option for SMS capability Enable manual answer Enable dial out Enable SMS capability Control Type Extended Options 2 Standard Modem Control gt Enhanced Modem Control Properties 2 Cancel e Figure 21 5 Extended Modem Control Tool The output to use to control the modem is selected by the Output setting To use the enhanced modem script the meter must have an enhanced modem feature code For this script to work additional setup must be performed The output and the turn off period must be configured 21 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 EDMI Enhanced Modem Script Output Setup The output configured for use in the Modem Control tool must be configured as a Fixed Output See Figure 21 6 e g Output 3 E Pulsing Outputs Mame Description Invert e Figure 21 6 EziView Pulsing Output Properties Setup With the nv box cleared the relay will close when the modem is to be turned on If this is the wrong way around for your application the nv box can be checked to change the polarity Modem Control 21 9 44 4 EDMI The Time Window setup page is used to configure when the modem is to be turned off see Figure 21 7 Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Alarms E Communications EziPort Ports Time window Permit Extensi
280. tion of the file the end of the file Only for a file opened for writing and not a text file Example 1 f File opened file File Truncate f Current position now the end of the file Writes the string to the file Example 1 f File opened file FileWrite f Hello World Hello World written to the file Writes the string to the file and add Carriage Return Line Feed characters Example 1 f File opened file FileWriteln f Hello World World CRLF written to the file e Table 24 4 File instructions Communications Instructions Table 24 5 lists all of the communications instructions The script is automatically exited if the communications port is lost and the ScriptResultMsg is set to the failure message Instruction Description O CommReceive MilliSeconds Integer var S String WaitStrings String CommtTransmit Transmit Variant CommWeaitFor MilliSeconds Integer WaitString String WaitStrings String Waits MilliSeconds or until WaitStrings is received and places the string in S If timed out S is empty Example 1 S String CommReceive 2000 S 13 Waits 2 seconds or until a Carriage Return character is received The received characters are in S Transmits the String or Bytes on the communications port Example 1 CommTransmit hello Transmits hello Example 2 CommTransmit 13 Transmits 13 carriage return Waits for one of the wait strings t
281. tool Pulsing Inputs page The Pulsing Inputs page Figure 19 3 allows the selection of pulsing inputs as a source to the load survey The inputs must be set as Pulsing and should have appropriate scaling factors set see Chapter 11 Pulsing Inputs for information on these settings The Unit should be set so that the correct unit can be reported by the survey it has no effect on data recording 19 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 EDMI Billing History Tool Billing History Tool The billing history tool is used to extend the TOU system Chapter 13 Normally the TOU system only records historical information for the last billing period The billing history tool allows the data to be logged for many more billing periods It does this by storing selected data items in a survey when billing resets occur Figure 19 4 shows the setup dialog Eziview Toolbox Billing History Readings Meters Channel Name Type Period Energy Tot EXP wh H1 2 Period Energy Tot EXP va 81 Tot EXP va Maximum Demand Tot EXP vA qvi Inca Period Energy Tot EXP wh Re Input 1 ime of Max Dem Period Energy Tat EXP Wh A3 Phe wh PhC EXP wh Intera Tot IMP f Period Pulse In 2 C Cumulative Pulse In 1 test FOSS Channel 11 Channel 12 Rate 3 Estimated Size r 12 Entries Channel 1 Add Remove Cancel Figure 19 4 Billing History tool The structure is similar to
282. ts Logon Password Po Show Hide Puling utputs g Confirm Password Security SistemParameters Phone Mumber Tariff TUM BillingFieset Permissions Permissions Hates TimeS etup TOUS TranstormerF Users In Meter Collapse Additional Security Pemissiens Contig Jumper Billing Reset Button Disable C e Figure 16 6 Users not in the meter settings 16 6 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 6 EDMI EziView Security Users in meter allows for selection between two types of security restrictions When the Users in Meter box is checked the username and password of a user is used both for Ezi View and for the meter If the box is unchecked Figure 16 6 a username and password for accessing the meter must be entered for the group Users log into EziView using their username and password but the user does not know the username and password used to access the meter as EziView translates this automatically This feature 1s useful where it 1s undesirable to give users the ability to perhaps use other programs to access the meter Without the meter username and password the only way the user can access the meter is via EziView The other advantage is that the meter only supports up to twenty users By only having one user account in the meter for a group of users the number of users in that group is unlimited The disadvantage is that the meter can only log the connection of the user a
283. tup The files are stored with the extension TBX The name consists of the GUID and the name of the customised tool TBX files contain one or more scripts that make up the tool a description of the tool and the setup of the tool If you are distributing setups for meters to other machines the TBX files associated with the extensions setup should also be copied to the new machine If this 1s not done EziView will not be able to send the customised tools to the meter The MTR file only has a reference to the TBX files to use Where to next If you are not interested in the more detailed forms of script access at this stage you may skip ahead to the Detailed Survey Information section This gives a lot of background information on surveys which is assumed in the descriptions of tools Return to the following section if you encounter problems Using EziScript Extensions 17 5 44116 EDMI Online EziScript Control These functions allowed more detailed access to the way scripts are stored the meter Note that scripts loaded using the setup method also appear here Changes made using these controls will not update the setup for the meter kept by EziView TBX files loaded or deleted using these methods will however be recognised if setup 1s then read from the meter Showing what EziScript extensions are loaded To display the list of extensions in the meter go to the Screens Online Variables Memory Map dialog
284. tup 704123456 EDH Mame Description Inactivity Timeout Users In Meter Permissions Permissions achory Delete Perm Scheme Additional Security Contig Jumper Permissions Billing Reset Button Disable e Figure 16 4 EziView Security setup page The tree diagram shows the user groups and the users within those groups Properties for the selected item appear to the right of the tree view The plus and minus boxes may be used to expand or collapse parts of the tree view The Expand and Collapse buttons affect the entire tree view When changes are made OK and Cancel buttons appear just above the Additional Security box Settings are not validated until OK is clicked Clicking Cancel cancels the changes If an attempt is made to leave the settings page without clicking OK or Cancel a dialog will ask if the changes should be made Figure 16 5 Cancel returns to the settings page The Yes and No buttons act the same as the OK and Cancel buttons discussed Confirm Yes Do You Want To Save Changes Made To Group e Figure 16 5 Security change confirmation Security 16 5 There are up to ten user groups in the meter numbered one to ten There is no difference between the groups group 1 does not do anything more or less than group 10 Each group has a Name and a Description these are not stored in the meter but EziView keeps track of them in the MTR file The name is w
285. type scheduler events like rates not for single time events like billing resets The Scheduler Calender This is the system within the meter to determine when things happen This system 15 used to automatically control the active rates billing resets demand resets and seasons as well as several other sections of the meter Time of Use 13 7 The calender is made up of a number of entries Each entry defines either a single time billing resets and demand resets or a time range rates and seasons and what happens if the entry occurs Entries are also qualified by a season entries from an inactive season are ignored If no season is specified then the entry is not affected by season There are several ways to specify a time based on how often it repeats The times are specified in minutes past a reference point The table below shows the options Table 13 1 The size columns give the size of an entry of this type in bytes Size Size c NE Minutes from the end of the month back towards the beginning of the month Reverse Monthly has 28 days Firmware v1 55 later Minutes since the start of 1996 Rate Ist argument Minutes between operations 12 2nd argument Minutes offset Table 13 1 Time specification options a 3 NE NN mE If two single time entries occur in the same minute to generate the same event e g a billing reset the event will still
286. ure 13 4 the 5 rate groups are shown down the side with times of the day along the top Different colours in the grid represent different active rate numbers Rate group VA has the same active rate all day while rate group EX1 has three different active rates during the day The active rate in each group may be controlled by the scheduler or from a manual override 13 4 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual 44 4 ED Billing Resets Overview Billing Total Current Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 PE Channel 12 Rate 1 Accumulation Max Demand Time of Max Rate 2 Rate 3 Rate 8 Unified Rate e Figure 13 5 TOU overview billing resets The current registers are where TOU information 1s currently being accumulated When a billing reset occurs these registers are copied into the previous registers identical and the current registers are cleared All TOU channels are reset at once As well as this the accumulation registers are added to the billing total accumulation registers and the maximum demand registers are added to the billing total maximum demand registers There are no billing total time of maximum demand registers as they have no meaning The total registers are a sum of the billing total registers and the current registers following the same rules Billing resets may be caused by e Pressing the billing reset button on the front of the meter e Initiating a billing reset from a communications session e B
287. urity level s access being insufficient to read the register See Chapter 16 for more information Direct LCD control The meter allows the LCD to be controlled directly from EziView This allows for everything from displaying a register without having to set it up through finding suitable formatting for a register to displaying custom messages on the LCD This dialog Figure 9 3 is located under Online Variables LCD in EziView Online Variables for 704123456 Usage Date Time Debug Extended Feature Code Feature Code Gate LCD Memory Options Ports Pulsinglnputs PulsingU utputs Security System Time window eel LCD Status Req 11 21 01 Fegister 11 Format LCD ag Disp Set Freeze 00 00 LCD Settings Register Number Display Set Screen Freeze Register Fill Digits Flaces OODODF UII D Sel Units LI Status Connected Figure 9 3 EziView Online Variables LCD dialog The LCD Status window displays what is being shown on the LCD of the meter updated in real time The Se button has the same effect as pushing the Select button on the meter The Set button is for changing display sets having the same effect as holding down the Select button on the meter Below this is listed information about the current display what register is being shown its format and LCD number Each of
288. us Mk6E User Manual Chapter Security The security systems of the meter and of EziView allow for fine control over who is allowed to do what with the meter Each user has their own user name and password This grants them access to their user group which defines what they can and can t do Note that there is some coverage of EziScripts in this chapter Although they have not been covered in any preceding chapter this information is here because it is best located here User s Perspective Security 15 controlled by EziView using usernames and passwords on a meter by meter basis When EziView loads it will ask for a username and password Figure 16 1 User M ame Password Link Security e Figure 16 1 EziView Login dialog Enter your username and password then click OK Clicking Cancel will not log you in To avoid entering your username and password every time you start EziView it can be remembered by using the Tools Options General Save Main Password checkbox Figure 16 2 Note that this reduces the security of EziView as no password need be entered when starting EziView to access meters Security 16 1 o Options Ferm Scheme Language Macros Tasks General File Locations Animation lecon Headings Viewing Phase Colours Connection 5 Visibilty Operation Security Setup Mode Prompt Check Pulsing Output Overflow Naming Convention T
289. ve a small animated icon which changes to indicate that data is being transferred This animation can be changed using the Tools Options Animation Icon page Basic Status These screens show basic information about the meter s measurements Analogue and Alarm Status Status for 204123456 WIE Analogue Readings BERND Status Flags Asymmetric Power 241 10 240 16 Voltage Tolerance 010 025 VT Failure Phase Rotation BB B2 2 53 Clock Failure 0 40 Lag 1 00 Lag Reverse Power Calibration Data Lost 9 65 59 72 Modem Failure HAM LOD Failure 22 33 2 70 Program Flash Failure 24 34 Bg 9 Data Flash Failure Output OverFlow Frequency am 4 Battery Failure User Defined Fundamental ed Inactive _alched Total Active i Status Connected e Figure 4 2 EziView Status screen The Status screen Figure 4 2 displays instantaneous readings the state of the alarm system and a phasor diagram The Analogue Readings are one second averaged readings from the meter The Status Flags pane shows the state of the meter s alarms see Chapter 15 for details 4 2 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Basic Status The button on the bottom left shows a very small phasor diagram Clicking on the button changes the display to a detailed view Figure 4 3 Clicking on the corresponding button in this screen returns to the main status screen Right clicking in the display pane gives a small
290. will set all accumulated energy maximum demand time of maximum demand registers in all rates channels and periods to zero The last billing reset times will be cleared as will any TOU log surveys The configuration of the TOU system will not be affected This operation would normally only be performed when preparing a meter for installation where there were unwanted previous readings stored perhaps from testing or another site Use this command with caution A good suggestion is to block the use of this command without the configuration jumper present see Chapter 16 for more information This command should also be used if the channel configuration has changed or if demand times are reduced or added It should also be used if the transformer ratios are changed as the scaling factors will change 13 30 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Chapter Communications This chapter covers the setting of serial communication settings in the meter Optical Communications Port The optical communications port on the front of the meter may be ordered with either a FLAG or ANSI physical standard port The protocol used is EDMI s command line protocol Standard FLAG or ANSI read heads may be used to connect the meter to a computer EDMI can also supply read heads The format of the data can be configured using the Communications Ports setup page See Chapter 14 Meter Configuration Setup 704123456 Optical Port Baud Rate Data Bits
291. y Set Screen Freeze Ports Pulsinglnputs Display Set PulsingU utputs Security System T ariff Time Window Status Connected e Figure 9 5 EziView Online Variables LCD dialog Display Set Tab The Display Set tab Figure 9 5 allows the active display set to be changed This is where the meter can be changed to display set D normally inaccessable 9 8 EDMI Genius Mk6E User Manual Direct LCD control Online Variables for 204123456 SEE CPU Usage LCD Status Date Time Hello testing Debug 1 3 4 Extended Feature Feature Code Register 0000309 Format Gate LCD Disp Set LED Freeze 00 09 Memory Map LCD Settings Options Register Number Display Set Screen Freeze Ports Pulsinglnputs i A pone Pulsingllutputs Security System T ariff Time V Indow el Status Connected e Figure 9 6 EziView Online Variables LCD dialog Screen Tab The Screen tab 1s used to override what is shown on the LCD with a custom message The text to be displayed is entered into the edit field then the Set button is pressed to send the change The text will be displayed for the Freeze time set on the final tab Online Variables for 204123456 BR JE CPU Usage LCD Status Date Time Hello testing Debug 1 2 3 4 Extended Feature
292. y is too long to fit into 16 characters the display will scroll a character every second to show the entire line up to 59 characters A right facing arrow shows the start of the line The Meter 2 17 4416 EDMI To progress to the next page press the Select button Each time the button is pressed the display moves to the next page The display may also be set up to automatically cycle the display through the pages pausing if the Select button is pressed In order to make it easier to find a certain page and to allow for different users of the LCD each page belongs to a display set Only pages from the current display set are shown There are four display sets called A B C and D To change display sets press and hold the Select button for a second The LCD will give a message like Changed to set B to indicate the new display set The LCD will then change to display the new display set starting at the default page that is present in all sets The first three display sets can be reached in this way The fourth can be reached using EziView There is a special display mode to assist in cases where information is needed from the meter that has not been configured on displays This is generally where information 15 needed in order to establish a link with the meter e g unknown baud rate settings To enter this mode hold the select button down for 10 seconds The display will change to a cycling display that shows the following in
293. yNames Windows Control Panel variable dddd Displays the day as a full name Sunday Saturday using the strings given by the LongDayNames Windows Control Panel variable ddddd Displays the date using the format given by the ShortDateFormat Windows Control Panel variable dddddd Displays the date using the format given by the LongDateFormat Windows Control Panel variable Displays the month as a number without a leading zero 1 12 If the m specifier immediately follows an h or hh specifier the minute rather than the month is displayed 3 Displays the month as a number with a leading zero 01 12 If the mm specifier immediately follows an h or hh specifier the minute rather than the month is displayed i 3 mmm Displays the month as an abbreviation Jan Dec using the strings given by the ShortMonthNames Windows Control Panel variable Displays the month as a full name January December using the strings given by the LongMonthNames Windows Control Panel variable yy Displays the year as a two digit number 00 99 yyyy Displays the year as a four digit number 0000 9999 h Displays the hour without a leading zero 0 23 E t Displays the time using the format given by the ShortTimeFormat Windows Control Panel variable Displays the time using the format given by the LongTimeFormat Windows Control Panel variable 5 Displays the second without leading zero 0 59 am pm Uses the 12 h

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