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USER MAN UAL HANDBU CH HANDLEIDING M A NUEL DESCRI PTIF РУКОВОДСТВО ПОЛЬЗОВАТ ЕЛЯ КЕРІВНИЦТВО КО РИСТУВА ЧА EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE[...]
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2 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Energy mete r with L AN interface Energiemessge rät Energiemeter met L AN interface Compteur d'énerg ie avec interface L AN Измеритель мощности и энергии с се тевым интер фейсом [...]
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3 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 1.1. Features LAN Energy Meter, accessible from any where within your LAN, creates insight in your energy consumption (voltage/current/powe r) Get your power consumption c urves via Internet - no permanent computer connect[...]
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4 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 1.3. System requi rements LAN socket Internet connection is re quired for uploading the information to EnerGenie.com ser ver 1.4. Package co ntents EGM-PW M-LAN Software CD User m anual LAN crossover pa tch[...]
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5 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 2. Indicators and controls of the EGM- PWМ-L A N Figure #1 Day/Night mode indicator Load indicator LAN socket Socket 1 Reset button LAN activity indica tors[...]
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6 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 3. Installation of EGM -PWM-L AN To use EGM-PW M-LAN please follow next s teps: Connect EG M-PW M-LAN to the wall soc ket first and t hen to the L AN socket ( or your computer LAN c ard) wit h the provide d patch cord or vice-[...]
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7 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners NOTE: b y default th e f actor y settin g of EGM-PWM- LAN is DHCP enabled. If your LAN h as a router with built-in DHC P ser ver (which is very com m on) then EGM-P W M-LAN will autom atically get an IP a ddress from the DHCP s er[...]
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8 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Gateway: 192. 168.0.1 DNS:0.0.0.0 DHCP: enabled IP filtering: dis abled Power Manag er client port: 5000 ... EGM-PW M-LAN then searches f or an IP address f rom your eventual DHC P server. If no DH CP serv er i[...]
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9 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 3.2. Power M anager inst allation It is now tim e to identif y which IP address has bee n obtained b y EGM-PW M-LAN. W e need to carr y out the follo wing: Insert the Power Man ager CD into a PC CD- ROM drive. This PC can be c[...]
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10 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 3.3. IP configur ation The utility LAN F ind (s ee Figure # 4 below) will r un autom atically during the sof tware insta llation but it c an also b e star ted from Start/All Programs/Gemb ird/Power Manager . T he IP range where y[...]
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11 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Figure #4 The window of your default internet bro wser will be then opened to give you acc ess to the bu ilt-in web- server. See section 4 belo w f or the further details.[...]
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12 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 4. The w eb server Your EGM-PW M-LAN is equipped with a web- server which allows managing the de vice us ing an y web bro wser s uch as Internet Explorer etc. 4.1. Web-serv er login pag e To acces s the web serve r of EGM-PW M-LA[...]
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13 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners After a successful login you will face the Energe nie pag e ( see section 4.2 bel ow). NOTE: There is a possibi lity that yo u m ight then need to ope n t he LAN settings page (s ee section 4.3 below) to com plete the IP configur[...]
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14 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners button on the Login page to create a ne w acc ount. After your successf ul login (regardles s whether you c reated a n ew or used an existing accoun t) your EG M-PW M-LAN is autom atically registered. Return back to the En er[...]
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15 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Figure # 6 After a succes sful registra tion and activati on the button Register will b e renamed to Login (and will then ope n the Login page of EnerGenie.com ) and the b utton Activate will turn into Deactivat e . If b y any re[...]
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16 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners EGM-PW M-LAN fr om Internet use then Deac tivate button to stop communication of the de vice with EnerG enie.com server. If you eventua lly decid e to change registr ation of your EGM-PW M- LAN an d as sign it to another acc ount[...]
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17 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 4.3. LAN settings page Figure #7 On the L AN sett ings page (see Figure #7 above) you can s et up DHCP, I P addr ess, Subnet m ask , G ateway, DN S serv er and I P f ilter ( up to 3 IP address es can then be enab led for rem ote [...]
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18 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners IP address , Subnet mask, Gateway, DNS server will be use d onl y if the DHCP opt ion is disab led. If you set DHC P opt ion it is recom me nded for your own convenie nce to set up your DHCP server so that it always pr ovides the[...]
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19 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 4.4. Device s ettings page On the d evice sett ings pa ge you c an set up nam e, pass word and internal tim e of EGM-PW M-LAN (see Figure #8 be low). Figure #8 To be able to setup the s chedu le of EGM-PWM-LAN you hav e to first [...]
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20 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Alternativel y if the opti on U se NTP for timer cor rection is enabled (b y default) t hen th e t ime will be taken from NTP server. The device will tr y to connect with the s erver ev ery 18 ho urs. The first s ynchronization w[...]
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21 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 4.5. Web-serv er logout Having finished working with EGM- PW M-LAN, choos e Log Out in the m ain m enu. If you d on’t do this, you will be logge d autom atically af ter 10 minutes of in activit y. W hile you are l ogged to the [...]
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22 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 5. EnerGenie.com device interface W ith your free personal acc ount at E nerGenie.com website you will be a ble to acces s your EGM-PW M-LAN from an ywhere in the world usin g any Internet-e nabled devic e (desk top PC, laptop, s[...]
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23 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Figure #9 Check Remember me chec kbox f or autom atic login in the f uture (the webs ite will then save a cook ie on your com puter). If yo u lost your passwor d, click Forgot passwor d button. 5.2. Device m anagement p age After[...]
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24 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Figure #10[...]
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25 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners This page will autom atically update itse lf and will keep showin g you the tim e when your device was last see n onl ine (th e l atest tim e when the device c omm unicated with the server), external IP, MAC addres s, link to dev[...]
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26 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Figure #11[...]
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27 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 6. Adding the EGM -PWM-LAN To be able to m anage installed EGM- PW M-LANs, pleas e, do the following: Install Pow er Manager sof tware on a PC connected to your loca l network. A socket icon will then appear in your system tr[...]
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28 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners In the Add LAN d evice window (see figure #13 below) please, ent er correct IP address, port n um ber (5000 b y def ault) and password (1 b y default) as c onfigured on the Device settings page (se e section 4 .6 above) of the we[...]
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29 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners To edit the L AN dev ice, sel ect it a nd cl ick the Dev ice settings button, or just double click on the LAN device To remove the LAN de vice, s elect it a nd clic k the Del button in the ke y board If the status of EGM-[...]
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30 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Figure #14 EGM-PW M-LAN is connec ted to local network (ping test is ok ) but not respondin g. Reset EGM-PW M-LAN b y pressing t he Reset butto n (A) on th e side c ontrol panel (see F igure #2 above) or s witch it of f and t[...]
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31 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 7. Power M anager Your EGM-PW M-LAN has an of fline and an online working mode. It is “ offline” whenever it is not conn ected to a PC, or when the PC is turned of f. T he de vice will c ome “online” autom aticall y when [...]
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32 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners To open th e Po wer Meter window, select your EGM-P W M-LAN device fr om the list (see Figure #1 2 a bove) and then c lick the P ower meter button (s ee the chapt er 8 below). 8. Power M eter The Power Me ter window can be open e[...]
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33 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Figure #15 Push Max imi ze button in this window to open t he full-si ze Po wer Meter windo w – see Figur e #16 be low. Figure #16[...]
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34 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners This window d isplays all th e meas ured values: Real power (P) Active im pedance (R) Frequenc y of current (Fq) Energy consum ed (E) The cost of energy consum ed (m oney sign) RMS voltage ( V rm s) Pe[...]
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35 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Figure #17 Choose the r ate (per kW h) and curre ncy. If you have diff erent r ates for peak hours and off -peak hours, j ust ch eck the box Use Day/Night modes . You wi ll th en be able t o enter the dua l rates and th e start/f[...]
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36 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 9. Using the cha rts In the online m ode the values of P, R, Fq, Ir ms , Vrms and Cost are continuousl y logged into the database . T hese readings can be use d to build tim e charts. T o displa y the ch arts just click on the d [...]
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37 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Figure #18 EGM-PWM-LAN Cost[...]
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38 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners The horizontal ax is repr esents the d ate/tim e and the vertical ax is represents the values of th e chosen param eter. Note: The sc ale of the vert ical axis chang es autom atically once you browse or zoom the c hart. The scale[...]
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39 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Tip: You can calcu late the total e nerg y co nsum ption with in a c ertain period pushing th e Calculat e button - se e Figure #19 below Figure #19 EGM-PWM-LAN Re al Power[...]
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40 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners - The zooming too l allows c hanging the time scale of the char t. Pus h the zooming to ol but ton an d t hen click with the left m ouse button to adjus t the scal e to the desired level - W hen you select the hom e tool,[...]
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41 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 10. Advanced f eatures The Power Mana ger soft ware also allo ws you to def ine a num ber of user-defined events. Possi ble e vents are: Lighti ng up the indicators in the Power Meter window (see Chapter 8 above), or run a user-s[...]
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42 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners this param eter exc eeds a c ertain max imum – fill in the Max field then. If you wish the e vent to b e triggered when the v alue of t his param eter drops below a c ertain m inimum – fill in th e Min f ield. Secondl y you s[...]
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43 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners 11. Troubleshoot ing Problem Solution The status of EGM-PW M-LAN in Power Manag er does not become Connecte d Try to ping the device (see section 6. 1 above) EGM-PW M-LAN is connec ted to local networ k (ping test is ok) but not [...]
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44 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners[...]
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45 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners Waste disposal: Do not deposit this equipment with the household waste. Improper disposal can harm both the environment and human health. For Information about waste collection facilities for used electrical and electronic device[...]
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46 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners WARRA NTY CONDITIONS GARA NTIE BEDINGUNGEN The warranty p eriod is 24 mo nths and begins with the sale to the e nd user. The r eceipt m ust clearl y list the date of purc hase and the p art numb er, in additi on it should be prin[...]
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47 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners GARA NTIE VOORWAA RDEN CONDITIONS DE GA RA NTIE De garantieterm ijn bedraagt 24 m aand en en gaat in op de aankoopdat um van het p roduct door de eindgebruiker. O p de aankoopb on moeten de aankoopdatum en productomsc hrijving du[...]
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48 EGM-PWM-LAN ENERGY METER WITH LAN INTERFACE All brands and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners ГАРАНТИЙНЫЙ ТАЛОН УМОВИ ГАР АНТІЙНОГО ОБСЛ УГОВУВ АННЯ 1. Гарантийное о бслуживание п редоставляется в течение срока г арант?[...]