Important Notes for. powermanager V3.4 SP1

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1 Important Notes for powermanager V3.4 SP1 Contents 1 Online Support Important Notes Installation Notes Minimum Hardware Requirements (PC) Software Requirements Installation path Upgrading a previous powermanager project Recovering the Advanced Report Configurations Additions to the Certificate of License / Licensing Changing Archive Settings of a Project User Information Information on Web browser information Information on the Expert Option Package Information on Archiving Information on Time Synchronization Filter Information regarding powerconfig Information Regarding Distributed Systems Hints for Server 2008 R2/2012 R2/2016 and Windows 7/ Information on Polling Time... 13

2 2.3 Information on Reporting Advanced reports based on Excel General Configuring Outlook Settings to Auto-Approve ing of Reports Information on Device Integration General Support of COM Communication Using PAC4200 as gateway Maximum Number of the Participants within the Modbus RTU subnet Viewing the Fault Records of PAC5200 & P PAC5200 and P855 Power Quality Events Manual Measuring Device VA and COM800 as Breaker Data Server Online Support Click the following link for technical support: Click the following link for the list of all FAQs, Hot fixes, and Service Packs: For additional information to work with powermanager, refer to the powermanager manual/help. 2 of 17 powermanager, Readme

3 2 Important Notes 2.1 Installation Notes Note: V3.4 SP1 HF1 is updated with ALM (Automation License Manager) version 6.00 and also contains some defect fixes for the previous version of powermanager Minimum Hardware Requirements (PC) Table 1: Small - 20 devices (Number of servers: 1) Server Hardware Hardware Component Specifications Processor RAM installation archive 5 years (default settings) Intel i5/i7 /Xeon Quad Core with 2.4 GHz or equivalent 8 GB 10 GB free disk space 15 GB Graphics Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels Configuration Conditions Network adaptor Instantaneous values Energy values Driver Smoothing Maximum number of datapoints 1 GBit/s 1 s 10 s No powermanager, Readme 3 of 17

4 Table 2: Small - 50 devices (Number of servers: 1) Server Hardware Hardware Component Specifications Processor RAM installation archive 5 years (Default settings) Intel i5/i7 /Xeon Quad Core with 2.4 GHz or equivalent 8 GB 10 GB free disk space 30 GB Graphics Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels Configuration Conditions Network adaptor Instantaneous values Energy values Driver Smoothing Maximum number of datapoints 1 GBit/s 1 s 10 s No Table 3: Small devices (Number of servers: 1) Server Hardware Hardware Component Specifications Processor RAM installation Intel i5/i7 /Xeon Quad Core with 2.4 GHz or equivalent 8 GB 10 GB free disk space 4 of 17 powermanager, Readme

5 archive 5 years (Default settings) 50 GB Graphics Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels Configuration Conditions Network adaptor Instantaneous values Energy values Driver Smoothing Maximum number of datapoints 1 GBit/s 1 s 10 s No Table 4: Medium devices (Number of servers: 1) Server Hardware Hardware Component Specifications Processor RAM installation archive 5 years (Default settings) Intel i5/i7 /Xeon Quad Core with 2.4 GHz or equivalent 8 GB 10 GB free disk space 100 GB Graphics Resolution: 1280 x 1023 pixels Configuration Network adaptor Instantaneous values 1 GBit/s 2 s powermanager, Readme 5 of 17

6 Conditions Energy values Driver Smoothing Maximum number of datapoints 10 s No Table 5: Large devices (Number of servers: 1) Server Hardware Hardware Component Specifications Processor RAM installation archive 5 years (Default settings) Intel i7/xeon Quad Core with 3 GHz or equivalent 16 GB 10 GB free disk space 250 GB Graphics Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels Configuration Network adaptor Instantaneous values Energy values 2 x 1 GBit/s 5 s 20 s Driver Smoothing 1 % Conditions Maximum number of datapoints Import address reduction should be performed for all devices. 6 of 17 powermanager, Readme

7 Table 6: Very Large devices (Number of servers: 1) Server Hardware Hardware Component Specifications Processor RAM installation archive 5 years (Default settings) Intel i7/xeon Quad Core with 3 GHz or equivalent 16 GB 10 GB free disk space 500 GB Graphics Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels Configuration Network adaptor Instantaneous values Energy values 2 x 1 GBit/s 10 s 20 s Driver Smoothing 1 % Conditions Maximum number of datapoints Import address reduction should be performed for all devices Software Requirements Operating system Windows 7 Windows 10 Windows Server 2012 R2 Supported edition Ultimate/Enterprise/Professional with SP1 (64-bit) Enterprise/Professional (64-bit) Server 2012 R2 (64-bit) powermanager, Readme 7 of 17

8 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2016 Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Server 2016 (64-bit) One of the following Excel versions is required for advanced reporting, for basic reporting functionality excel is not required Excel version supported Excel 2013 (32-bit) Excel 2016 (32-bit) Installation path Ensure that the installation path does not contain any blank spaces Upgrading a previous powermanager project The powermanager V3.4 SP1 projects support eight languages. The below table provides the available languages for upgraded projects powermanager version Is directly upgradeable to powermanager V3.4? Upgrade Sequence Supported languages after upgrade V2.00 No Upgrade your project in this order V2.0->V2.0 SP1- >V3.0->V3.2 V2.0 SP1 No Upgrade your project in this order V2.0 SP1->V3.0- >V3.2 English, German English, German V3.0 Yes - English, German, Spanish and Portuguese V3.0 SP1/SP2 Yes - English, German, Spanish and Portuguese 8 of 17 powermanager, Readme

9 V3.1 Yes - English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Turkish and French V3.2 Yes - English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Turkish and French V3.3 Yes - English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Turkish and French V3.4 Yes - English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Turkish and French Before upgrading the previous versions of powermanager projects, make the following changes to the project config file: 1. Go to <project_directory>/config/. Here, <project_directory> is the directory where you installed previous powermanager projects. 2. Open the config file. 3. In the config file, update the following parameter from: proj_path = "<Previous_Installed_Path>/powermanagerLib" to proj_path = "<Current_Installed_Path>/powermanagerLib" For example, proj_path = "C:/Siemens/SENTRON/powermanager/powermanagerLib" 4. Save and close the config file. 5. Go to project administration panel and update the project. After upgrading the project from an earlier version of powermanager to the current version powermanager V3.4 SP1: 1. If any Limit control device parameter is used in Reports/Reaction Plans/KPI/Trend, the configuration of the same needs to be removed and configured again. 2. The number of user interfaces which can be opened is increased to 20. powermanager, Readme 9 of 17

10 3. The device communication needs to be restarted manually post the upgrade to powermanager V3.4 SP1. For more information on upgrading a project, see the following section in the online help: project settings -> Upgrading a Project. Click here for further FAQs. You cannot install two different versions of powermanager (Example: V3.4 and V3.4 SP1) on a single system Recovering the Advanced Report Configurations After you upgrade a powermanager project to V3.4 SP1, by default, the report templates and database file (Report.mdb) also get replaced. As a result of this, all the configurations made to the report files such as tariff sets, schedule, and so on in the previous version are lost. During the upgrade, powermanager creates a new folder in the report directory named BAK. This folder contains all the report files from the previous version with an extension.bak. For example, Report.mdb file from the previous version is renamed as Report.mdb.bak. To retain the report configurations from the previous version for the upgraded version: 1. After upgrading the project, delete the Report.mdb files from the following location: <drive letter>:\sentron\powermanager\data\xls_report\ 2. Go to the BAK folder created in the above directory. 3. Rename the following files: Rename Report.mdb.bak to Report.mdb. 4. Copy the Report.mdb files to the directory given in Step 1. The report window will now have all the configurations from the previous project Additions to the Certificate of License / Licensing The Certificate of License is part of the contract belonging to the scope of supply regarding use of software products for a one-off fee. Among other things, it identifies licensed software parts with their warranty classes. The customer is not entitled to make changes to the software. Ensure that you quote the identification number of the Certificate of License in all correspondence. If you want to use individual panels (other than the standard device views of the PM Explorer) you must have the EXPERT option package. 10 of 17 powermanager, Readme

11 2.1.7 Changing Archive Settings of a Project The optimal size of the archive depends on the number of devices that are configured. You can customize the archive size to prevent data loss and ensure effective utilization of the hard disk space and memory on your system. Note: The default configuration of the archive settings is for 100 devices. If the application has more devices, you must change the archive settings accordingly via the available predefined archive settings for up to 100, 200, 500, or 1000 devices in the application. To change the archive configuration, proceed as follows: 1. In the project tree view, right-click the powermanager root node. 2. In the context menu, select System settings. The System settings page opens. 3. Click the Device tab. 4. In the Database update group, select the Number of devices list box. The following options are displayed: Up to 100 devices Up to 200 devices Up to 500 devices Up to 1000 devices 5. Select the desired option and click Update. 6. Enter the password of the root user to proceed further. The new archive configuration will be applicable after the next archive file change. 2.2 User Information Information on Web browser information Ensure that the following conditions are met before using the Web view: You have started the Control manager of the Web view already inserted in the Console. Start the Web view using the following URL: (for example, Press the Download button in the web viewer to download the plug-in. Follow the instructions given in the setup to install the plug-in (the plug-in is downloaded from host machine). The buttons to access the online help and the report generator are not available in the Web view. It is not possible to configure the system from the Web view. The Web view uses port 80 for communicating with the server. The Web view can only be used if port 80 is not being used by other powermanager, Readme 11 of 17

12 applications. For example, by a Web server Information on the Expert Option Package To use the Expert option package and start the relevant configuration tool, start the corresponding user interface in the Console. For this purpose, close the user interface in the Console and start the relevant user interface with the -extend option. Please note that you can only start this interface with the relevant license for the Expert option package. (Order No. 3ZS2710-2CC20-0YH0) The device configurations should also be performed by means of the PM Explorer with the Expert option package. Please note that parameterization in the Para editor may lead to data inconsistencies Information on Archiving The default archive settings in powermanager V3.4 SP1 are configured for 100 devices. As PAC1200 and SEM3 devices are configurable dynamically at runtime, the corresponding archive settings needs to be configured by considering the following conditions: 1 PAC1200 (with all sensors connected) = 5 PAC4200 devices 1 SEM3 device (with all sensors connected) = 5 PAC4200 devices Information on Time Synchronization In order to switch time synchronization on and off, activate or deactivate the following two addresses: command set date / time command nanosecond Filter Use the wildcard filter mode to filter internal names only. The filter shall work only for the selected values and not the entire data set of the meters Information regarding powerconfig It is possible to work with powerconfig and powermanager at the same time. However, to configure a PAC3100 with powerconfig, first disconnect the communication to the PAC3100/PAC1500 device from powermanager. For PAC3200, the communication with powermanager and powerconfig simultaneously will work only from firmware version V of 17 powermanager, Readme

13 2.2.7 Information Regarding Distributed Systems Distributed systems enable the connection of two or more autonomous powermanager systems via a network. You can configure each subsystem of a distributed system either as a single-station system or a multi-station system. For further information, refer to the online help. Note: Projects from previous version of powermanager and projects from V3.4 SP1 cannot coexist Hints for Server 2008 R2/2012 R2/2016 and Windows 7/10 Ensure that you run the Project Administration and the Console panels of powermanager with administrator rights. For this purpose, right-click the Project Administration or the Console panel, and click Run as administrator Information on Polling Time From V3.4, due to Modbus driver optimization, there is an impact on the poll time as mentioned below: For PAC 2200, PAC3200, PAC3200T, and PAC4200 devices, the work hour counter values and Process work hour counter values poll at every second instead of every 10 seconds. For SEM3 devices, the energy counter values poll at every second instead of every 10 seconds. 2.3 Information on Reporting Advanced reports based on Excel To run the reporting engine change the security settings of the excel sheet Report.xls. Ensure that you enable macros and Active X in Microsoft Excel. Note: In Excel 2013 and Excel 2016 all menus specific to powermanager are available on the Add-Ins tab General In case there is no device data available in your report, update the archive structure for your project. To update the archive structure: 1. Go to the powermanager and click the Reporting button. 2. On the Add-ins tab, click Report->Configuration -> Archive powermanager, Readme 13 of 17

14 structure. 3. Enter the valid password. Default password is eradmin. 4. Click OK. 5. Acknowledge all the subsequent dialog boxes with Yes. Your archive structure is now updated. Repeat these steps when changing to a distributed system. For more information, refer to the online help Configuring Outlook Settings to Auto-Approve ing of Reports You can use the Schedule feature to reports to different distribution lists. However, by default, Microsoft Outlook displays a pop-up message asking for confirmation every time powermanager s the reports. To send an without Microsoft Outlook as asking for a confirmation, you must change the Microsoft Office security policies. To change the Microsoft Office security policy settings: 7. Click Start > Run. Note: If the Run option is not visible in the Start menu, on the keyboard press <Windows button> + R. The Run window opens. 8. In the Open field, enter regedit and click OK. The Registry Editor window opens. 9. In the Registry Editor window, go to the following path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\<Microsoft Office version>\outlook\security Where, <Microsoft Office version> is the version associated with Microsoft Outlook. For example, for Microsoft Outlook 2010, the registry version will be Note: If this registry path does not exist, create it manually. 10. Select the Security folder and on the menu bar, click Edit > New > DWORD Value. A new value is created in the Security folder. 11. Name the new value as PromptSimpleMAPISend. 12. Double-click the PromptSimpleMAPISend value. The Edit DWORD Value window opens. 13. In the Edit DWORD Value window, change the value of the Value data field to Click OK. 14 of 17 powermanager, Readme

15 15. Close the Registry Editor window. For more information, refer to the following link: After making these changes, Microsoft Outlook automatically s the reports without asking for a confirmation. 2.4 Information on Device Integration General Device Minimum supported firmware version PAC1200 V1.48 PAC2200 V3.0 PAC3200 V2.1 PAC3200T SEM3 V3.0.0 V1.0.4.AF PAC4200 V1.2 PAC5100/5200 V01.00 P850/P855 V2.10 COM800 V2.0 COM060 V2.0 Note: We always recommend using the latest firmware version Support of COM11 The powermanager V3.4 SP1 does not support creation of the 3VL COM11 device. However, if previous versions of powermanager projects already contain 3VL COM11 devices and you migrate the projects to powermanager V3.4 SP1, then you can still use the existing 3VL COM11 devices Communication In case of a breakdown of several devices (for example, a router fails), disconnect the communication to these affected devices in order to avoid a general communication failure of all connected devices. powermanager, Readme 15 of 17

16 2.4.4 Using PAC4200 as gateway If you are using a PAC4200 device as a gateway, select the slot the RTU device (for example, PAC3100) is connected to for the parameterization of this device. In this scenario, select either PAC st slot or PAC nd slot. As setting for the PAC4200, select gateway/serial gateway to get communication to powermanager Maximum Number of the Participants within the Modbus RTU - subnet Due to physical limitations of the serial communication bus (Modbus RTU) you can connect a maximum of 31 devices to one PAC4200. For more details see the FAQ: I want to use the PAC4200 built-in gateway and subordinated PAC3100 devices, together with powermanager in my application. What is the maximum amount of PAC3100 devices that can be connected to one PAC4200? Viewing the Fault Records of PAC5200 & P855 For PAC5200 & P855 devices, you can view the power quality and event recordings directly from the device in the form of HTML pages on a connected PC and export the readings using open data formats such as COMTRADE in the form of error recordings. The ComtradeViewer provides other evaluation and reporting functions for PAC5200 & P855. The ComtradeViewer can be accessed from the following path: C:\Program Files (x86)\siemens\energy\comtradeviewer\v4_ PAC5200 and P855 Power Quality Events The powermanager displays the timestamp of PAC5200 & P855 device power quality events. The powermanager will not display the new timestamp incase the same event occurs again if the previous event is not reset in the device Manual Measuring Device The powermanager supports devices that are either not capable of or restricted from communicating with any external system. The manual measuring device feature enables you to manually add data of a noncommunicating device into powermanager VA and COM800 as Breaker Data Server Make sure that the 3VA MCCB is connected to powermanager via COM800 as gateway. Note: If any COM800/COM100 module is in active connection with powermanager, 16 of 17 powermanager, Readme

17 then the firmware upgrade of the same would not be possible unless this communication is disconnected. Please stop the active communication connection from powermanager to the COM800/COM100 module before proceeding with the firmware upgrade. Look at PRODIS for the new firmware releases and manuals. For setup you should use the newest version of powerconfig tool found at powermanager, Readme 17 of 17