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Renewable Energy Monitor
User Manual
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Software Reference Guide
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  • Page 1 Horizon Renewable Energy Monitor User Manual Software Reference Guide...
  • Page 2 LCD screen or your Windows computer. It has a 2 line LCD screen for viewing measurements that you cycle through just by pushing a button. And the Renewable Energy Monitor is battery operated and comes with a USB port so it can Screens also be used with or without a computer –...
  • Page 3: Usb Connection

    Windows PC computer 1.256 amps = 1256 mA (MAC computers are not supported at this time). Power for the Renewable Energy Monitor is Power is measured in watts or milliwatts supplied by the PC via the USB cable.
  • Page 4: Input And Output Terminals

    Input and Output Terminals Common Equations The Renewable Energy Monitor uses the following common equations internally to measure and compute voltage, current, resistance and power. V = I * R where V = voltage I = current R = Resistance...
  • Page 5: Installing The Software

    Always attach the USB cable between same time. This data is updated five (5) times the Renewable Energy Monitor and the a second from the Renewable Energy Monitor computer BEFORE you click on the REM so it always represents the latest information icon to start the software.
  • Page 6: Screen Snapshots

    Joules and RPM Display Color-Coded Plotting Lines Joules is a measure of energy (power x Each data plot is in a different color in order to make it easy to see what is being measured. time). It is equivalent to a watt-second or the number of watts generated in one second and shows how much energy the Green -...
  • Page 7: Play And Pause

    Data Recording and Playback Play and Pause The built in recording feature is like recording C l i c k t h e ( t r i a n g l e ) P l a y i c o n t o b e g i n a TV show for later playback except that you’re replaying the recorded data.
  • Page 8: Sample Rate

    Then release the left mouse button to execute the zoom feature. The default is ALL which means that all data from the Renewable Energy Monitor is recorded. Clicking the minus icon will slow the sample rate to the following:...
  • Page 9 More Details …………….. The Connect Icon This section gives you more in depth Before any plots can occur, the graphic software information on important topics of interest must connect with the Renewable Energy (and possible confusion). Monitor that is transmitting data. Normally the number just below the Connect icon is the right com port number;...
  • Page 10 Screen Capture and View Icons An important feature of the software is its ability to capture a snapshot of the screen at anytime. This way you can save important images including plots and meter data for later review. For example, to take a snapshot of the entire scree click the top Screen Capture icon –...
  • Page 11 Addendum In addition to its already powerful real time graphical plotting and data logging software, the latest version of Horizon’s Renewable Energy Monitor comes with the ability to transfer the logged data to an Excel ® spreadsheet. Example Here’s how it works….
  • Page 12 7. You can then proceed to manipulate the data in anyway you choose including generating plots directly from it. Refer to Horizon’s Renewable Energy Monitor User Manual and Software Reference Guide for a complete description of all the software features.

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