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  • Page 1 ® ® Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User's Guide...
  • Page 2 Hewlett-Packard Company. Phillips is a registered trademark of Phillips Screw Company. All other trademarks are property of their respective companies. ©Copyright 2010 Eaton Corporation, Raleigh, NC, USA. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced in any way without the express written approval of Eaton Corporation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Eaton Power Xpert Architecture ........
  • Page 4 Eaton PowerChain Device MIB........

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Field upgradeable – use the Web interface to easily upgrade the card's firmware in the field. Eaton Power Xpert Architecture Eaton Power Xpert Architecture provides the framework to unify the entire power system. It connects power systems with communication and management systems to provide a holistic approach to the entire power system.

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    If you need e-mail functionality, obtain the SMTP server IP address or host name. If using the SMTP server host name, verify that you also have the Name Server IP address (see Step 4). SMTP (mail) server IP Address or Host Name _______________________________ Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 7: Installing The Card

    If not already done, record the MAC address for future reference (see Step 3 of the “Installation Checklist”). To prevent electrostatic discharge (ESD), place one hand on a metal surface such as the PDP panel. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 8 Slide the card into the open slot and secure with the screws removed in Step 2 (see Figure 2 and Figure 3). Figure 2. Install the PXGX PDP Card Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 9 Downstream Ethernet connector on the PXGX PDP Card. Optional Second Ethernet Cable Connected to a Downstream Network Device Figure 3. Secure the Card and Install the Ethernet Cable Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 10: Connecting The Card To The Computer

    To connect the card to the computer and start the configuration: Go to www.eaton.com/pxgx and download the powerxpert.inf file. Note the location of the file. Plug the supplied USB cable into the Setup port on the card (see Figure 4).
  • Page 11 Figure 5. Found New Hardware Wizard – Welcome Window If a message displays indicating that the device driver software was not successfully installed, click Ignore. Continue to “Installing the USB Driver Software (Windows 7)” on page 13. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 12: Installing The Usb Driver Software (Windows Xp)

    Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click Next. The Found New Hardware Wizard – Installation Options window opens (see Figure 7). Figure 7. Found New Hardware Wizard – Installation Options Window Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 13 Select Network adapters and click Next. The Found New Hardware Wizard – Select Network Adapter window opens (see Figure 9). Figure 9. Found New Hardware Wizard – Select Network Adapter Window Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 14 Computer” on page 7 . Select powerxpert.inf and click Open. The folder containing the powerxpert.inf file displays in the Copy manufacturer’s file from box (see Figure 11). Figure 11. Install From Disk Window Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 15 Figure 12. Found New Hardware Wizard – Select Network Adapter Window 10. Select Linux USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget and click Next. 11. If the caution message shown in Figure 13 displays, click Continue Anyway. Figure 13. Caution Message Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 16 16. To manually enter a fixed IP address for the card’s network connection, continue to “Assigning an IP Address” on page 19. Note: By default, the PXGX PDP Card requests an IP address through DHCP when the card is connected to a network. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 17: Installing The Usb Driver Software (Windows 7)

    Open the Control Panel and select Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers (see Figure 16). Figure 16. Control Panel Window – Hardware and Sound Select Device Manager to open the Device Manager window. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 18 Right-click and select Update Driver Software. Figure 17. Device Manager Window Select Browse my computer for driver software (see Figure 18). Figure 18. Update Driver Software Window – Search Method Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 19 Click Next. 10. If the message “Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software” displays, select Install this driver software anyway (see Figure 20). Figure 20. Windows Security Message Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 20 Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers > Device Manager. Expand Network adapters. Verify that Linux USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget is listed under Network adapters (see Figure 22). Figure 22. Device Manager Window – Verify Device Installation Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 21: Ip Address Assignments

    Log on as administrator. The user name and default password is admin. The PXGX PDP Card Web page displays. Select Network from the Configuration menu. The Network page displays (see Figure 24). Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 22 Getting Started Figure 24. PXGX PDP Card Network Page Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 23: Assigning An Ip Address

    To log off as admin, select Log on as 'user' from the Configuration menu. Logging on as user sets the security level to read-only. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 24: Ipv6 Address Assignments

    Select Network from the Configuration menu. The Network page displays (see Figure 24 on page 18). Enter the Static and Gateway addresses in the IPv6 section. Click Apply. Click OK to confirm. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 25: Network Configuration

    If you want the card to access other network servers (such as an SMTP server) by host name, type the server IP address in the Name Server field. Up to three IP addresses can be entered. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 26: Important Security Information

    Trusted IPs/Hostnames list. If you are using SNMP or Modbus TCP, see “Changing SNMP Access” on page 27 to add specific IP addresses or host names of trusted computers. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 27: Configuring The Card

    Configuring SNMP options and managing from an SNMP Network Management System (NMS) Configuring Modbus TCP/IP options Configuring the Energy Management System (EMS) Configuring HTTP and HTTPS Configuring e-mail notification Configuring the Environmental Monitoring Probe (EMP) Saving and restoring configuration settings Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 28: Navigating The Card's Web Page

    Click the alarm message in the banner to display the Open Alarms page. The highest level of an alarm active in the PDP displays as follows: Red for critical Yellow for caution Blue for acknowledged, but not closed (still alarming) Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 29: View And Configure Tasks Essential To Initial Configuration

    Click the link for the task you want to configure. The associated configuration page displays. Complete the configuration and click Apply. Note: Refer to the related procedure in this user’s guide for detailed instructions on completing the task. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 30: Changing The Passwords

    To select the time zone for the card, specify the Time zone for logs, email, and connected device. To specify how the temperature displays on the Web page, select Fahrenheit (default) or Celsius. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 31: Configuring Snmp Options

    To allow access that is unrestricted by hostname (though still qualified by community names or SNMPv3 passwords): Select Access Control from the Configuration menu. Clear the check box for SNMP access restricted by IP/hostname. Click Apply and then OK to save the settings. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 32: System Location And System Contact

    System contact field. For example, type a person's name, phone number, department, e-mail address, physical location, or combination of these items, such as “John Smith x123. ” Click Apply and then OK to save the settings. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 33: Management From An Snmp Nms

    Verify that the NMS is a Trusted Host, or that your PXGX PDP Card is configured for unrestricted SNMP access on the Access Control Configuration Web page. See “Changing SNMP Access” on page 27. Select the MIB Files folder from the Documentation menu (or visit www.eaton.com/powerxpert) for the following MIB files for the PXGX PDP Card:...

  • Page 34: Configuring Http And Https

    After completing all panels, click OK when prompted to send the configuration down to the EMS hardware. The PXGX PDP Card transfers the panel data to the PDP. The transfer may take several minutes. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 35: Configuring E-Mail Notification

    Enter the recipient's e-mail address in the To field. Click Apply. The e-mail address is added to the Recipients list. Note: Up to ten recipients can be configured to receive event e-mail messages. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 36: Configuring Emp Settings

    When the EMP humidity measure activates the alarm, it can come out of the alarm state only by dropping below the Humidity Hysteresis value. Enter a value between 0 and 20 percent. Click Apply and then OK to save the settings. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 37: Saving And Restoring Configuration Settings

    When prompted, confirm that you want to override the configuration settings with the backup file. Click OK or Cancel. Update the Web page if the Device Data does not automatically display after the backup is complete. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 38: Operation And Maintenance

    Indicates a valid 10 Mb Connection (Link) as long Ethernet Port as the corresponding ACT indicator is illuminated. Indicates network activity when the indicator Indicates no network activity. is on or blinking. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 39: Dip Switch Description

    Menu bar: If there is an open alarm(s), “Open Alarms” and the number of active alarms display in red under the Alarms menu. Clicking Open Alarms displays the Open Alarms page. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 40 This note is optional and is entered into the Event log and displays in the Power Xpert software. The note applies to all selected alarms. Click Continue Auto-Update to resume page updating. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 41: Generating Log Files

    To limit the number of records, enter one or more of the following optional values: Maximum number of records to return Start Date End Date Click View log. Select a name and location for the file (if prompted to save). Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 42: System Log

    Click OK to erase the log; otherwise, click Cancel. Upgrading the Card's Firmware The card's firmware may be updated by downloading the appropriate file from www.eaton.com/powerxpert. During the upgrade process, the PXGX PDP Card does not monitor the PDP status.

  • Page 43: Root Certificate Authority Installation

    Open the browser and type the IP address of the card followed by the path /ca.htmlin the address bar. For example: http://10.222.49.63/ca.html. The Root CA Installation page displays (see Figure 28). Figure 28. Internet Explorer – Root CA Installation Page Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 44 A File Download warning message displays (see Figure 29). Figure 29. File Download Warning Click Open. The Certificate Window opens (see Figure 30). Figure 30. Certificate Window for the PXGX PDP Card Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 45 The Certificate Import Wizard opens (see Figure 31). Figure 31. Certificate Import Wizard Click Next. The Certificate Store window opens, prompting you to specify a certificate store (see Figure 32). Figure 32. Certificate Store Window Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 46 10. Click OK to close the message. 11. Click OK to close the Certificate window. 12. The installation process is complete. You can now access the card using the HTTPS protocol (for example, https://10.222.49.63). Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 47 The name of the certificate starts with “PowerXpert” followed by the MAC address of the card. Figure 35. Trusted Root Certification Authorities Tab Click View to open the Certificate window (see Figure 36). Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 48: Installing Root Ca With Mozilla Firefox

    Open the browser and type the IP address of the card followed by the path /ca.htmlin the address bar. For example: http://10.222.49.63/ca.html. The following window opens (see Figure 37): Figure 37. Mozilla Firefox – Root CA Installation Window Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 49: Installing Root Ca With Google Chrome

    Open the browser and type the IP address of the card followed by the path /ca.htmlin the address bar. For example: http://10.222.49.63/ca.html. The following window opens (see Figure 39): Figure 39. Google Chrome – Root CA Installation Window Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 50 A File Download warning message displays at the bottom of the window (see Figure 40). Figure 40. File Download Warning Click Save. The CRT (Security Certificate) file name displays at the bottom of the window (see Figure 41). Figure 41. Security Certificate File Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 51 Click gateway_ca.crt. An Open File warning message displays (see Figure 42). Figure 42. Open File Warning Click Open. The Certificate Window opens (see Figure 43). Figure 43. Certificate Window Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 52 Click Next. The Certificate Import Wizard – Certificate Store window opens, prompting you to specify a certificate store (see Figure 45). Figure 45. Certificate Store Window – Certificate Store Window Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 53 12. Click OK to close the message. 13. Click OK to close the Certificate window. The installation process is complete. You can now access the card using the HTTPS protocol (for example, https://10.222.49.63). Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 54 The name of the certificate starts with “PowerXpert” followed by the MAC address of the card. Figure 47. Certificates Window – Trusted Root Certification Authorities Tab Click View to open the Certificate window (see Figure 48). Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 55 When you are finished viewing the information, click OK to close the Certificate window, click Close to close the Certificates window, and click Close again to close the Google Chrome Options window. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 56: Mib Files

    RFC 4268 Entity State MIB Part 2 See the MIB files for detailed information about each MIB object. Eaton PDU MIB The Eaton PDU MIB module contains objects and notifications for PDP, Panel, and Breaker information levels: mainPDU pduPanel pduBreaker mainPDU Objects in this group describe the main PDP in the system.

  • Page 57: Pdubreaker

    Traps are sent in response to EMP changes to indicate the type of alarm, alarm acknowledgement, and alarm clearing. Eaton Power Meter MIB The Eaton Power Meter MIB provides five groups of power metering measures potentially provided by Eaton PDPs: Power quality. Power quality (PQ) index, percentage of total harmonic distortion (THD) for current and volts, Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC) performance curve Real-time measures.

  • Page 58: Entity Mib Files

    The RFC 4268 Entity State MIB provides availability status measures for each device. The RFC 4268 Entity State MIB Part 2 provides possible state values for the Entity State MIB. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 59: Modbus Registers

    If your Modbus program requires one-based addressing, add a one to the register addresses listed in Table 7 on page 61. For example, one-based addressing for the vendor name would be 1033 (1032 + 1). Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 60: Identifying The Breakers

    Figure 50 shows a sample map of an RPM panel. Breaker positions are numbered sequentially from the bottom left. Some positions may not have a breaker and are shown in gray. Phases Current Rating Breaker # Figure 50. Sample RPM Panel Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 61: Pole Data

    Clear the Return error (vs. zeros) on unsupported read request check box to disable the error code or select the check box to enable the error code. Click Apply and then OK to save the setting. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 62: Modbus Register Addressing

    For example, the vendor name in Table 7 on page 61 can be obtained by reading 32 Modbus registers starting at register 1032. Note: If a register is not supported in a particular device, an exception response is returned. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 63: Pdp Unit Id Numbers

    Panel #3 Breaker Data Panel #4 Breaker Data Panel #5 Breaker Data Panel #6 Breaker Data Panel #7 Breaker Data Panel #8 Breaker Data Panel #9 Breaker Data Panel #10 Breaker Data Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 64 RPM Panel #11 Pole Data RPM Panel #12 Pole Data RPM Panel #13 Pole Data RPM Panel #14 Pole Data RPM Panel #15 Pole Data RPM Panel #16 Pole Data Environmental Monitoring Probe Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 65: Pdp Registers And Alarms

    To read the Input Frequency Fault Alarm, set the Modbus program to Unit ID 1 and coil address 1008: IP: <IP address of PDP> Unit ID: 1 Starting Register: 1008 Number of Registers: 1 Function Code: 02 Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 66: Panel Registers And Alarms

    To read the AC Voltage in Phase A at Panel #4, set the Modbus program to Unit ID 5 and register 4010: IP: <IP address of PDP> Unit ID: 5 Starting Register: 4010 Number of Registers: 2 Function Code: 04 Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 67: Panel Alarms (Fc 02)

    To read the Main Breaker Overload alarm at Panel #4, set the Modbus program to Unit ID 5 and coil address 1254: IP: <IP address of PDP> Unit ID: 5 Starting Register: 1254 Number of Registers: 1 Function Code: 02 Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 68: Breaker Data And Alarms

    Breaker Overload 1036 UINT AC Current Phase A 1037 FLOAT AC Current Phase B 1039 FLOAT AC Current Phase C 1041 FLOAT AC MAX Current Phase A 1043 FLOAT Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 69: Calculating Breaker Register Numbers

    FC 02 in the Modbus program. Table 12. Breaker Alarms (FC 02) Name Coil/Status Address Data Type Branch Breaker 1 Overload Warning 1000 BOOL Branch Breaker 1 Overload 1001 BOOL Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 70: Emp (Fc 04)

    To read the temperature at the PDP, set the Modbus program to Unit ID 254 and coil address 12028: IP: <IP address of PDP> Unit ID: 254 Starting Register: 12028 Number of registers: 2 Function Code: 04 Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 71: Time Or Date (Fc 04)

    Viewing each hex byte as binary would yield the following data: 00000111 00000101 00010001 00001010 00101101 00010100 Table 14. Time or Date Register (FC 04) Parameter Name Display Name Register Discrete Units Data Type Bytes mCurrentTime Time 12203 DATE Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 72: Specifications

    12 cm x 11.4 cm x 3.9 cm (4.7" x 4.5" x 1.5") Weight 113 gm (4 oz) EMC Statements Class A: FCC Part 15 EU Standard: EN 55022:2006 Class A, EN 55024:1998+A1:2001:A2:2003 Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...

  • Page 73: Service And Support

    Two-Year Limited Warranty (US and Canada) Eaton Connectivity Devices WARRANTOR: The warrantor for the limited warranties set forth herein is Eaton Corporation, a Delaware Corporation company (“Company”). LIMITED WARRANTY: This limited warranty (this “Warranty”) applies only to the original End-User (the “End-User”) of any Eaton-branded Connectivity Devices (the “Product”) purchased on or after June 1, 2004...
  • Page 74 END-USER'S OBLIGATIONS: In order to receive the benefits of this Warranty, the End-User must use the Product in a normal way; follow the Product's user's guide; and protect against further damage to the Product if there is a covered defect. Eaton Power Xpert Gateway PXGX PDP Card User’s Guide 164202122—Rev 1...
  • Page 75 OBTAINING WARRANTY SERVICE: In the USA, call the Customer Reliability Center 7x24 at 800-356-5737. Outside of the USA, contact your local Eaton product sales or service representative, or call the Customer Reliability Center in the USA at 919-870-3149. For comments or questions about this Warranty, write to the Customer Quality Representative, 3301 Spring Forest Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27616 USA.
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