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9.2 Format of communication ..............25 9.2.1 Explanation of frame..................25 9.2.2 Read Status of Relay (Function code 01) .............26 10. Web Interface Readings and Parameter Settings ....31 10.1 User Access Login .................31 10.2 Dashboard .....................32 V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter 1. Introduction to Ethernet Ethernet was originally developed by Xerox and then further developed by DEC and Intel. This networking technology uses Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CDSM/CD) protocol and provides transmission speeds up to 100Mbps.
4. Installation Method The AXM-WEB2 module is linked to the Acuvim II series meter by a communication plug. Other extended modules such as the IO modules can be linked to the Acuvim II series meter through the AXM-WEB2. Remove cover from the back of the Acuvim II series meter which will expose the socket.
LED represents a speed of 10Mbps. LED_R (Green): Displays the link and activity status. When the LED is on it indicates that the link status. When the LED is flashing it indicates that there is activity. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
Ethernet module settings from the display: • Press the 'H' and 'V/A' buttons simultaneously on the Acuvim II series. Release the buttons and the meter will enter the meter selecting mode, as indicated by the flashing 'Meter' cur- sor.
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Press 'V/A' button to confirm password and enter the parameter setting page. Press the 'P' or 'E' button to move the cursor to 'NET' and press the 'V/A' button to enter the Ethernet module settings. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
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AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter • The first page of the NET Settings will be the N01 DHCP setting. By default this is configured to Manual. Setting this configuration to Auto will allow the router to assign the meter with an IP address, whiles Manual will allow the user to configure the IP address.
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Press the 'H' button to scroll through the digits, press the 'P' or 'E' to change the value of the flashing cursor and press 'V/A' to confirm. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
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AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter • Press 'P' to get to "N04 Gateway". Press 'V/A' to configure the gateway IP address. The cur- sor of the first digit will begin to flash. Press the 'H' button to scroll through the digits, press the 'P' or 'E' to change the value of the flashing cursor and press 'V/A' to confirm.
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Press the 'H' button to scroll through the digits, press the 'P' or 'E' to change the value of the flashing cursor and press 'V/A' to confirm. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
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AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter • Press 'P' to get to "N08 HTTP Port". Press 'V/A' to configure the HTTP Port. The cursor of the first digit will begin to flash. Press the 'H' button to scroll through the digits, press the 'P' or 'E' to change the value of the flashing cursor and press 'V/A' to confirm.
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'V/A' to confirm.The module will appear in the WiFi network as AXM-WEB2-WIFI-(serial num- ber of module) as the SSID or name of the wireles network.By default, the network key or password will be ''accuenergy''. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter • Press 'P' to get to 'N12 IP2'. This is the IP address for Ethernet port 2, it is preset as dynamic DHCP. A new IP address will be assigned to it when it is connected to the internet via Ether- net port 2.
To connect meter directly to the computer, the following can be done using a computer run- ning the Windows OS: • Manually connect the meter via Ethernet cable to the computer • Right click on the connection icon • Select "Open Network Sharing Center" V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
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AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter • Click on Change adapter options • Once there, right click on the local area connection icon and click properties. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
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Chapter 8: Connection Method • Select the icon that says Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP/IP • The Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IP) Properties box will pop up V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter • Click on ''Use the following IP address'' and enter in an IP number so that meter and com- puter are in the same local network range. For example, if the meter has IP address of 192.168.1.254, then the computer must be assigned with an IP 192.168.1.xxx, where xxx can...
Chapter 8: Connection Method 8.3 Connect through WiFi The AXM-WEB2 can be connected through WiFi network. The Acuvim II series meter must first be configured to work with the AXM-WEB2. Make sure you are in the 'Setting' mode. To get to this screen, press the 'H' and 'V/A' buttons simultaneously;...
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AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter • The cursor will be on ‘SYS’. Press ‘V/A’ on this screen to get to the system settings. This will show screen ‘S01 ADDR’. • Press the 'E' button until you get to 'S34 PROTOCOL 2'. Select the 'WEB2' protocol.
Identification of a Modbus Request/ Transaction Identifier 2 Bytes Response transaction Protocol Identifier 2 Bytes Modbus Protocol = 0 Length 2 Bytes Number of following bytes Unit Identifier 1 Byte Slave address, in the range of 0-247 decimal V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter 9.1.3 Function Field The function code field of a message frame contains eight bits. Valid codes are in the range of 1-255. When a message is sent from a client to a server device, the function code field tells the server what kinds of action to perform.
Data start register hi: High byte of starting register address Data start register lo: Low byte of starting register address Data #of registers hi: High byte of number of registers Data #of registers lo: Low byte of number of registers V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter 9.2.2 Read Status of Relay (Function code 01) Function Code 1 This function code is used to read the relay output status in the Acuvim II series meter. 1=On 0=Off There are 8 relay outputs in the Acuvim II series meter and they start at address 0000H.
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2) Read Status of DI(Function Code 02) 1=On 0=Off There are 28 DIs in the Acuvim II series meter starting at address 0000H. The following query is to read 4 DI statuses of AXM-IO1 module with logic address of 1 in the Acuvim II series meter.
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3) Read Data (Function Code 03) Query This function allows the user to obtain the measurement results of the Acuvim II series meter. Below is an example to read 6 registers corresponding to the device clock of the meter, starting at 1040H.
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This function code enables the control of a single relay output in the Acuvim II series meter. Any relay output in the Acuvim II series meter can be controlled on or off starting at 0000H. Sending the data 'FF00H' will set they relay output on and sending '0000H' will turn it off; all other values are illegal and will not affect they relay output status.
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This function code allows the user to modify the contents of a register. The example below is a request to an Acuvim II series meter with device address 1 to preset the CT1(500) and CT2(5) registers. The CT1 data address is 1008H and CT2 is at 1009H.
The Admin level is ideal for users who need access to configurations on the meter or the web interface and to view readings. The default password for the Admin level is 'admin'. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter The two different access levels are summarized below: Access Level Default Password Read Parameter/Status Configure Settings User view Admin admin 10.2 Dashboard In the dashboard, the user will find the tabs to access different pages in the web interface such as 'Metering', 'Logs', and 'Settings'.The dashboard is the first page the user will see...
They are "Basic Metering", "Power & Energy", "Min/Max", 'THD', 'Harmonics', "Phase Angles", ''Sequence'' and ''I/O''. Each web page shows data from the Acuvim II series meter. Basic Metering The Basic Metering webpage includes the data of real-time parameters for the Acuvim II series meter.
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter Power & Energy The Power & Energy webpage shows the energy data for the Acuvim II series meter such as the Active and Reactive energy that is consumed and delivered as well as the Apparent ener- gy per phase and total.
The THD web page shows the power quality data such as the THD, THFF, Crest and K Factor for both the voltage and current. The parameters in this web page are updated every 15 sec. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter Harmonics The Harmonics web page will show the harmonics of the voltage and the current waveform being measured. It will display the harmonics of each phase in graphical and tabular format. Select between voltage and current to view their respective harmonics as well as between 2nd - 31st harmonics or 32nd - 63rd from the drop down list.
This page provides a visual diagram of the phase angles with respect to the voltage connected to the Phase A voltage input. The parameters in this web page are updated every 10 sec. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter Sequence The Sequence web page will show the positive, negative and zero components of the volt- age and current waveform being measured. The parameters in this web page are updated every 10 sec.
I.E. The AXM- IO11 module will display the Relay Output status(on/off), DI status/counter. The I/O module can be configured by using our software Acuview. The parameters in this web page are updated every 5 sec. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter 10.4 Logs Click on the 'Logs' tab to visit the metering logs web pages. There are five kinds of logs that can be viewed, they are "Trend Log", "Data Log", "Alarm Log", "SOE Log" and "Waveform Log"(Only available in AcuVim IIW model).
To download the file, click on the download icon to save the file in the computer. The data log will be saved as a .csv file. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
SOE Log The SOE web page will display the Sequence of Event log for the enabled I/O module that is attached to the Acuvim II series meter with timestamps. It will display the DI status for up to 20 events.
To download the file, click on the download icon to save the file in the computer. The waveform data log will be saved as a DAT file. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter 10.5 About The About page provides users with information about the Acuvim II series meter and AXM- WEB2 module. This page contains the model of the Acuvim II meter, serial number, firm- ware version and the meter addresses. The device information page also contains the serial number, firmware version, hardware version and the MAC addresses of the AXM-WEB2 mod- ule.
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I C Direction: Represents the flow of direction for the Phase C current being measured, configure this setting to troubleshoot issues related to incorrect polarity of readings such as real power, Power Factor and etc. Click 'Save' after changing any settings. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter Communications The communication setting web page will allow the user to configure settings related to the Ethernet networks and the Wireless network. The functions that the AXM-WEB-PUSH2 supports can be configured from this web page by selecting the corresponding tab such as Emails, Time/Date , Datalog, AcuCloud Post for communicating with the AcuCloud software, BACnet-IP, SNMP and DNP3.
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AXM-WEB2. • In Access Point mode, users can configure the SSID, Network Key and IP of the AXM-WEB2 module as well as the DHCP DNS servers. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
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AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter Station: AXM-WEB2 will behave like a wireless client and bridge to another wireless network that is available. • In Station mode, users can select the Wireless network to connect to under the "Con- nect to SSID"...
The third mode is when both of the above are enabled. Users can configure the mail function for their needs by clicking on the 'Settings' tab and selecting 'Communications'. Once redirected to the Communications web page, select 'Email'. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
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• Click on the icon in the bottom right to clear the time and date. SMTP Server: Enter the URL of a valid SMTP server. I.E. mail.accuenergy.com or smtp.gmail. SMTP Port: Enter the port number associated with the SMTP server.
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• Alarm: Report of the alarm log. • SOE Record: Report of the SOE log. • Waveform: Report of the waveform log. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
Time/Date The device clock of the Acuvim II series meter can be set through the web interface of the AXM- WEB2 module. The AXM-WEB2 module also supports the SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) protocol so that the module can update the meter's device clock by synchronizing with a time server.
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Click 'Save' after changing any settings. Users will be prompted to reboot the AXM-WEB-PUSH immediately or later. If later is chosen the AXM-WEB-PUSH will need to be rebooted from the 'Management' page. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter Data Log The AXM-WEB2 supports logging data onto its memory. AXM-WEB2 supports three loggers for different parameters and requirement. The data can be downloaded as a .csv file from the data- log page or using a HTTP/FTP client.
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SFTP Enable: To download the logged data from the module using a FTP client, select Enable. The log file will then be available to be downloaded using a FTP client using the following cre- dentials: V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
Port: 22 By default the password for retrieving the backup log files is 'accuenergy'. The user can con- figure any password or can reset to the default of accuenergy by clicking on the "Reset SFTP Password". NOTE: After enabling the SFTP function the user must reboot the communication module in order to access the data logs with the default password of 'accuenergy'.
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Click 'Save' after changing any settings. Users will be prompted to reboot the AXM-WEB2 im- mediately or later. If later is chosen the AXM-WEB2 will need to be rebooted from the 'Manage- ment' page. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
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AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter Select the Post Channel 2 tab to configure the settings for post to a second server. Post Channel 2 Enable: Enable the Post Channel 2 in order to configure the settings needed to...
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HTTP/HTTPS Meter ID: Enter a name or description for the meter to be identified on the serv- If the FTP post method is selected: FTP URL: Enter the URL for the FTP server. The URL needs to begin with the prefix ftp:// V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
AcuCloud The AXM-WEB2 module can directly interface with the Accuenergy Cloud software AcuCloud. The AXM-WEB2 will post data to the cloud software every five minutes. AcuCloud will require the serial number of the AXM-WEB2 module which will then provide a token that will be used to configure the AXM-WEB2 so it can send its data to AcuCloud.
AcuClould Address: The following post URL will be configured by default so that the data can sent to the correct server: https://acucloud.accuenergy.com/api/v1/devices/newdata/ AcuCloud Token: Copy and paste the token provided by the AcuCloud software into this field. Note: The "TEST AcuCloud" button should only be utilized after clicking the 'Save' button oth- erwise a fail response will be observed.
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AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter BacNet Enabled: Select Enable to enable the BACnet protocol BACnet Port: Enter the BACnet or UDP port number. Default port is 47808. Device Instance: Enter the instance number for the device in the BACnet system. It must be unique within the system.
SNMP Port: By default the SNMP Port is configured to 161. The SNMP Port can be any value from 16100 to 16199. Read Only Community: By default the community string is Public, this configuration is simi- lar to a password which allows only authorized users to access the meters data. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
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AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter Trap Enable: Select 'Enable' so that the meter will send a message to the management station when an event is triggered. The event could be a change in Digital Input Status. The notifica- tion can then be sent to upto 4 stations.
TCP/IP Mode: By default the TCP/IP is set as TCP&UDP, it can be changed to TCP dual endpoint mode or UDP only. Local TCP Port: Enter the port number for the local TCP server. Local UDP Port: Enter the port number for the local UDP server. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
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AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter Destination IP address: The default IP address is set as *.*.*.* to allow all incoming requests. Dual endpoint IP port: Enter the port number for the endpoint IP server. Destination UDP port for initial unsolicited null responses: Enter the port number of the destination UDP server for the initial unsolicited null responses.
SSH protocol. There is also a network log file for the module that users can download which can be used to analyze the modules diagnostics. Note: Please send the log file to Accuenergy's Technical Support(support@accuenergy.com) for analysis. This page is where the AXM-WEB2 can be rebooted so that all changes and configurations can take effect.
AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter Network Diagnostic The Network Diagnostic page can be used to monitor the network status of the module. User can also use the Connection Test function to test the local network that the module con- nected to.
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Chapter 10: Web Interface Readings and Parameter Settings Once the upload was successfully uploaded you will see the following page confirming that the file was uploaded. Click 'Process' to begin the update. V: 2.0 Revised: Dec. 2018 www.accuenergy.com...
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AXM-WEB2 for Acuvim II Series Power Meter Click 'OK' to log out the web interface and wait for 1-2 minutes to complete the reboot. Login to the web interface of AXM-WEB2 after the reboot is complete, and go to the 'About' page to check if the module firmware version is updated.
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