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PowerSoft
1.3 S
TRUCTURE
The configurator is divided in 4 different sections named System,
Communication ports, Meters and Synoptic pages. Opening the software, the
default section is System. Carrying out the proper operations in each section,
the software generates all the configuration files required to adapt
PowerSoft to the system to be monitored. The section order is not random,
but each section needs and uses the information set in the previous one. It
is important to follow the given order when programming the software the
first time. In case of parameter modifications it is possible to act directly in
the relevant section.
1.3.1
S
YSTEM
In this section it is possible to set some essential parameters, carry out the
global automatic configuration and save a backup copy of the current
configuration or reload a previously-stored situation.
A very important parameter is the "system recording interval" which is the
period considered by the utility supplier to calculate the demanded power
of the monitored system. In Europe it is generally 15 minutes. It is based
on the PC clock and, in the 15 minutes example, it begins at minutes 00, 15,
30 and 45. To synchronise the PC (and therefore PowerSoft) with the
utility supplier integration periods, it is possible to use the digital inputs of
one of the connected instruments. These inputs are to be connected to the
digital output (synchronisation output or current tariff outputs) if available
on the official watthourmeter installed by the utility supplier.
The language selection is only relevant to the configurator.
Now it is possible to carry out the automatic configuration (Global wizard)
or to manually set all the parameters. step by step following the proposed
order. The best suggestion is to carry out the automatic procedure and then
manually intervene, if necessary, on the generated parameters.
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