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Rainforest Automation Eagle User Manual

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Energy Access Gateway Link to Ethernet

User Manual

Version 2.2_bch
July 2015

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    EAGLE™ Energy Access Gateway Link to Ethernet User Manual Version 2.2_bch July 2015...
  • Page 2 Rainforest Automation may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Rainforest Automation, the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Regulatory information ......................4 Quick Setup ..........................5 Step 1: Prerequisite software and hardware ................5 Step 2: Power up the EAGLE™ ..................... 5 Step 3: Create your Cloud Account ..................5 Step 4: Connect to the EAGLE™ ................... 6 Features of Your EAGLE™...

  • Page 4: Regulatory Information

    EAGLE™ User Manual Regulatory information FCC Notices This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to...

  • Page 5: Quick Setup

    1) A free Ethernet port on a router directly connected to the Internet. 2) A PC or other device with a web browser. Step 2: Power up the EAGLE™ 1) Plug the Ethernet cable into a port on your router, and the other end into the Ethernet port on your EAGLE™.

  • Page 6: Step 4: Connect To The Eagle

    “Register” bar at the bottom of the page. You will see a message that tells you that an email has been sent to you. Check your email to find the message from Rainforest Automation with the subject line “Please confirm Your Registration”. Click the link in the message.
  • Page 7 Install Code for your EAGLE™. These numbers can be found on the Information Label that is on the underside of the unit. Click the blue “Add” bar. This will bring up the Gateway page. Your EAGLE™ should be listed. Click on the connect icon next to the listing. 000000...
  • Page 8 EAGLE™ User Manual This will connect you to your EAGLE™, and you should see the “Usage” page:...

  • Page 9: Features Of Your Eagle

    EAGLE™ User Manual Features of Your EAGLE™ Status LED Lights Information Keyholes for Label Wall Mount Hardware Ports...

  • Page 10: Introduction To Your Eagle

    Your EAGLE™ has been designed to talk to all of these Cloud Services. It is an open system that uses industry standard communication protocols, and is not tied to any particular service.

  • Page 11: Eagle™ Status Led Lights

    EAGLE™ User Manual EAGLE™ Status LED Lights Your EAGLE™ has four LED lights at the front of the top of the device. These lights give you a quick way to check the status of your device.  Power LED – shows that the device is powered on. It should always be on when the unit is plugged in.

  • Page 12: Eagle™ Hardware Ports

    This should be plugged in first before plugging the power in.  USB – this socket can be used to expand the functions of the EAGLE™. Nothing should be plugged into this socket.

  • Page 13: Understanding The Information Label

     Ethernet Area – This area in the middle of the label has two fields: o Local: the local URL, or Local Web Address of your EAGLE™, which is used to find it on your Local Area Network (LAN) using your web browser.

  • Page 14: Web Viewer Functions

    EAGLE™ User Manual Web Viewer Functions Your EAGLE™ internal web server can be accessed directly on your local home network, or from anywhere via rainforestcloud.com. The user interface is the Web Viewer. It has four Function Buttons down the right side.
  • Page 15 EAGLE™ User Manual There are two display modes:  Current Usage, shown above, displays the rate at which you are consuming energy in kilowatts. This is shown as a self-scaling meter graph with a number below.  Meter Reading, shown below, displays the raw, total accumulated electricity usage reading in kilowatt-hours from the smart meter.
  • Page 16 Below this is the “Fast Update” button. Clicking this button will cause your EAGLE™ to ask the meter for faster updates. Once this is done, the faster rate will be in effect for 60...

  • Page 17: History Button

    EAGLE™ User Manual History Button Clicking the History button takes you to a page that can display graphs of your historical usage. There are two display modes that you can select from the dropdown menu in the bottom left corner of the screen: ...
  • Page 18 Beneath the bottom right hand corner of the graph is the download symbol: Click this to download the raw data from the EAGLE™ database for the time period of the current graph. The data will be in a CSV file, which can be opened with a...

  • Page 19: Messages Button

    EAGLE™ User Manual Messages Button Clicking the Messages button takes you to a page that can display text messages sent to you by your utility. 08/17/2012 8:00 pm Very hot weekend predicted. Demand will be high. Please try to moderate usage.

  • Page 20: Settings Button

    EAGLE™ User Manual Settings Button Clicking the Settings button takes you to the main “Settings” page. This page contains several “collapsed” bars representing sub-pages. Each bar contains summary status information about that sub-page, and will expand to a full separate screen when selected.

  • Page 21: Eagle Sub-Page

    User Manual EAGLE Sub-Page Expanding the EAGLE status bar on the Settings page brings up the EAGLE sub-page. This sub-page is used to configure the Time Zone, Language, and adjust price settings.  Time – Select the time source, either “From Internet” (default), or “From Meter” (if no internet connection available).

  • Page 22: Internet Sub-Page

    Expanding the Cloud status bar on the Settings page brings up the Cloud sub-page. This sub-page is used to configure your EAGLE™ to stream your real time smart meter data to an internet cloud service. Select the cloud service you want from the Cloud List drop-down menu for “Provider”, and click the “Set Cloud”...

  • Page 23: Smart Meter Sub-Page

    EAGLE™ and the smart meter. Clicking the “Disconnect” button in the lower right corner terminates the connection to the smart meter. The meter will not talk to the EAGLE™ again until it is re-provisioned by the utility. This function can be used to move the EAGLE™ to a different meter.

  • Page 24: Advanced Settings Page

    Remote Management” box must be checked for this to work). If new software is found, you will see this pop-up: If you click “OK” your EAGLE™ will download and install the update, after which it will automatically reboot. You can also use the dropdown menu next to the “Check Update”...
  • Page 25 EAGLE™, terminates the smart meter connection, clears all of the history data, and sets all options to original factory settings. The meter will not talk to the EAGLE™ again until it is re-provisioned by the utility. This function should only be used if absolutely required.

  • Page 26: Using Your Cloud Account

    Using your Cloud Account Your Cloud Account on rainforestcloud.com makes it easy for you to connect to your EAGLE™ from anywhere. It also allows you to manage access to more than one EAGLE™ from a single account. Creating a Cloud Account To create a Cloud Account, use your web browser to go to rainforestcloud.com.
  • Page 27 EAGLE™ User Manual Check your email to find the message from Rainforest Automation with the subject line “Please confirm Your Registration”. Click the link in the message. This will send you to your browser and to a page that confirms that your account has been activated.

  • Page 28: Managing Your Gateway List

    User Manual Managing your Gateway List The Gateway page shows a list of EAGLE™ gateways that you can connect to. It is the default page when you log in to your Cloud Account. To get to the Gateway page from any other page, click the word “Gateway”...

  • Page 29: Managing Your Cloud Account

    EAGLE™ User Manual 000000 You can additional EAGLE™s to the list on the Gateway page by clicking the blue “+ New Gateway” bar and repeating the process. Beside each EAGLE™ in the list there are two symbols:  Clicking on the Connect ( ) icon will connect you directly to the listed EAGLE™...
  • Page 30 Once you have entered the information, click the blue “Update Changes” bar to save the new information. This page allows you to change the password for your Cloud Account. Note that changing your password may affect the ability of applications, such as smartphone apps, to access your EAGLE™ through the web.

  • Page 31: Connecting To A Cloud Service

    “Manual”. This will cause a new “Enter URL” field to appear. You can enter the internet address to any server that understands the EAGLE™ Uploader RESTful interface. This interface is documented in the EAGLE™ Uploader API Manual, which can be found on our Developer Portal: http://rainforestautomation.com/developer.

  • Page 32: Connecting To Wattvision

    EAGLE™ User Manual Connecting to Wattvision Set up the EAGLE™ upload server 1) In the Cloud sub-page, select “Wattvision” from the drop-down menu for “Provider”. 4) Click the “Set Cloud” button. Get a Wattvision account Note that Wattvision uses your Google account for sign in. If you do not have a Google account, go to the Google home page (www.google.com), and click the “Sign in”...
  • Page 33 0012cd In the “Cloud ID” field, enter: the 6-digit Cloud ID found on the Information Label on the underside of the EAGLE™. Then click the big green “Connect Rainforest to Wattvision” button. You should then see the “My House” screen:...
  • Page 34 EAGLE™ User Manual View your Wattvision data Click the “Live” tab in the “My House” screen to see your near real time data:...

  • Page 35: Connecting To Bluedot

    EAGLE™ User Manual Connecting to BlueDot Set up the EAGLE™ upload server from the drop-down menu for “Provider”. " 1) In the Cloud sub-page, select "BlueDot 2) Click the "Set Cloud" button. Get a BlueDot account Open another window in your web browser and go to BlueDot.com. Click the “Signup” link at the top of the web page.
  • Page 36 You will see the “Add a Device” page, which will give you the instructions on how to set up the EAGLE™ Upload Server (which you have already done). All you need to do is enter your EAGLE™ Cloud ID at the bottom of the page and click the blue “Add EAGLE™” button.
  • Page 37 EAGLE™ User Manual You will see the current status of your EAGLE™. If it is not shown as connected, refresh the page after a few minutes. View your BlueDot data Click the “Energy” link in the web page header, or the “My Home” link in the mobile app to see...

  • Page 38: Connecting Locally To Your Eagle

    If you need to manually install mDNS on your Windows PC, you can find instructions at: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL999 The Local Web Address of your EAGLE™ can be found on the Information Label that is on the underside of the unit. Local Web Address Simply type this address into the URL field of your web browser and connect.
  • Page 39 EAGLE™ User Manual Install Code Cloud ID Be sure that you enter both of these numbers without spaces, or any punctuation such as colons or quotes, and without any prefixes, such as “0x”. All letters must be lowercase. Finally, you will be asked to confirm once again.
  • Page 40 EAGLE™ User Manual...

  • Page 41: Troubleshooting Guide

    If you are not using an Apple computer, check that you have installed mDNS, or Bonjour for windows: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL999 e. If none of the above work, find the IP address of the EAGLE™ by logging into your router and locating the EAGLE™ on the network. Entering this IP...

  • Page 42: Technical Support

    Check that the EAGLE™ ZigBee light is on continuously, and is not flashing. If the light is flashing, try moving the EAGLE™ closer to the meter. If this does not cause the light to go from flashing to continuously on, then the EAGLE™...

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