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3.1 Project Manager Aspects
Meter installation often includes coordination between individuals or groups of
people with different responsibilities. Spend a few minutes considering who will
be executing each portion of the installation and what tools are needed at each
stage. Things to consider include determining how to communicate with the meter,
setting address conguration, installing Power Meter Viewer Utilities, access to PIN
numbers, etc. The more tasks completed before installation the fewer tasks will
be needed in the eld. The following section gives an overview of typical process
activities followed by details in the next section.
3.1.1 Conguration & Data Viewing Options
The VerifEye
®
meter has three methods for conguration and data viewing. The
most powerful interface is a Microsoft Windows application (Power Meter Viewer
Utilities ) that runs on PCs or tablets. Power Meter Viewer Utilities is encouraged
for complex installations and is required for conguring advanced functions like
alarms. The second interface is the VerifEye
®
Web App and is intended for smart
phones or tablets that can connect over USB, or Ethernet. The third interface is
an optional LCD display which is intended for intermittent end-user observation
and is restricted in capability. The RTU can also be used for conguration if
communication settings are already established. The feature set of each interface is
summarized next.
3.1.2 Information Access by Interface Type
* If PINs are congured
Interface
Options
PC or Laptop
Running
Power Meter
Viewer Utilities
Smart Device or
Tablet via
VerifEye Web App
LCD on Meter
(If Equipped)
RTU
(Host System)
Modbus/ACnet
When
Met
er Setup
Field Visit
Field Visit End User Building System
Real Time
Values
All Meter
Parameters
Waveform Capture
Harmonic Analysis
All Element View
Phasor Plot
Alarms
All Meter
Parameters
Multi-Element View
Voltage
Current
VA
VAR
kWh
Single Element
View
All Meter
Parameters
Conguration
Entire Meter
Visual Guides
Copy/Paste
Entire Meter
Text Based
Communications
Only
Entire Meter
Register Based
Security PINs
Factory Support –
Level 3
Read Only - Level 1*
Read/Write - Level 2*
Read Only – Level 1*
Read/Write Level 2*
(limited to
communication)
Factory Support
– Level 3
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