01-Blue Star Energy Meter User Manual

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Meter Reading & Programming Software

Meterview User Manual

Nanji Nanji ng Bl uestar Electr Electrical ical Meter Meter Research Research Instit ute Microstar Electric Electric Company Limit ed 10 Dajiang Road Nanjing 210039, China Tel: 86-25-86504148 Fax: 86-25-86601945 www.bluestarmeters.com [email protected]

Meterview User Manual Rev 1.6.18 2011.11.28

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Table of contents 1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................3 2 Meterview Startup and main user interface .................................................................4 2.1 Meterview start up .....................................................................................................4 2.1 Meterview Main user interface ..............................................................................4 3 Read data from energy meter ............................................................................................6 3.1 Steps of reading data from energy meter ..........................................................6 3.1.1 Step 1 Select meter type ..............................................................................6 NB on meter types: ....................................................................................................6 3.1.1.1 MODBUS Meter ..................................................................................................6 3.1.1.2 DLMS Meter ........................................................................................................6 3.1.2 Step 2 Select communication mode .........................................................7 3.1.3

Step 3 Select Meter reading node ..........................................................8

3.1.4 Step 4 Start to read meter parameters and data ................................8 3.2 Meter reading result ..................................................................................................9 3.2.1 Correct result .................................................................................................9 3.2.2

Meter reading error message .................................................................10

3.2.2.1

No meter reading node selected .......................................................10

3.2.2.1

Communication error ............................................................................10

4 Program energy meter parameters ...............................................................................11 4.1 Steps of meter programming ...............................................................................11 4.1.1

Step 1 Select meter type .........................................................................11

4.1.2 Step 2 Select communication mode .......................................................11 4.1.3 Step 3 Select Meter programming node ...............................................12 4.1.4

Step 4 Modify Modify and select select programming programming data items items .......................13

4.1.5 Step 5 Set meter into programming programming status .........................................13 4.1.6

Step 6 Start Programming Programming ......................................................................14

4.2 Programming result .................................................................................................14 4.2.1 Correct Programming ...............................................................................14 4.2.2

Programming error messages ...............................................................15

5 Export energy meter data .................................................................................................17 5.1 Steps to export data to Excel ...............................................................................17 5.1.1 Step 1 Select meter reading node or meter programming node .17 5.1.2 Step 2 Start export .......................................................................................18 5.2 Copy data to clipboard ............................................................................................20 6. Meterview User Management .........................................................................................21 6.1 User Group Management .......................................................................................21 6.1.1 Add new user group .....................................................................................21 6.1.2 Delete user group ..........................................................................................21 6.1.3 View password ............................................................................................21 6.1.4 Save ....................................................................................................................21 6.2 User management ....................................................................................................23 7. Technical support and bug report .................................................................................24

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1 Overview Meterview is software tool to read data from multifunction energy meters and to program parameters of energy meters. Meterview features the following functions: Read data from meters Configure energy meters parameters Export data to Excel sheets Meterview user and group management

Meterview Installation Requirement Hardware CPU: Ram: Hard disk: Display: Software Operating System: .Net Frameworks:

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1.8G or above 256M lowest, 1G or above is highly recommended. 50M above free space 1024x768 or above recommended Windows 2000/XP, Win7 Meterview is developed by Microsoft latest Visual Studio 2005 .Net C# it runs on top of .Net Frameworks 2.0, which can be found on installation CD or can be downloaded from Microsoft website. Please install Meterview after .Net Frameworks has been installed on your computer.

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2 Meterview Startup and main user interface

2.1 Meterview start up When Meterview starts, it will show the following log in dialog, only after correct user name and password input can user log in and use Meterview. When Meterview starts, in the login dialog it will list all existing users. NOTE: Meterview supports empty password, i.e. to set no password, so just click OK or push enter key will login;

2.1 Meterview Main user interface 1. Application name 2.

Main menu

3.

Toolbar buttons

4.

Root node of Meter Reading

5.

Meter reading nodes

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6.

Root node of Meter Programming

7.

Meter programming nodes

8.

Status bar including the log in user name

9.

Meter reading or programming data area

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3 Read data from energy meter 3.1 Steps of reading data from energy meter 3.1.1 Step 1 Select meter type

Select the meter connected to your computer from the Select Meter Type combo box. Meterview will record the selected meter type, and use the same meter type for next time

NB on meter types: 3.1.1.1 MODBUS Meter If MODBUS type meter is selected, then Meterview will force to open a MODBUS registers definition file *.cfg, which lists all the registers information, including data type, name, and ID etc. After open, user can choose MODBUS slave (can be more than 1 slave) and data ID’s to read from MODBUS meters.

3.1.1.2 DLMS Meter If DLMS meter type is selected, then Meterview will try to open the DLMS tree file, by default is LN.LN, in the same folder of Meterview installation folder, or the one has been opened last time; for the first time running of Meterview (there was no DLMS/COSEM tree file opened before), it is recommended to open DLMS tree file installed with the software. To do this, go to menu: File \ Open COSEM tree file, then a open file dialog will pop up for user to select the tree file *.LN. Then go to Meterview installation folder to open this file.

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If there was no tree file opened before reading DLSM meter, then Meterview will read this tree from meter, or user can click button Read COSEM to do this too, and this will take a lot of time. If one tree file is opened before reading it can save time by reading data directly. If there was no tree file opened, Meterview display empty interface; if there is COSEM tree file opened, it will display the tree data as following picture:

3.1.2 Step 2 Select communication mode Select the meter communication port, serial port number or Ethernet (TCP/IP).

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3.1.3


Step 3 Select Meter reading node

Check any nodes of meter reading that you want to read data If root node of meter reading is checked, then all meter reading nodes will be checked.

3.1.4 Step 4 Start to read meter parameters and data Click Read button on tool bar, or select menu Read\Start meter reading, Meterview will start to read data from energy meter and display on the interface.

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3.2 Meter reading result 3.2.1

Correct result

If all settings are correct and meter is properly connected with computer communication port, Meterview will start to read meter data, and display on screen; the node being read will be shown by bold font, and the data grid will display data in blue font.

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3.2.2

3.2.2.1


Meter reading error message

No meter reading node selected

If there is no meter reading node is selected, then Meterview will display the following message box to prompt user to select meter reading nodes.

3.2.2.1

Communication error

If communication can not be established with meter, Meterview will show the following message box:

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4 Program energy meter parameters This function is to configure energy meter parameters and download into meters.

4.1 Steps of meter programming 4.1.1

Step 1 Select meter type

Select the meter connected to your computer from the Select Meter Type combo box. Meterview will record the selected meter type, and use the same meter type for next time

4.1.2 Step 2 Select communication mode Select the meter communication serial port number; Note: Ethernet port can not be used to program meter.

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4.1.3 Step 3 Select Meter programming node Select the programming category node by checking the box in front of it. If root node is checked, then all programming nodes are selected.

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4.1.4


Step 4 Modify and select programming data

items As shown in above picture, each programmable data item has a check box, so each data item can be selected independently to program or not. If you want to modify one data item in meter, then you must check the box of this parameter. Click the root node of meter programming to view all the data items selected to be programmed and its values, as shows in following:

4.1.5 Step 5 Set meter into programming status Push meter reset key (red one) and hold for about 8 seconds until LCD displays “Prg”, now meter it ready to be programmed by computer.

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Step 6 Start Programming

You can click tool bar button Program, or you can click menu Program\Start Program to start downloading parameters into meter.

4.2 Programming result 4.2.1

Correct Programming

If all settings are correct and meter is correctly connected to computer, then Meterview will start to set parameters into meter and display the progress on screen. The node being programmed will shown highlighted in blue font.

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4.2.2


Programming error messages

4.2.2.1 No Programming node selected If there is no meter programming node selected, Meterview will show the following message box to ask user to select at least one meter programming node.

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4.2.2.1 Communication error If communication can not be established with meter, Meterview will show the following message box:

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5 Export energy meter data Meterview export meter reading or programming data to Excel file for graphing or printing; or it can copy data to clipboard.

5.1 Steps to export data to Excel 5.1.1 Step 1 Select meter reading node or meter programming node Check the box in front of meter reading nodes or programming ROOT node, Meterview will export the data of selected meter reading data or all programming data. If meter reading root node is checked, it will select all meter reading nodes.

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5.1.2 Step 2 Start export Click Export

button on tool bar

or right click mouse and choose menu Export.

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Meterview will start to export to designated Excel file and display the following dialog after finish:

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5.2 Copy data to clipboard For fast data copy, Meterview also supports to copy data to clipboard. In any meter reading data, select any number of cells, and right click mouse, select menu Copy to Clipboard

This will copy all data to clipboard. Or select any cells of data as following picture, and push key Ctrl+C to copy the selected data to clipboard.

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6. Meterview User Management To ensure system security, only super user is allowed to do user management work. Meterview user management includes the following 2 parts:

6.1 User Group Management User group defines the properties of user groups to which the users belong, including group name, group password level, and the password levels required for all operations. Only after user group has been created then can a new user be added to this group. User management function includes the following (buttons on the toolbar):

6.1.1 Add new user group After a user group has been added, all the properties can be modified and saved again.

6.1.2 Delete user group Only after all the users in this group have been deleted then the group can be deleted. Because super user can not be deleted, therefore the group to which super user belong can not be deleted.

6.1.3 View password Meterview displays password in plain text shortly (about 10 seconds)

6.1.4 Save To save user group information on computer. Meterview user management interface is as follows:

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6.2 User management Meterview user management interface is as follows:

NOTE: The first user (No. 1) is super user, its user role and access rights can not be edited, and it can not be deleted. By default super user can execute all operations; its other properties like full name can be edited like other users.

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7. Technical support and bug report Please direct any of your technical questions regarding Meterview or bug report to the following email address: [email protected]

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