Multi-Tech Systems 7600, 7500 manual Configuring the MeterM@il Feature to Send Data Logs

Configuring the MeterM@il Feature to Send Data Logs ION 7500 / ION 7600 User’s Guide

Destination – this string register identifies the alert’s destination email address. You can use a maximum of 50 characters.

Type – this register specifies the type of destination you wish to alert; select “Email.”

Com Port – this register allows you to specify the communications port that is used to email the alert; select “Ethernet.”

Location – this string register identifies the meter that is sending the alert, and defaults to the network meter name. You can change the default; use 60 characters maximum.

Email From – this string register specifies the email address that will appear in the “From” field on the email. The default value of this register is ALERT<ALERT MODULE NUMBER> @ <METER SERIAL NUMBER> — for example, Alert3@PK-9910A010-00. This register will have to be altered in cases where the receiving SMTP server only accepts emails from valid Internet domains (i.e. SomeName.COM). This string may be up to 80 characters long.

5.Click Send and save. When the Trigger input is pulsed, the Alert module establishes communications with the SMTP mail server, and emails the alert message.

Configuring the MeterM@il Feature to Send Data Logs

The Log Export module can send data logs in different ways, though only email is currently implemented. This section discusses the ION modules involved in a “data push” framework, plus the corresponding setup registers that you need to configure in order to utilize the MeterM@il feature in the framework. The term “data push” refers to the action of the Log Export module sending data logs. A complete description of the Log Export module and the other ION modules involved in the framework can be found in the online ION Programmer’s Reference at www.pwrm.com.

The MeterM@il feature requires that an additional framework be created in Designer before you can configure your meter to use the Log Export feature. Each “data push” framework includes the following:

A Data Recorder module that records the values in its Source inputs each time it is pulsed and stores these values in its Data Log output register.

A Log Export module that retrieves information from the Data Recorder module’s Data Log register and sends the data to a specified destination.

A module that sends values to the Data Recorder module (e.g. Power Meter module or a Modbus Import module).

A Periodic Timer module that triggers the Data Recorder module to record the values it is sent.

A module that triggers the Log Export module to send the logged data (e.g. a Clock or Periodic Timer module). This module is optional, because the Data Recorder module’s Record Complete output register can be configured to trigger the Log Export module to send data logs. When this is the case, the data logs are emailed at the same interval that the Data Recorder module records new data.

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