Western Telematic MPC-20VD20-1, MPC-8H-1 The Power History Screen, Web Interface, Text Interface

The Status Screens

8.7. The Power History Screen

The Power History Screen provides a graph that shows power consumption versus time.

To view the Power History Screen, access the MPC command mode using an account that permits access to Administrator or SuperUser level commands, and then proceed as follows:

Text Interface:

Type /L and press [Enter] to access the "Display Logs" menu. From the Display Logs menu, type 4 and press [Enter] to display the Power Metering Log menu, then type 2 and press [Enter] to access the Power History menu.

The Power History menu offers three options:

1.Display Power History: Type 1 and press [Enter] to access the "Display Power History" menu, which allows you to select the duration period (date) for the Power History screen and then display the resulting data.

2.Download Power History in CSV Format: Type 2 and press [Enter] to access the "Download Power History CSV" menu, which allows you to select the duration period (date) for the Power History report and then download the resulting data in CSV format.

3.Download Power History in XML Format: Type 2 and press [Enter] to access the "Download Power History XML" menu, which allows you to select the duration period (date) for the Power History report and then download the resulting data in XML format.

Web Interface:

Click on the "Power History" link on the left hand side of the screen to display the Power History menu. The Power History menu offers the options to display Power History as a graph, or download the Power History in ASCII, CSV or XML format.

To save Power History data, click on the "Power History" link on the left hand side of the screen to display the Power History menu, which offers the choice to display Power History in graph, ASCII, CSV or XML format:

•ASCII: To save in ASCII format, click the "Display ASCII" link. The MPC will prompt you to select the time resolution for the Power History report; use the drop down menu to select either "Day" or "Month" and then click on the "Get History" link. The MPC will display Power History data in ASCII format; to save the data, copy and paste to Windows Notepad or a similar ASCII text editing program and then save the file using the ".txt" filename extension.

•CSV: Click the "Display CSV" link. Windows will then prompt you to either save the Power History data or display it using your default CSV program.

•XML: Click the "Display XML" link; the MPC will display Power History data in XML format. To save the data, copy and paste to Windows Notepad or a similar ASCII text editing program and then save the file using the ".xml" filename extension.

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