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The Status Screens
8.8. 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 3 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:
Place the cursor over the "Power Metering" link on the left hand side of the screen.
When the fly-out menu appears, click on the "Power History" link 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.