E-Mon E-PS-A-RTU-N - Manual (Page 57)

Chapter 4 Power
S O F T W A R E S E T T I N G U P T H E M E T E R
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Configuring a Modem
On the Connection tab, select a local modem installed on your PC.
Click on Phones to add the phone number of the remote meter to the phone list.
Type the phone number in the “Phone number” box, add comments if you desire,
click Add, and then click OK.
From the “Phone number” box on the Connection tab, select the phone number from
the list, and then click OK.
Selecting the Communications Protocol
On the Connection tab, click Protocol, and then select the protocol settings as
shown above for a serial port.
Communicating through the Internet Communicating through the Internet Communicating through the Internet Communicating through the Internet
If you are communicating through the Ethernet port, you should define the IP
address of your meter on the network.
On the Instrument Setup tab, select Internet Site.
Click on the Connection tab.
Click on the “IP address” and type in the IP address of your meter. The default IP address
preset at the factory is 192.168.0.203.
In the “Protocol” box, select the communications protocol for the TCP port. The
meter can provide Modbus/TCP connections on TCP port 502 and DNP3/TCP
connections on port 20000. The host port is set automatically as you select the
protocol. Select “Modbus RTU” for Modbus/TCP or “DNP3” for DNP3/TCP.
In the “Wait for answer” box, adjust the time that Power Software waits for a
connection before announcing an error and the number of retries Power Software
uses to receive a response from the device if communications fail.
Setting Up the Meter
Power Software allows you to prepare setup data for the meter off-line without the
need to have it connected to your PC.