SATEC RDM172 Manual - Manual (Page 59)

Chapter 4 PAS Application Software Setting Up the Meter
Series PM172 Powermeters 59
select the protocol. Select “Modbus RTU” for
Modbus/TCP or “DNP3” for DNP3/TCP.
5. In the “Wait for answer” box, adjust the time that PAS will
wait for a connection before announcing an error and the
number of retries PAS will use to receive a response from
the device if communications fail.
Setting Up the Meter
PAS allows you to prepare setup data for the meter off-line without the need
to have it connected to your PC.
Select the device site from the list box on the PAS toolbar, and then select
the desired setup group from the Meter Setup menu. Click on the tab with the
setup you want to create or modify, and then fill in the boxes with the desired
configuration data for your device. Click on the “Save as…” button to store
your new data to the site database.
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Always set up and store the Basic Setup data to the site database first. PAS uses
this data as a reference when arranging other meter setups.
To save your setup to another site database, select it from the file pane.
Click OK.
To reuse setups from another site, copy them to your present site database.
Click Open, select the desired site database, and then click OK. The opened
setup is copied to your site database.
You can also copy all setups from one site database into another site's
database. Select a device site from the list box on the toolbar from which you
want to reproduce setups, and then select “Copy to...” from the Meter Setup
menu. Select the site database to which to copy setups, and click OK.
Downloading Setup to the Meter
You can update each setup in your meter one at a time or download all
setups together from the site database.
To update a particular setup in your device, check the On-line button on the
PAS toolbar, select a meter site from the list box on the toolbar, and then
select the desired setup group from the Meter Setup menu. Click on the tab
of the setup you want to download to the meter, and then click Send.
To download all setups to your device at once, check the On-line button on
the toolbar, select the device site from the list box on the toolbar, and then
select Download Setups from the Meter Setup menu.
Uploading Setup from the Meter
To upload the setup from the device to the site database, check the On-line
button on the toolbar, select the device site from the list box on the toolbar,
and then select Upload Setups from the Meter Setup menu.
Authorization
If communications with your device is secured, you are prompted for the
password when you send new setup data to the meter.