Monitoring applications
| Pulse meter monitoring |
| Circuit breaker status monitoring |
| General status monitoring |
| Load control |
| Integration of non-Schneider devices |
| Resources |
The following lists energy management applications and how to implement them with Energy Hub:
Pulse meter monitoring
Use Energy Hub with pulse output devices, such as water meters, fuel gas meters, basic electrical energy meters, or other WAGES
An acronym for water, air, gas, electricity, steam. It is used to describe the commodities consumed by a building or business. For example, the building's water consumption or fuel gas consumption. monitoring devices. Connect the pulse meter outputs to Energy Hub using the digital inputs (DIs) on the Panel Server gateway (2 DIs) or the EcoStruxure I/O Smart Link (up to 11 DIs). Energy Hub expects the pulses to represent 'Wh' for energy measurements and 'm³' for volume measurements.
Circuit breaker status monitoring
To monitor the status of circuit breakers with Energy Hub, use these methods:
- Through Modbus communications, for:
- Micrologic for MTZ
- Micrologic and BSCM module for ComPacT and PowerPacT breakers
- Through ZigBee (wireless) communications, for :
- Acti-9 Active
- ComPacT NSX and NSXm (through wireless indication auxiliary contact for circuit breaker status OF/SD)
- Through hard wired connections, for:
- Wired breaker status auxiliaries connected to EcoStruxure I/O SmartLink or PowerTag Control digital inputs
General status monitoring
Use the digital inputs on Panel Server, PowerTag Control, or EcoStruxure I/O Smart Link devices to monitor door status, motor start/stop, ATS status, UPS status, and more.
Load control
Non-critical load control
To control non-critical loads, use the digital outputs on PowerTag Control I/O devices.
Circuit breaker control
You cannot control circuit breakers with Energy Hub.
Alternative options for controlling circuit breakers include:
- ComPacT NSX breaker control using a motor mechanism.
- MasterPacT MTZ breaker control using a XF communicating closing voltage release .
Integration of non-Schneider devices
Use the EcoStruxure Power Commission Web (EPC-Web) tool to create custom models for device types not natively supported by Panel Server. For information on creating and using custom models with Panel Server, see the Panel Server user guide.
To create custom device models compatible with Energy Hub, follow the EPC-Web documentation and use the following Product Identification information:
For electricity monitoring devices
Family: Choose a product family that fits your device type for custom modeling. For mapping information, see table below
For WAGES monitoring devices
Range: Standard Pulse
Commercial Reference: GENERIC_PULSE_INPUT
Family: I/O Device
The following table shows the most common product family to device type mappings:
| Device type | Product family |
|---|---|
| Circuit breaker | Circuit breaker |
| Energy (kWh) meter | Others |
| IO Device | I/O Device |
| Power meter | Power Meter |
| Power quality meter | Power quality |
| Protection relay | Protection (or Protection relay) |
| Sensor | Ambient sensor |
| Transfer switch | Transfer Switch |
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
To view PLC inputs as separate devices in Energy Hub, create a custom model for each input. For example, if the PLC has five different water meter inputs, create a custom model for each one. Each model should point to the PLC register with the respective water meter data. When adding the devices to Panel Server, select each model and connect it to the PLC using the same IP address but a different Unit ID.
Prerequisites:
- The PLC must support multiple server unit IDs.
- The PLC must allow multiple simultaneous server connections.
If the PLC does not meet these prerequisites, look into using a Site Server gateway to connect the PLC to Energy Hub.
Resources
For additional information on devices and gateways, see device and gateway resources.