Equipment, devices, and gateways

Equipment

Equipment in Energy Hub represents a real-world piece of equipment that is part of the electrical infrastructure of your facility. Equipment can be connected or non-connected. Connected equipment has communication capabilities and can be accessed directly by Energy Hub to retrieve information.

Examples of equipment include transformers, switchgear, breakers, uninterruptible power sources, motors, and motor drives.

Panelboards

A panelboard in Energy Hub represents a real-world electrical enclosure in your facility that divides a power feed into circuits with protective fuses and circuit breakers.

Energy Hub automatically creates panelboards when you add a new gateway, such as Site Server, based on the device configuration of the gateway. You can also create panelboards manually.

Panelboards have linked devices that monitor the supply and load circuits of the panelboard. You can manually link devices or rearrange devices that have been linked automatically. For Energy Hub to interpret the measurement data for a panelboard correctly, you need to assign the context for the linked devices as either main (incoming) devices or feeder (outgoing) devices.

Devices

A device in Energy Hub represents a real-world monitoring device that provides measurement data for the loads and energy supplies in your facility. Devices can be discrete, such as power meters, or they can be integrated into equipment. For a list of supported devices in Energy Hub, see Supported gateways and devices list.

Virtual Devices

In Energy Hub, a virtual device is a software component that can monitor the unmetered load for a panelboard.

Unmetered load is the difference between the incoming energy and the metered outgoing energy for a panelboard (mains – feeders). You can add one or more virtual devices to a panelboard and allocate a percentage of the unmetered load to them. To identify the type of load that is represented by a virtual device, you assign an energy usage type to the device. The workflow for assigning an energy usage type to a virtual device is the same as for a physical device. For example, you could assign a usage type of Lighting (interior) to a virtual device to represent an unmetered lighting load.

Virtual devices provide energy and demand but no voltage, current, status, or other measurements.

NOTE: For Energy Hub to identify the unmetered load for a panelboard correctly, all incoming supplies to the panel must be monitored and must be assigned as main (incoming) devices for the panelboard in Energy Hub.

Gateways

A gateway connects equipment and monitoring devices in your facility to Energy Hub.

A gateway is a communication device that pushes measurement data from monitoring devices to Energy Hub. Gateways are installed locally in your facility. They have access to monitoring devices through device communication networks, and access to the Energy Hub through internet connected IT networks. For a list of supported gateways in Energy Hub, see Supported gateways and devices list.

Notes on importing device data and information from a gateway into Energy Hub:

Configuration information

Device information, such as device name and energy usage types, that is configured on the gateway, is imported into Energy Hub when the gateway is first added to Energy Hub. Any changes to this information on the gateway after it has been added will not be updated in Energy Hub. When a new monitoring device is added to a gateway that is connected to Energy Hub, the new device information is imported into Energy Hub. Any later changes to this device information on the gateway are not updated in Energy Hub. When a device is removed from a gateway that is connected to Energy Hub, the device will not be deleted in Energy Hub. This is because Energy Hubwill have historical data stored for the device. No configuration information is pushed from Energy Hub to the gateway.

Historical energy system data

When a gateway is connected to Energy Hub, it automatically starts uploading historical data on a regular basis. For pre-existing data that was recorded by the gateway before it was connected, up to one month (PAS600) or three months (PAS800) of that data is uploaded to Energy Hub.

NOTE: The upload of pre-existing historical data is available for Panel Servers with firmware version 1.9 and greater. For older versions, no pre-existing historical data is uploaded from the gateway when it is connected to Energy Hub.

Configuring equipment, devices, and gateways

Equipment

  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site that you want to add the equipment to and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.

    NOTE: If there are no sites defined yet in the organization diagram, then add sites first. See Adding regions and sites for details.

  3. In Configure site, in the Asset view, drag the Equipment item onto the relevant location in the organization model or select Add equipment from the location tile options menu (three dots). The Add equipment panel displays.
  4. In Add equipment, choose your preferred method of identifying the equipment and complete the identification process.

    NOTE: You can identify a piece of equipment by scanning its QR code, or by manually entering its identification codes.

NOTE: This only affects Energy Hub. It does not change the properties or settings of the equipment itself.

  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site with the equipment you want to edit and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in the Asset view, find the equipment you want to edit.
  4. From the options menu (three dots) for the equipment, select Edit. The Edit equipment panel displays.

    TIP: You can also open the Edit equipment panel by selecting the equipment and then selecting Edit in the information panel.

  5. In the Edit equipment panel, update the information that you want to change.
  6. Select Save.
NOTE: This feature is not available in Energy Hub.

You cannot delete individual pieces of equipment from your organization in Energy Hub.

The only way to delete equipment is to delete the gateway that it is associated with. Deleting a gateway deletes all equipment that is associated with this gateway. See Deleting gateways for more information on this topic.

Panelboards

  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site that you want to add a panelboard to and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in the Asset view, drag a Panelboard item onto the relevant location or select Add panelboard from the options menu (three dots) for the location. The Create new panelboard dialog displays.
  4. In Create new panelboard, define a panelboard name and any other relevant information.
  5. Select Save.
  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site with the panelboard that you want to assign context for and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in the Asset view, find the panelboard that you want to assign context for.
  4. On the panelboard, find the device that you want to assign context for.
  5. From the options menu (three dots) for the device, select Assign as main (incoming) or Assign as feeder (outgoing) depending on the energy flow the device is monitoring.
  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site with the panelboard that you want to unassign context for and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in the Asset view, find the panelboard that you want to unassign context for.
  4. On the panelboard, find the device that you want to unassign context for.
  5. From the options menu (three dots) for the device, select Unassign.
  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site with the panelboard that you want to edit and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in the Asset view, find the panelboard that you want to edit.
  4. From the options menu (three dots) for the panelboard, select Edit. The Edit panelboard dialog displays.

    TIP: You can also edit a panelboard by selecting the panelboard and then, in the information panel, from the options menu (three dots), selecting Edit to open the information panel editor.

  5. In Edit panelboard, update the information that you want to change.
  6. Select Save.
  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site with the panelboard that you want to delete and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in the Asset view, find the panelboard that you want to delete.
  4. From the options menu (three dots) for the panelboard, select Delete panelboard to delete the panelboard.

For details on what happens when you delete items, see When deleting items in Energy Hub....

Devices

  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site with the device you want to edit and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in Energy view, find the device you want to edit.
  4. From the options menu (three dots) for the device, select Edit. The Edit device panel displays.

    TIP: You can also open the Edit device panel by selecting the device and then selecting Edit in the information panel.

  5. In the Edit device panel, update the information that you want to change.
  6. Select Save.
NOTE: This feature is not available in Energy Hub.

You cannot delete individual devices from your organization in Energy Hub.

The only way to delete devices is to delete the gateway that they are associated with. Deleting a gateway deletes all devices and device data that are associated with this gateway. See Deleting gateways for more information on this topic.

Virtual devices

NOTE: The panelboard that the virtual device is added to needs at least one main (incoming) device for the virtual device to provide data.

  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site with the panelboard that you want to add a virtual device to and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in Asset view, find the panelboard that you want to add a virtual device to.
  4. Drag a Virtual device item onto the panelboard or select Add virtual device from the options menu (three dots) for the panelboard. The Add a virtual device dialog displays.
  5. In Add a virtual device, define a virtual device name and any other relevant information.
  6. Select Add.
  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site with the virtual device that you want to edit and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in Asset view, find the virtual device that you want to edit.
  4. From the options menu (three dots) for the virtual device, select Edit virtual device. The Edit virtual device dialog displays.
  5. In Edit virtual device, update the information that you want to change.
  6. Select Save.
  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site with the virtual device that you want to see details for and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in Asset view, find the virtual device that you want to see details for.
  4. From the options menu (three dots) for the virtual device, select View allocation details to see the virtual device details.
  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site with the virtual device that you want to delete and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in Asset view, find the virtual device that you want to delete.
  4. From the options menu (three dots) for the virtual device, select Delete virtual device to delete the virtual device.

For details on what happens when you delete items, see When deleting items in Energy Hub....

Gateways

NOTE: You can also add a gateway as an asset. See Adding equipment for details. The two methods of adding a gateway, directly or as an asset, are interchangeable and have the same result in Energy Hub.

  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site you want to add gateways to and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.

    NOTE: If there are no sites defined yet in the organization diagram, then add sites first. See Adding regions and sites for details.

  3. In Configure site, in the Communications view, drag the Gateway item onto the site tile in the configuration area or select Add gateway from the site tile options menu (three dots) . The Add equipment panel displays.
  4. In Add equipment, choose your preferred method of identifying the gateway and complete the identification process.

    NOTE: You can identify a gateway by scanning its QR code, or by manually entering its identification codes.

  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site with the gateway that you want to edit and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in the Communications view, find the gateway that you want to edit.
  4. From the options menu (three dots) for the gateway, select Edit. The Edit gateway dialog displays.

    TIP: You can also edit a gateway by selecting the gateway and then, in the information panel, from the options menu (three dots), selecting Edit to open the information panel editor.

  5. In Edit gateway, update the information that you want to change.
  6. Select Save.

NOTE: Deleting a gateway deletes all the assets, devices, and device data associated with the gateway.

  1. In Energy Hub, go to Setup > System setup.
  2. In the organization model in the configuration area, find the site with the gateway you want to delete and select Configure site. The Configure site screen displays.
  3. In Configure site, in the Communications view, find the gateway you want to delete.
  4. From the options menu (three dots) for the gateway, select Delete gateway to delete the gateway.

For details on what happens when you delete items, see When deleting items in Energy Hub....