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One or more
PC’s (local
and/or
remote)

The PowerLogic system
gives you complete
information and control
over your electrical
power network ...

The PowerLogic system integrates all the intelligent components
of the electrical network, using standard communications and
powerful software. This gives you the tools you need to manage
the cost and quality of power.

Other
compatible
devices

LV circuit
breakers

Power
monitoring
devices

Modbus

Communications

Power
management
software

MV protection
and control

Ethernet

Modem or
Ethernet
Gateway
(when
required)

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Pre-packaged software

■

Easy to use - configure

it yourself in minutes

■

Many displays and

reports available instantly

■

Create your own

custom displays,
drawings, reports

Scaleable architecture

■

Start with one PC; grow

according to your needs

■

Transparent

communications over
your intranet or Internet

■

Periodic software and

hardware upgrades
available

Ethernet Connectivity

Powerful electrical tools

■

Harmonics analysis

■

Voltage disturbance

records

■

Early warning alarms

■

Diagnostics information

Flexible communications

■

Standard Modbus and

Ethernet TCP/IP

■

Telephone modem

access, paging, email
reporting

■

Connectivity with other

systems

SMS software

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PowerLogic
System Manager
Software (SMS)
organises
real-time data
from the
electrical network
to present
information in a
variety of useful
formats.

Software Highlights

Flexible Electrical Historical Database

■

Data sharing from centralized open database

■

Predefined typical billing and power quality logging templates

■

Tabular viewing and trending of standard and user-selectable quantities

■

Multiple device quantity comparison on same trend plot

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Historical data management archival and restoring

Real-time Power Management

■

Multilevel network alarming

■

Task execution (e-mail, paging, resets, file uploads, etc.) on schedule or upon

alarm detection

■

Pre-engineered real-time-data displays—tables, bar charts, meter panels

■

Event recording and sorting assist troubleshooting of events sequence

Integrated Device Support

■

More than 1000 devices supported per PowerLogic network server

■

Advanced open support for intelligent, compatible monitoring devices from

other manufacturers—displaying data, alarming, logging, and manual control

■

Complete online device setup for Schneider Electric supported devices

■

Manual and automatic device resets eliminate redundant steps

■

Manual control and setup of automatic onboard circuit monitor control

Dockable toolbar allows
quick access to functions
used frequently

Device list allows easy
switching between devices
displayed

Meter panel scales with
window for easy viewing
includes alarm setpoint
markings

Bar chart type list
allows easy switching
between bar chart types
displayed

Name of online system
is displayed for quick
reference

Name of system
open for editing is
displayed. Can be
the online system

SMS software

Power information anytime, anywhere

PowerLogic System, Manager software (SMS) family provides a total, integrated
system approach to power management. As a result, accessing power information
and distributing it wherever it’s needed is more easily achieved.

Designed primarily for power system engineers, SMS software brings
information from your power system directly to your desktop. PoweLogic SMS runs
on Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 95/98 operating systems. The inherent
open system and network capabilities of SMS help users minimize energy costs,
reduce peak demand charges and power factor penalties, and reduce downtime.

Whether your power monitoring application requires a single workstation or a
full-featured system of networked computers, the SMS software family offers a
variety of functions to make managing and analyzing your power system easier.

Scaleable Solution: Client/Server to Stand-alone

Client/server applications today are not limited to the computing power of one
computer. Instead, they share the workload between multiple computers.
With SMS-3000 software, the PowerLogic network server handles all device
communications, data logging and storage, and alarm management tasks.
The SMS client converts the data it receives from the server into usable formats
such as tables, bar charts, and trend plots.

It is not necessary for client PCs to be connected to the PowerLogic device
network; only the PowerLogic network server is connected to the device network.
SMS-3000 software frees you to position client PCs anywhere on the PC local area
network.

Client/Server Products

SMS-3000 software is the client/server product consisting of one PowerLogic
network server and one SMS client. The SMS-1000 software product is an
additional client application that can be placed wherever it is needed. The client
is used with SMS-3000 software via a local area network or Remote Access
Services (RAS).

Stand-alone Products

System Manager 1500 (SMS-1500) and Power Monitoring EXPlorer (PMX-1500)
software are stand-alone products with device setup, communication and data
displaying capabilities contained on the same PC thus not requiring the PC local
area network.

Flexibility

One of the primary features of client/server technology is flexibility. The SMS
family allows greater flexibility for power monitoring systems, whether you need
a stand-alone system, multiple PowerLogic network servers, multiple clients,
remote clients, remote sites, or even a single database to store data from multiple
servers. Expand by adding additional clients.

Security

In addition to the security the Microsoft operating system provides, SMS provides
security layers of its own, ensuring that your power system data are thoroughly
protected. SMS supports unlimited user accounts, each with a unique name
and password. In addition, SMS supports privilege access levels that determine
which functions each user can access.

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4

Auto-Dial

In some cases, you may want to monitor power system information in more than
one location. SMS software offers a unique auto-dial feature designed to dial
remote sites on a scheduled basis and automatically upload the system data.
This feature lets users monitor devices across the site or around the world.

Historical Logging and Trending

The PowerLogic system is a collection of distributed databases. SMS automatically
collects the extremely accurate historical onboard device data logs as well as
collecting and storing data for devices without onboard memory into one
centralized ODBC-compliant database. The circuit data can be easily retrieved,
displayed and printed in standard historical tabular or trend formats. Custom user
selectable styles are also available. For example, this provides selectable
quantities and different interval logging for 24 hours or during shift hours.

Open Database

The SMS family complies with the Microsoft Open DataBase Connectivity (ODBC)
standards of data storage. This ensures that data stored by the PowerLogic
network server can be formatted for any ODBC-compliant database.

SMS uses an embedded Microsoft Access

®

database and is fully tested with both

Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL

®

drivers. Other ODBC-compliant drivers can

be installed and used if desired.

Tasks

Tasks can be performed when an alarm condition is detected, or on a scheduled
basis. Available tasks include launching executable programs such as paging
software packages, soundwave files, device resets, sending electronic mail,
uploading onboard device data, and retrieving or capturing a waveform.
Scheduled tasks can be executed hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, just once, or at
other defined intervals.

SMS software offers a variety of predefined
and customizable real-time data displays.

SMS software

Control

SMS supports manual control of relay output contacts. Only users with the
appropriate user privilege level can access this feature, avoiding accidental or
unauthorized usage. Remote-manual control of operations, such as initiating a
start-up or a load shedding shutdown sequence, can be performed through the
software.

Event Recording

SMS uses event recording to track events in your system, from power outages to
setup changes to manual control. All system-user actions are logged to the Event
Log, which may be viewed, printed, or cleared at any time. The Event Log is
sortable by field, including device, date/time, type of event, and user name.
This aids in future troubleshooting of your system by showing all information.

Functions/Alarms

SMS supports software alarms for digital and analog inputs in addition to devices
that have onboard alarm/event capabilities. Analog and digital alarm conditions
are set up once, then applied to the desired devices and adjusted individually as
needed. Conditional logic is also possible when custom quantities are set as a
digital alarm by defining bits in a register. Analog alarm conditions can be set in
five condition states (Highest, High, Normal, Low, and Lowest). Each alarm
condition can be set to a separate severity level. When an alarm condition is
detected, it is broadcast across the entire SMS network logged in alarm log, and
can initiate automatic tasks on the PowerLogic network server PC. In addition,
each function condition can contain its own set of operator instructions, providing
useful procedures for the operator to follow.

Alarm Severity Levels

Analog and digital alarm conditions can be set for one of 10 severity levels; each
can be set for audible and visible required acknowledgment. Each severity level
can also require a password to acknowledge the alarm. You can further customise
severity levels by associating a specific color or sound with the level or both.

Resets

SMS supports various resets for all supported device types. For example, circuit
monitor minimums and maximums, peak demand currents, and energy alarms
may be reset. You can reset quantities manually or on a scheduled basis,
individually, or simultaneously. The date/time of each reset is stored for each
quantity in the Event Log.

Harmonics Analysis

Harmonics—which can lead to increased neutral currents, excessive capacitor
currents, or transformer and motor failure — can be displayed through the software.
PowerLogic circuit monitors use a high-speed digital sampling technique to
monitor the circuit voltages and currents. Circuit waveforms and harmonic content
through the 31st harmonic can be captured and stored for later use.

Waveform Analysis

Waveform information can also be displayed in a “Data Block” format, which
includes odd and even harmonic magnitudes, crest factors, and percent total
harmonic distortion (%THD).

Sixty consecutive cycles of waveform display show swell and
two sags.

Current and voltage waveforms can be viewed simultaneously
or individually, and can be printed. A data block of harmonic
information can also be displayed for 4-cycle waveforms.

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6

Easy System Setup

Minimal user configuration is required to get a SMS system up and running.
Device addresses and a few system and device parameters are all that are
necessary. Devices can be set up individually, or by configuring global
parameters applied to similar devices.

Help System

Complete, online, context-sensitive help is available anywhere in the program.
The system is categorized, and any topic may be selected or printed. Most setup
dialog boxes contain a Help button, which is linked directly to information on that
dialog box. SMS also supports right mouse button and F1 key functionality.

Real-Time Displays

SMS supports a variety of real-time data displays, from tables and bar charts to
analog meters. SMS software comes preconfigured with many standard real-time
displays to view any of the thousands of device quantities.

Printing support

Any real-time or historical data that can be displayed in a window or multiple
windows may be saved to a disk or printed, either individually or in a report.

Groups

Selecting devices by function, area, or electrical organization is simplified by the
configuration of groups. The group feature allows devices and quantities to be
organized logically, each with a unique name.

Customization

SMS is easy to customize, including the ability to create custom tables and add
custom quantities. Custom quantities can be any value read from a PowerLogic
device, a metered value from another utility (gas, water, air, etc.), or a dynamic
data exchange (DDE) quantity from another application.

Custom Tables

New tables can be created through a wizard-type user interface. Simply select
multiple devices and the quantity to be displayed, or select a single device with
multiple quantities, and the table will be generated. There is also an advanced
custom table utility that allows complete user flexibility of the formatting, object
embedding, and mathematical manipulation for viewing of a single- or multiple-
page table or graph.

Dynamic Data Exchange

Dynamic data exchange (DDE) is a standard feature of SMS software. With DDE,
the user can serve system data to another application, such as an Excel
spreadsheet, for advanced reporting or graphing. In addition, SMS can read,
display, log, trend, and even alarm via DDE from other applications such as
building automation systems or process control systems.

System Manager software can be easily customized by adding
new devices and quantities, and creating custom tables like
the one shown.

SMS software

SMS-3000

SMS-1000

PMX-1500

PMX-1000

SMS-1500

GFX-1000

SMS-121*

Operating System

Windows NT/95/98*

Windows NT/95/98

Display Mode

VGA

[

Super VGA]

VGA

[

Super VGA]

Model

Pentium

486/66 [Pentium]

RAM

32 Mb

16 Mb [32 Mb]

Hard Disk

500M†

500M†

Program Size

15 Mb

8 Mb

RS-232 Port

required

Network Card

required (SMS-3000)

required

modem

optional

Sound Card

optional

optional

3.5" Drive

required

required

CD Drive

recommended

recommended

† The amount of memory required on the hard disk depends on whether the logging data is
stored on the same computer
* For SMS-3000 Windows NT is required.

Reports

SMS generates reports using any information, including real-time displays.
SMS supports standard reports and reports that have been customized.
Automatic report generation also is quick and easy.

Interactive Graphics

The PowerLogic Interactive Graphics Client (GFX-1000) is a color graphics client
application. It displays system-wide information (one-line diagrams, site plans
or front elevation drawings) received from the PowerLogic network server on
Windows Metafile drawings. GFX-1000 can be used with SMS-3000 software
SMS stand-alone packages. When used with SMS-3000 software, GFX-1000 can
be installed as a separate client on any PC on the local area network. When used
with stand-alone systems, GFX must be installed on the same PC.

System Requirements

The table below lists the minimum system requirements. The specifications
in brackets "[ ]" are recommended for superior performance. The hard disk
requirements for Windows operating system should also be considered when
choosing a computer.

Ordering Information

Type

Description

3080 SMS3000

System Manager NT Client/Server

3080 SMS1000

System Manager Client

3080 PMX1000

Power Monitoring EXplorer Client

3080 SMS1500

System Manager, Stand-alone

3080 PMX1500

Power Monitoring EXplorer, Stand-alone

3080 SMS121

System Manager One-to-One

3080 GFX1000

Interactive Graphics Client

Powerful graphics tools allow you to create exactly the
interactive screens you want: from site plans to one-line
diagrams

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Intranet

Intranet

8

Add automatic controls
using PLCs, and/or
data-sharing with other
systems such as
building management or
process control

Standard TCP/IP
protocol means
transparent
communications via Internet
technologies

The Ethernet gateway
ensures connectivity for
many devices,
accessible by multiple users

One or more devices
connected to a single PC
(directly or via modem)

System 4

System 3

System 2

System 1

open
to other
systems

automation
functions

Ethernet Gateway Features

■

Allows communications with PowerLogic and Modbus compatible devices over

standard Ethernet TCP/IP networks

■

One or two RS-485 serial ports at 19.2K Baud

■

Fully TCP/IP and OSI compliant

■

Standard AUI and RJ-45 Ethernet ports

■

Up to 10 simultaneous logical connections from host device (e.g., SMS-3000)

per RS-485 port

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120/240Vac, 125Vdc control power

■

Onboard security lock-out feature (user configurable)

■

Integral 12Vdc AUI control power

■

Small footprint: 121 mm high x 184 mm wide x 230 mm depth

■

Tabletop or wall mounting

■

UL, CSA, NOM, IEC, CE

■

0–60°C ambient operating temperature

■

Diagnostic LEDs on RS-485 ports and RJ-45 Ethernet port

PowerLogic
offers direct
connection to
Ethernet-TCP/IP
networks to
make power
monitoring and
power quality
information
available
over new and
existing local
and wide area
networks.

Ethernet Connectivity

Ajoutez des automatismes
en utilisant un automate
programmable, et/ou un
partage de données avec
d’autres systèmes tels que
la gestion du bâtiment ou
le contrôle de process.

Le protocole TCP/IP
standard permet des
communications
transparentes grâce à
la technologie Internet

Ethernet Gateway assure
la connexion de plusieurs
produits accessibles par
de nombreux utilisateurs

Un ou plusieurs produits
connectés à un simple PC
(directement ou grâce à un
modem)

ouvert
à d’autres
systèmes

fonctions
d’automatisation

Manage your electrical network using Ethernet

The PowerLogic System offers the flexibility to build entire power monitoring and
control systems using Ethernet-TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol) as the high-speed network backbone. PowerLogic Ethernet connectivity
products consist of a gateway device and an Ethernet driver for the SMS family of
software products. SMS power monitoring software operates on Microsoft

®

Windows

®

95, 98 and Windows NT

®

. The combination of the gateway and driver

creates a system with optimal communication performance and accessibility to
power system information.

Electrical distribution systems now often have hundreds, and even thousands, of
communicating devices. A high-speed, high-bandwidth network such as Ethernet
often becomes necessary to handle the increased data throughput required.
In many cases, an existing Ethernet network can be used to avoid the cost of
installing and maintaining a separate “backbone” network.

Ethernet is the most widely supported network in the world. It offers an open
architecture, speed, wide range of connectivity products, and virtually unlimited
flexibility allowing users to build any size network. These benefits ensure users
of their investment in Ethernet as the backbone network of choice for power
monitoring and control systems.

As your PowerLogic system expands (number of users increase, and additional
devices are implemented), so too can your network using standard, off-the-shelf
products that meet your specific needs.

The PowerLogic system allows you to leverage existing Ethernet technology for
power monitoring, power quality, and other information over virtually any existing
communication infrastructure, including the Internet.

Improved System Performance

The PowerLogic Ethernet Gateway and the SMS Ethernet Driver have been
engineered to form a tightly coupled system. Together these components form
the basis for a reliable, high-speed power monitoring solution. The SMS Ethernet
Driver allows simultaneous communication requests to multiple gateways providing
faster overall throughput in gathering data from the entire PowerLogic system.

TCP/IP and OSI Protocols

Many Ethernet networks are based on TCP/IP. This is the standard protocol for
delivering information and is what the Internet and many Intranets use. Other
network systems utilize the equally powerful Open Systems Interconnect (OSI)
protocol. The System Manager Ethernet Driver and Ethernet Gateway support
both TCP/IP and OSI protocols. Either protocol is routable through existing IP
routers, hubs, etc., allowing users to select the protocol stack best suited for
their application.

Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS)

The PowerLogic Ethernet connectivity solution uses MMS as the messaging
protocol over Ethernet. MMS is an international standard (ISO/IEC 9506) for
exchanging real-time data and supervisory information between network devices.
Overall, MMS provides a very powerful, high throughput platform for network
communication.

MMS offers increased flexibility in integrating other devices and systems into a
PowerLogic system. The messaging services provided by MMS are broad enough
to cover a wide range of applications while the MMS protocol itself is independent
of the application being performed.

The PowerLogic Ethernet Gateway combined with SMS
software brings power system information to any
personal computer on the local area network or even
the Internet.

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Easy Configuration

Both the SMS Ethernet driver and the gateway are easily configured and secured.
Standard dialog box setup screens for communicating with the gateway reside in
SMS. The gateway has an onboard setup utility that is easily configured via the
RS-232 port using a standard terminal emulator software program, such as
Windows Terminal. The setup utility contains all configuration parameters for the
gateway as well as diagnostic parameters. Additionally, an extensive help system
is included in the setup utility.
All configuration information is stored in nonvolatile memory and therefore, not
affected on loss of control power.

Gateway and Network Integrity

Each serial port contains RS-485 biasing and surge protection circuitry to ensure
reliable operation where noise may be present from nonlinear devices,
electromagnetic induced equipment, or single capacitive coupling of the power
system voltages.

Easy Field Upgrades

As features are added to the system components—either in SMS, the gateway, or
the connected devices—the gateway can be easily updated via the RS-232 port.
This firmware upgrade is accomplished without hardware replacement, lengthy
system downtime, or system reconfiguration.

Support for Existing PowerLogic and Modbus
Systems

The PowerLogic Ethernet Gateway supports routing into existing SY/NET

®

network

based and Modbus based systems. The RS-485 ports on the gateway can be
connected to another RS-485 port on a network interface module (NIM, PNIM, etc.)
making information from the SY/NET network available over Ethernet. This
approach benefits existing facilities where PowerLogic systems are already in use.
The implementation of Modbus (2 and 4-wire) allows you to read information
directly from a Modbus network device to the Etherent gateway. This information
is then transported over Ethernet to the master reading device. Users of existing
Schneider networks can choose to augment their systems by using Ethernet as
the high-speed backbone.

SMS and Client/Server System

System Manager uses client/server technology for managing activity and
information on the Ethernet network. This is ideal for systems where multiple users
need access to power system information. The PowerLogic Network Server, which
may be a dedicated Windows NT workstation or any one of the user’s personal
computers, ‘serves’ requested information to users elsewhere on the network
running SMS client software. This provides many users access to the information
for various functions such as energy cost accounting, power quality monitoring,
or maintenance activities. All users share a common historical database through
Microsoft’s Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard. This ODBC standard
is supported by a wide variety of software vendors as an open solution.

Ethernet Connectivity

SMS is completely compatible with Microsoft Office,
so you can create links to documents, spreadsheets
and presentations.

Ordering Information

Type

Description

3050 EGW1

PowerLogic Ethernet Gateway with
RS-485 port (up to 8 devices)

3050 EGW2

PowerLogic Ethernet Gateway with
RS-485 port (up to 1288 devices)

3050 EGWMBK

Mounting Brackets Kit

3050 EGWNMC

Null Modem Cable

3080 TCPMMS

PowerLogic Ethernet Driver
for SMS-3000 Software Family

Technical Specifications

Control Power Input Specifications

■

Input Range, ac

100-264 Vac

■

Frequency 50/60

Hz

■

Input Range, dc

110-300 Vdc

■

Burden

Up to 72 VA

Environmental Specifications

■

Ambient Operating

Temperature

0° a 60 °C

■

Ambient Storage

Temperature

-40 to 85°C

■

Relative Humidity Rating

(noncondensing)

5 to 95%

Regulatory/Standards Compliance

■

UL Listed, CSA Certified, NOM, IEC, CE

Ethernet Gateway Dimensions

Overhead mounting

Optional Ethernet Gateway Mounting Brackets

Left-side mounting

Right-side mounting

4.76

121

9.05

230

7.25

184

Inches
Millimeters

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The table below details the features available
in the System Manager software product family.

Selection guide

SMS 3000
Client / Server

SMS 1000
Client only
(works with SMS-3000)

SMS 1500
Stand-alone

SMS-121
Single Device

PC configuration

full features

explorer version

Note: graphics option GFX-1000 can be used with any configuration

full features

explorer version

client/server

SMS-3000

client-only

SMS-1000

PMX-1000

stand-alone

SMS-1500

PMX-1500

portable (one device at a time)

SMS-121

setup devices and addressing

■

■

real-time tables

■

■

alarms

■

■

data logging

■

■

trending

■

■

waveform capture

■

■

manual control

■

■

supports GFX graphics option

■

■

(see below)
bar charts

■

meter panels

■

define automatic tasks

■

create custom reports

■

create custom tables

■

GFX graphics option

GFX-1000

SMS family of software choices

PMX 1000
Client only
(works with SMS-3000)

PMX 1500
Stand-alone

For more information ...

PowerLogic system
overview

SMS software

Circuit Monitor
Power Meter

Sepam

ES 1000 software

Digipact

Schneider Electric SA

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