Power Management University

Overview:

This 4-day Instructor-Led course provides an introduction into Schneider Electric’s energy management software called EcoStruxureTM Power Monitoring Expert (PME). It covers the software capabilities with a focus on viewing, creating, and managing objects within the Web Application such as Dashboards, Reports, Diagrams, Alarms, and Trends.  

Who Should Attend:

This course is designed as an entry level training to this software and recommended for anyone that is or will become involved with using this software as part of their day-to-day role.

Prerequisites:

• None

Students Will Be Able To:

• Understand basic power fundamentals, terminology, and utility billing
• Understand what the PME software is, how it works, and its full capabilities
• Create and manage Dashboards
• Create and manage Reports
• Create and manage Alarms
• Create and manage Trends
• Create and manage user access via the web application
• Add and managing native serial and ethernet devices using the web client (Management Console and adding 
• on-native devices are not part of this course)
• View and navigate through existing Diagrams (Vista and Creating new diagrams are not part of this course)
• Understand proper meter selection, communication & basic configuration

   

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Overview:

(Formerly Advanced Programming)   This 4-day Instructor-Led course focuses on system and device level customization using the Designer Application in EcoStruxureTM Power Monitoring Expert (PME). Students will learn the architecture of ION meters and be guided through a series of lab activities to create custom programs for equipment monitoring, alarming, and logging. The Virtual ION Processor (VIP) will be covered for programming Modbus meters and 3rd party equipment. Designer and Vista integration will be covered, as well to show how programs can be used in PME’s graphic screens. Students will create multiple frameworks for integrating WAGES devices, control and process applications, logging, alarming, and custom calculations.    

Who Should Attend:

This course is intended for meter/instrumentation technicians, system engineers, and system integrators who need to learn how to get the most out of their PME software and associated meters.

Prerequisites:

• A basic familiarity with using PME  
• Familiar with Microsoft Windows operating systems  
• A basic working knowledge of power and energy will be helpful

Students Will Be Able To:

• Describe ION architecture and ION module properties
• Examine configuration of meters installed in a PME system
• Understand the procedure to backup and restore a meter template
• Construct programs to perform custom calculations
• Describe how Designer and Vista work together
• Build programs for logging and alarming
• Construct programs for Advanced WAGES metering
• Build programs to read Modbus registers from one device to an ION meter
• Program process and control applications inside of an ION meter
• Understand the ION reference document and how to use it
• Learn best practices for programming in Designer

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Overview:

This 4-Day in-person Instructor-Led course focuses on the installation, set up, and troubleshooting of PowerLogicTM and ION meters, and communication devices. Through a series of instructor-led topics, followed by hands-on lab exercises, students will learn specific meter capabilities, selection, and placement throughout a facility. Participants will also learn how to correctly wire and then configure these devices using the ION Setup Utility. They will also learn how to navigate through a meter display and how to identify and resolve issues related to configuration, wiring , or network communications. Finally, students will learn how to add and manage these devices in EcoStruxureTM Power Monitoring Expert (PME).

Who Should Attend:

This course is intended for meter/instrumentation technicians, system engineers, and system integrators who need to learn how to get the most out of their PME software and associated meters.

Prerequisites:

• Basic computer skills and experience with Microsoft Windows
• Working knowledge and understanding of electrical terminology, concepts and calculations, including an understanding of the relationships among current, voltage, power and power factor in three-phase circuits

Students Will Be Able To:

• Understand basic power fundamentals and terminology
• Determine the capabilities of specific PowerLogic and ION devices
• Use the PowerLogicTM and ION meter front panels
• Use the ION Setup Utility to troubleshoot CT and PT wiring issues
• Use the ION Setup Utility to modify and save meter configurations
• Explain how to correctly mount and wire PowerLogicTM and ION meters
• Upgrade the firmware of PowerLogicTM and ION meters
• Troubleshoot meter wiring and communication issues
• Configure PowerLogicTM gateways for device communications
• Add PowerLogicTM and ION meters into a PME system
• Create a simple power monitoring system in PME
• Generate a Vista diagram and create basic Vista objects

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Overview:

This 4-day Instructor-Led course focuses on teaching how to manage and maintain an EcoStruxureTM Power Monitoring Expert (PME) systems. Students will learn how to design PME systems and plan system deployments. They will also learn how to build a system by adding meters, user accounts, configure meter hierarchies, and build custom graphics screens to represent the system. The course will also cover integrating PME with 3rd party hardware, as well as database management, system maintenance and backup, and disaster recovery.

Who Should Attend:

This course is designed for anyone who is responsible for administering, maintaining, and/or supporting a PME system, such as system administrators (and possibly IT Admins), as well as advanced PME users.

Prerequisites:

• A basic familiarity with using PME
• A reasonable understanding of Microsoft Windows operating systems
• A basic working knowledge of power and energy will be helpful

Students Will Be Able To:

• Understand and utilize system specifications to design a PME system
• Explore new cyber security features for user management
• Add meters and other hardware devices to the PME system
• Configure Logical Devices
• Configure Hierarchies to simplify data aggregation and extraction
• Design and build custom graphics screens
• Incorporate 3rd party devices into the PME software
• Understand database structures and modify or adjust default database maintenance tasks

 



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