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Posted: **Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:17 am**

Hello all,
Current, i want monitor pm710 schnider device. But I don't monitor it. Can you help me?. How are you monitor it?
Thanks

Posted: **Thu Oct 16, 2014 9:35 am**

I just did some looking, from the product page:

PowerLogic PM710
The Schneider Electric PowerLogic® PM710 power meter is connected to the EMX-111 RS485 port. Once it is connected and the EMX detects it, the PM710 is viewed under the Auxiliary Port folder in the navigation tree.

Note: The EMX-888 does not support the PowerLogic PM710.

This device is only supported when plugged into the RS485 port using a PM710 supported cable (not provided by Raritan with the EMX. Refer to your Schneider Electric PowerLogic PM710 documentation for information on the pinouts for the meter.

Note: For information on the PM710 and any sensor-specific configuration required, see the PM710 user guide.

From the EMX, you can remotely reset the PM710 energy accumulators, and the PM710 minimum and maximum reading values. Additionally, you can create event rules and actions for the PM710, such as emailing or sending an SMS message when thresholds are reached, and so on. See Creating an Event Rule.

The PM710 line speed, parity and address, as well as the thresholds for PM710 numeric sensors, can be configured on the PM710. These settings need to be the match in EMX. For example, if the address is 42 in the PM710 it must also be 42 in EMX.

All settings are configured on a per port basis. If you disconnect a PM710 from one EMX port and connect it to another, you must reconfigure the settings. However, if you disconnect a PM710 from a port and then plug it back in to the same port, the already configured settings still apply.

Note: PM710 meters are not supported through SNMP or the command line interface (CLI).

So it looks like it does not support SNMP. I am unsure what "actions" the device lets you take. I don't know if there is a web page that could be scraped by check_http, or how metrics are even reported. It does mention SMS/email, but I don't know if those are just events and not metrics. . . . Do you know more about the device than the vendor provides?

Posted: **Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:22 am**

thanks abrist very much. I've done ^_^

Posted: **Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:13 am**

Are we all set to close up this thread then?

Posted: **Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:21 am**

I'm just curious:

The PM710 line speed, parity and address

Does this mean it has a serial port? If so, you could plug in a Pi or Arduino to the serial port and convert that to a network-aware thing. That sort of thing is part of what my company does if you want to PM me to discuss.

Posted: **Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:22 am**

Not to take from eloyd's business - as a matter of fact speaking with him would likely be the more inexpensive option...

That said I've had some experience with power meter's similar to this unit. I don't recall the manufacturer of the meters I used, but in order to get any usable data from them I had to pay for the company's software to interact with them. Even then getting the data out of the software was an absolute bear and the software was ridiculously expensive. It was surprising to me how poorly in today's digital age that we were able to bridge the gap to these "smart" power meters.

In your case, the software would be this I believe: http://www.schneider-electric.com/produ ... -expert-7/ Talk to your vendor before spending any money though to make sure it is something that suits your needs.

Posted: **Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:30 am**

Sure, steal food from my family's table.

Seriously, we don't do a LOT of business like this specifically, but this is part of what we do overall. In general, I hate doing that kind of thing because it often involved protocol analysis and figuring out how to get real data from the device. I'd much rather see software do it like it is supposed to, so thanks for digging up that information!

Posted: **Tue Jun 02, 2015 4:42 pm**

ky_pim, let us know if we can close this up or if you still need assistance.

Posted: **Wed Jun 03, 2015 2:54 am**

thanks tmcdonald. You can close

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