Area Summary Configuration
In Engineering mode, when you select any area in Powermanager’s node and, you must first configure the parameters of the Area Summary Configuration tab that displays when the respective area is selected.
The following expanders let you configure the parameters of the Area Summary Configuration tab:
Area Summary Expander
- Enable Configuration: Enabled by default when selecting the area node from the Powermanager V9.0. For the older versions, this configuration needs to be enabled manually. Displays the summary configuration in the operating mode.
- Measurement Point: It allows you to select the measurement points to be configured for the corresponding system under the Device column
- Measurement Point: Displays the name of the measurement point. You can select the measurement point from the dropdown box.
- Unit: Displays the unit of the measurement point.
- Calculate: Select the checkbox to enable the calculation.
- Archive: Select the checkbox for the measurement points to archive the data.
- Alarm: Select the checkbox to enable alarms for the corresponding measurement points.
- Alarm Expander: Select this checkbox to activate the alarm for the corresponding measuring point.
To configure a workstation alarm for a point, you must configure the following fields:
- Alarm kind: Allows you to choose the type of alarm to be activated.
- Reset: Allows you to rest all alarm conditions from the table and reset the default alarm class.
- Alarm Type: The alarm type to be enabled for an event.
- Check Acknowledgement checkbox.
- For Range:
Priority: Low, Medium, High and Fault
Operator:: In range, !.. : Not in range , || : OR, !|| : NOR
Range: The value, or range of values, for which an alarm is to be issued. - For Limit:
Priority: Low, Medium, High and Fault
Check Acknowledgement checkbox.
Operator: : > : Greater than , >= : Greater than or equal to , < : Less than, <= : Less than or equal to
Limit: User defined values
Operator: Allows you to select between the = and None options.
UpperHysteresis: The upper range for the alarm value beyond which alarms will be generate.
Operator: Allows you to select between the = and None options.
Lower Hysteresis: The lower range for the alarm value below which alarms will be generated. - EventText: The text to display when the alarm is issued.
- NormalText: The text to display when the alarm ceases.
- New: Allows to add new rows with default alarm class and values.
- Delete: Allows you to delete the selected alarm row.
- Include Devices: Allows you to select the devices to be included in the calculations for the selected area. It consists of the following columns:
- Include: Select the checkbox to include the device.
- Device Name: Displays the name of the devices in the selected area.
- Power Interval Settings: It consists of the Interval drop down. Allows you to select the interval at which the power values are calculated.
- The following intervals can be selected from the drop-down:
- 1 minute: Calculates the power at 1-minute intervals.
- 5 minutes: Calculates the power at 5 minute intervals.
- 15 minutes: Calculates the power at 15 minute intervals.

