TCP/IP
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Power meters with TC/IP interface: Now available for purchase at EMU!
When it comes to technological advances, energy meters are no exception and becoming more and more modern. By now, meters can transmit the recorded energy consumption data to a server with no effort. Both wired and wireless. The magic word? Interfaces. In addition to LoRa, RS485, or M-Bus, consumption meters can also be equipped with TCP/IP interfaces. These allow measuring devices a precise and fast transmission of energy data, a well as precise third-party delimitation. In the EMU Metering online store, you will find high-quality electricity meters with TCP/IP interface and Modbus TCP communication; review our product range and experience it for yourself.
What is TCP/IP?
The abbreviation TCP/IP stand for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol and describes a package of selected communication protocols. These are used for network connection. They ensure that consistent communication is maintained. TCP and IP are the two main protocols, but other protocols exist as well.
They provide end-to-end communication, through which data are exchanged via the internet. They determine how data are to be distributed into packages, addressed, transmitted, forwarded, and then received at their destination. What’s convenient about this: The method of communication requires only a small amount of central management and makes networks reliable. Further, TCP/IP affords networks the opportunity to automatically recover within this interwoven system after the failure of any device.
What are the features of the EMU Professional II power meter with TCP/IP interface?
In our online store, you will find electricity meters with different interfaces. If you are generating your own power, you are able to reliably delimit third-party quantities thanks to the TCP/IP interface built into several meters of the EMU Professional II product series. The communication module allows for the display of current data, as well as the logging of different measurements. A password can be used to protect the data from unauthorised access. In addition, the electricity meters are suitable for capturing the energy consumption as part of energy management in accordance with ISO 50001.
The remote readout of usage data occurs via a Modbus TCP interface, as well as the HTTP-GET API interface. Modbus TCP transmits data compared to Modbus RTU in TCP/IP packages. Modbus RTU interfaces can be found in our RS485 power meters. Aside from this difference, the two interfaces are quite similar. The TCP Port 502 on the electricity meter of the EMU Professional II series is reserved for the Modbus TCP interface. The NTP time server ensures that measurements are recorded via a synchronised time stamp. Finally, stored data can be exported if necessary.
Which measurements can be logged?
The energy meter has a built-in load profile memory, which stores data for more than 3 years in fifteen-minute intervals. The following measurements can be captured via data loggers:
- Import of active energy | supply of active energy
- Import of reactive energy | supply of reactive energy
- Effective power per phase L1/L2/L3
- Current per phase L1/L2/L3
- Voltage per phase L1/L2/L3
Which settings, bus connectors and cable types are there?
Our energy meters are delivered with default settings ex works. The relevant configuration can be accessed via a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). The connection of the Modbus TCP occurs via the cable type RJ45 Twisted Pair. These are copper cables with drilled, crossed, or stranded wire pairs. This cable type is characteristic for signal and data transmission.
The meters that have a built-in TCP/IP communications module further have a configurable S0 pulse output. Using these, measurements can be transferred from access and delivery of active and reactive energy.
For your information:
Active energy is electrical energy that is delivered to an electric transformer and transformed into other forms of energy. Reactive energy oscillates between the network and the consumer and cannot be used.Benefit from the power meters of the EMU Professional II series with built-in TCP/IP interface and trust in their numerous approvals: the meters have MID B+D certification, and are suitable both for energy management according to ISO 50001, and for accounting purposes. Efficient and reliable energy management requires reliable energy meters, and EMU delivers them!
Please contact us with any questions about the installation and configuration of the meters. The team at EMU Metering is happy to help!