This white paper documents the procedure for installing a Bluetooth device and the proper communication settings for wireless PMI Recorders using ProVision software. PMI offers several power quality recorders for…
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Calculating Interharmonics with Raw Waveform Data
The Revolution PQ recorder can compute interharmonics in real-time, and also record each one individually as a stripchart. Each harmonic and interharmonic group and subgroup, as defined by IEC 61000-4-7,…
ProVision Settings for Wireless Communications
This white paper describes the proper communication settings for wireless PMI Recorders using ProVision software. PMI offers many different recorders for capturing disturbing and expensive PQ events. With the many…
ProVision Settings for Wired Communications
This white paper describes the proper ProVision settings for wired communications with PMI Recorders. PMI offers many different communication options to satisfy the needs of the industry. With many power…
Introduction to PMI View for Android
Power Monitors’ PMI View is a cutting-edge Android application for performing power quality analysis in the field, bringing the full capabilities of PMI’s advanced recording devices to your fingertips. This…
PMI Recorders and Starlink
As electric utilities, industrial facilities, and renewable generation sites expand into remote off-grid locations, reliable cellular connectivity is not always available. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications, specifically Starlink, offer…
Seeker+ No-Initialization Recording in PQ Canvass
Every PMI recorder before the Seeker+ starts a recording with an initialization step: the measures, averaging interval, and capture thresholds are chosen up front, bundled into a settings file, and…
Understanding Voltage Swells
If you were to ask a handful of customers what they consider a ‘power surge’ to be, you would get a multitude of answers — anything from a lightning strike…
Working with Live Data in PMI View
PMI View’s live data pages show waveforms, phasors, and tabular values from a connected device, updating as you watch, without interrupting an active recording. During initialization, the live data pages…
Detecting Loose Neutrals with Merlin™
A loose neutral is one of the most dangerous faults a single-phase service can develop, and one of the least likely to announce itself. The connection does not fail outright.…
Revolution Download in PQ Canvass
Revolution meters are compact, cellular-connected power monitors. Unlike the Tensor, Seeker, Guardian, and Bolt devices, which initiate their own uploads to PQ Canvass, Revolutions do not push their recordings to…
PQ Canvass API Access
Introduction Electric utilities rely on power quality monitoring to maintain grid reliability, meet regulatory requirements, and respond to disturbances across their distribution networks. As monitoring deployments grow — spanning substations,…