PMI's Revolution can be configured to use a cellular modem as one of its many different means of connectivity. When this option is present the modem can be configured in…
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Photovoltaic Monitoring with Canvass
The use of distributed generation has witnessed a dramatic increase over the past decade. The two most popular of these – solar and wind – provide a unique set of…
Utility-Friendly EV Charger Features
The rise in popularity of electric vehicles is becoming an important topic among electric utilities. The effects on the grid (in terms of load and power quality issues) are wide…
Voltage Regulation PQ Problems from Photovoltaic Systems During Cloud Cover
The meteoric rise in the popularity of photovoltaic systems by both residential and industrial customers over the past several years has created a new series of power quality challenges for…
Using Standard Deviation To Get More from Daily Profiles
The Canvass power quality portal provides the user many different tools for analyzing voltage, current and power over considerable periods of time. One such tool is the Daily Profile Graph,…
Analyzing Apparent and Reactive Power Using Canvass
Canvass, PMI's cloud-based data analysis portal, has recently been upgraded to provide the facilities for apparent and reactive power analysis for plug-in and meter-socket form 2S Boomerangs. This white paper…
Choosing a Revolution Cell Plan
The Cell-Modem Revolution contains an embedded cellular modem allowing for network-based communication from any internet connected PC. The purpose of this white paper is to help the user determine the…
Per-Unit Graphing with Canvass
Canvass is a web-based power quality portal designed and developed by PMI to allow users to perform power quality analysis from anywhere they have an internet connection and a web…
Networking Revolutions and Canvass
Recently, PMI augmented the functionality of the Revolution power quality analyzer by integrating it with the Canvass power quality portal. This white paper reviews the requirements for getting a Revolution…
Boomerang Networking Options for SCADA and Canvass
PMI's Boomerang monitor is a versatile product, with configurations capable of sampling voltage, current and power. These analyzers are accompanied by powerful analysis software through PMI's Canvass web application or…
Choosing a Cell Plan for Boomerangs
Power Monitors offers a variety of Boomerang products that come with varying measurement capabilities and varying cellular carrier data plans for reporting this measured data. This white paper is going…
Batch Converting XSF Data Files
ProVision, PMI's Power Quality Analysis PC software, has undergone several overhauls and upgrades over the past several years. During this time, a number of different file formats and file types…