Transcript RNI FlexWare Web Interface Overview

RNI FLEXWARE WEB INTERFACE
OVERVIEW
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Module Goals
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The goal of this module is to:
Introduce the features and functions of the RNI
FlexWare web interface.
Module Objectives
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Following this module, you should be able to:
1. Describe the primary tasks that can be
performed using the FlexWare interface.
2. Describe the types of actions that can be
performed from each menu.
3. Describe the various areas on the Individual
Meter Information Page (IMIP).
4. Identify the type of information found on each
IMIP tab.
FlexWare User Interface
FlexWare Overview
• Included with the RNI
• Web-based user interface
• Provides access to:
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Tabular and graphical reports and diagnostic information
Monitoring and configuration tools
Administrative tasks
Detailed meter information
Reports Menu
FlexWare Overview
• Select from variety of automatically generated
reports regarding meter configuration, status, and
alarms
• Create your own report
using the Report Generator
View
statistics
View quarantined
meters
View Base
Stations
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View
alarms
View
outages
Report Format and Navigation: Header
FlexWare Overview
Report Title
Number
of items
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Time
Updated
Header
Filter by City or Customer
Filter by other
parameters
Specify
columns
of data
to display
Export
the
report
Report Format and Navigation: Body
FlexWare Overview
Body
One row
of data
per item
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Sort rows by
clicking column
header
Click links to
drill down to
more detail
Report Format and Navigation: Footer
FlexWare Overview
Number of
items displayed
per page
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Move forward,
backward, to first
or last, or to
specific page
Footer
Diagnostics Menu
FlexWare Overview
• Select from variety of tools used to diagnose
potential RNI system issues
View system
statistics in
graphical or
tabular format
Track graphical
updates and
system log jobs
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View meters and Base
Stations on a Google
Earth map
View Base Station
statistics
Example: System Statistics Graphs and Tables
FlexWare Overview
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Example: Deployment Map
FlexWare Overview
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Tools Menu
FlexWare Overview
• Select from variety of tools used to manage the
system
Download meter
firmware OTA
Manage
scheduled jobs
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Manually upload
meter data from
Network Controller
Manage endpoint states
Example: Firmware Download
FlexWare Overview
Water & Gas
Electric
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Example: Scheduler Job List
FlexWare Overview
View status of
jobs in system
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Example: Geoserver Deployment Map
FlexWare Overview
• Uses public domain OpenLayers map
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Administration Menu
FlexWare Overview
• Select from system configuration and meter-related
tasks
Configure Base
Stations
Configure user
accounts
Configure network and
system parameters
Modify meter
configuration
Create meter groups
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Example: Configure Base Stations and User Roles
FlexWare Overview
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Example: Configure Customer/Network/Configuration
FlexWare Overview
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Example: Create Meter Groups
FlexWare Overview
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Individual Meter Information Page
FlexWare Overview
Obtain quick view of
important data for a
given meter
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Individual Meter Information Page: Header
FlexWare Overview
Meter
Identification
Panel
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Individual Meter Information Page: Content Tabs
FlexWare Overview
View latest readings
and recent alarms
Choose a chart or
table to view for a
given time period
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IMIP Content Tabs Summary
FlexWare Overview
• Summary: Provides quick glance of critical
information about the meter (default display)
• Configuration: Used to view and update end point
configuration over-the-air
• Commands: Used to perform demand read on a
meter and view connection status
• Load Profile: Used to obtain endpoint interval data to
be requested on demand
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IMIP Content Tabs Summary (Continued)
FlexWare Overview
• Read Backfill: Used to obtain missing read intervals
to be requested on demand
• Status: Provides detailed status of end point based
on database information; also provides access to
Route Analyzer for electric meters
• Requests: Lists requests made to this meter
completed in the last 30 minutes
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Questions
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Learning Check
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Question:
1. Which of the following tasks can be performed
using the FlexWare web user interface?
a) Monitor overall system performance
b) Diagnose system and component issues
c) Configure system and components for
optimum performance
d) All of the above
Learning Check
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Question:
2. Which menu provides access to overall system
graphs and statistics, as well as Base Station
statistics?
a) Reports
b) Diagnostics
c) Tools
d) Administration
Learning Check
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Question:
3. Which menu provides access to a listing of
meter alarms and quarantined meters?
a) Reports
b) Diagnostics
c) Tools
d) Administration
Learning Check
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Question:
4. Which of the following can be found on the
Individual Meter Information Page (IMIP)?
a) System configuration parameters
b) Meter identification information
c) Links to the Installed Meters and Towers
report
d) All of the above
Learning Check
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Question:
5. Which is not a content tab on the IMIP?
a) Summary
b) Configuration
c) Alarms
d) Status