PM8000 - Extended Waveform Capture

[Nicholas_Brown]

In the PM8000 user manual, there is a reference to the meter having "Extended Waveform Capture" capability.  Looking at the Waveform Recorder Modules in Designer, I do not see the settings necessary to configure this.  Is this a mistake in the literature or perhaps it was implemented in a later FW version?

Link to source:

https://www.productinfo.schneider-electric.com/pm8000/594169a446e0fb0001570843/PM8000%20user%20manua...

[Tom_Stevenson]

Hi Nicolas

A few notes to hopefully help.  First - assuming you have a firmware version > 2.0.0 on the PM8000.  

Second, the implementation is the same across PM8000/ION7400/ION9000 etc, so you can find some ION9000 hits on this forum if you search for extended waveform like this: https://community.se.com/t5/Metering-Power-Quality/ION9000-Waveform-capture/m-p/153434

ION Setup also makes this a little simpler too with the wizard if that's an option for you, but you can do it from first principles in Designer for sure.

Hope this helps !

Tom

[DanL · Accepted solution]

The "pre-trigger" and "post-trigger" features were part of the v2.1.0 release

https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=7EN12-0316

The latest released PM8000 firmware is now v3.0.0.

If you have firmware prior to v2.1, first follow these steps:
https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_enDocType=Firmware&p_File_Name=7EN72-0203-00_Upgradi...

Then follow these steps to upgrade to v3

https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_enDocType=User+guide&p_File_Name=UpgradeMeterFirmwar...

[Nicholas_Brown]

This must be it, I'm running the simulator with v1.4.3... I'll update and check again, thanks for the help.

[Nicholas_Brown]

Thanks for the help.... does the ION Setup Wizard actually allow for the configuration of this... I was under the impression it did not and you had to use Designer.

[Charles_Murison]

Hello @Nicholas_Brown ,

Anything you can do in Designer you can do in ION Setup, Somethings are easy to do with the Setup Assistant, other things require using the Advanced configuration. 2 Differences, a) ION Setup is free, b) User interface is different.

Regards,

Charles

[Nicholas_Brown]

Thanks Charles, yeah I completely disregarded the abililty to configure individual modules in ION Setup, thanks for the reminder.