April 2008 

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Welcome to the March 2008 edition of the Square D PowerLogic Wire, an e-newsletter from Schneider Electric offering helpful news and tips about the latest in power and energy monitoring applications and systems.

Feature

Earth Day - LEED Platinum - Great River EnergySchneider Electric logo
Schneider Electric contributes energy efficiency solutions to
new great river energy headquarters.

As part of LEED Platinum certification, all achievable points toward certification must be documented and verified. To perform this at Great River Energy, the new building’s renewable energy sources, including a 200KW wind turbine and photovoltaic cells are all monitored by Square D® PowerLogic® System Manager™ software.
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Plant Engineering: Plugging in the numbersPlant Engineering magazine cover
Calculators give managers an insight into energy use.

Some days, it takes all the energy we can muster just to deal with all the energy issues

We’re facing another summer of making the best of escalating energy costs. The issues of sustainability and energy efficiency are top of mind for manufacturers, and they were key issues at this month’s Plant Engineering Manufacturing Summit. That's because managing energy costs – even more than managing people - has become a mission-critical activity for a plant manager. Success may mean keeping the recession away from your front door.
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Product Launches

PrimeRead Software

PrimeRead software is state-of-the-art software that enables utilities to better collect and manage their revenue metering data. Its unique, open architecture offers superior flexibility and simplifies data exchange with corporate IT systems for billing, operations and customer information. PrimeRead software is a multi-vendor, multi-network, automated data collection software with innovative communications capabilities that support a full compliment of the
most current communication network technologies.

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EPSS Healthcare
The Powerlogic EPSS (Emergency Power Supply System) Reporting for healthcare facilities. How confident are you that your facility’s power will stay up and running? PowerLogic EPSS can help with treamline testing, you gain peace of mind and know emergency power supply systems have been properly exercised.
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Square D Preferred Methods For Arc Flash Incident Energy Reduction
Reducing arc-flash incident energy (AFIE) levels has become an increasingly important consideration in designing electrical power systems. However, selective coordination of overcurrent protective devices is equally important and both are often misunderstood. The best solution is to provide superior AFIE reduction without sacrificing selectivity.

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Product Updates

PMCU New Download Available
Powerlogic Meter Configuration Utility (PMCU)...
The PMCU is a stand-alone software package used to set up the onboard configuration of PowerLogic devices. Before you begin, download and view the video files; they illustrate how PMCU is used to create a system, add devices, and establish communications.

PMCU v.1.1 download available

WPG v. 3.5 Download Available
The WebPageGenerator is a unique tool that creates "custom" web pages for a specific power equipment lineup from very simple user input. With no knowledge of HTML or JavaScript, a user can create a complete web based interface for his power equipment.
WPGv.3.5 - download available

PM8ECC FW Upgrade
Upgrading the PM8ECC to version 2.1 provides the ability to change the name of the
device within WPG3.5.

PM8ECC FW - download available

Upcoming Events

May
5 LaVergne, TN - PowerLogic Installation and Troubleshooting
5 Victoria, BC - ION Enterprise Fundamentals

June
9 LaVergne, TN - PowerLogic Comprehensive
10 Victoria, BC - ION Enterprise Update
16 LaVergne, TN - ION Enterprise Fundamentals

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