Technical Data TD150035EN Effective October 2021

PXMP RELEASE 5.1

Build Date
Version
(MM/DD/YYYY)
Meter Bootloader 1.2 04/11/2013

InputCard 1.00 06/10/2013

OutputCard 1.00 06/10/2013

MeterCard 1.00 06/10/2013

Aggregator 1.10 12/12/2013

Display HMI 1.00 06/10/2013

Energy Portal 3.20 10/18/2021

HTML5 UI 3.20 10/18/2021

EAllocation 1.4.3 02/15/2018

JavaConfig 1.6 02/16/2018

Meter 2.4 01/15/2020

These release notes are provided as a guide to help troubleshoot issues with already installed Power Xpert Multi-Point meters from previous releases.
This document is not intended to be all-inclusive.
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1 Product Description
The Eaton Power Xpert Multi-Point Meter (PXMP Meter) offers a highly modular approach to high-density metering applications in electrical power
distribution. The modularity of the PXMP Meter allows this metering system to be customized to suit each metering installation based on the number and
type of circuits to be metered. Up to ten different PXMP Meter Modules (PXMP-MMs) can be mixed and matched within a PXMP Meter Base (PXMP-MB) to
accommodate a total of up to 60 poles of metering channels.
Various meter modules can be mixed and matched in a single Meter Base. In addition, PXMP Pulse Input Modules (PXMP-PIMs) can be installed into a PXMP
Meter base for pulse metering from other electricity, gas, water, air, or steam meters. Output modules are available for either remote control over Modbus or
automatic control by the PXMP Meter based on customer configured threshold triggers. A PXMP Energy Portal Module (PXMP-EPM) is available that can
make metered data available to individual tenants via an embedded web server. The Energy Portal module also supports a variety of protocols including
Modbus TCP, SMTP, SNMP, SFTP, HTTPS, LDAP, and more. In addition to Ethernet, the Energy Portal Module supports an optional dial up telephone
connection for interface with remote billing software. A Touch Screen Display (PXMP-DISP-6-XV) is available as a local display.

2 System Requirements for PXMP installations equipped with an Energy Portal

When configuring more than one meter through the local configuration port at http://192.168.1.1, the PC's Ethernet port must either be disabled temporarily
to clear its ARP table (alternatively, use right-click "Repair" delete by typing "arp -d" at the command prompt.

2.1 LAN Requirements

 For web-page access on LAN/WAN, port 80 must be open [inbound]
 For web-service access on LAN/WAN, port 8080 must be open [inbound]
 For web-service access on LAN/WAN, port 8081 must be open [outbound]
 For secure web-service (SSL) access on LAN/WAN, port 443 must be open [inbound]
 For Modbus TCP access on LAN/WAN, port 502 must be open [inbound and outbound]
 For firmware upgrades on LAN/WAN, port 7693 must be open [inbound and outbound]
 For network time protocol (NTP), UDP port 123 must be open [inbound and outbound]
 For email notifications, port 25 must be open [outbound]
 For SNMP, ports 161 and 162 must be open [inbound and outbound]
 For SFTP data on LAN/WAN, port 2222 must be open [outbound]

3 Compatible Devices
The backbone of the PXMP is the Meter Base and Configuration Software. Also required are a 24Vdc source and at least one meter or pulse-input module.

3.1 Optional Modules

• 24Vdc Power Supply (e.g. PXG60E)
• Meter Modules (PXMP-MM10MA / PXMP-MM100MA / PXMP-MM333MV)
• Pulse-Input Modules (PXMP-PIM)
• Discrete-Output Modules (PXMP-DOM)
• Local HMI Display (PXMP-DISP-6-XV)
• Energy Portal (PXMP-EPM)

4 New Features and Fixes

PXMP RELEASE 5.1

Energy Portal FIRMWARE 3.20

• Added support for Active Directory connections via LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)

PXMP RELEASE 5.0

Energy Portal FIRMWARE 3.19

• Added support for Load Grouping feature that will allow users to select Load Grouping configuration (ASHRAE 90.1, California Title 24, and
Custom) and classify virtual meters according to available load types

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PXMP RELEASE 4.9

Energy Portal FIRMWARE 3.16

• General security enhancements (Third party components) and support for configuration of Trusted Hosts

PXMP RELEASE 4.6

METER FIRMWARE 2.4

• Added support for auto-detection of high-leg in 3-Phase 4-Wire Delta Configuration

PXMP RELEASE 4.5

METER FIRMWARE 2.3

• Added support for coefficient trim

PXMP RELEASE 4.4

Energy Portal FIRMWARE 3.13

• Added support for configuration of BACnet/IP UDP Port (0-65534)
• Fix for disabled login screen due to uncleared event files

PXMP RELEASE 4.3

Energy Portal FIRMWARE 3.10

• General security enhancements (Third party components, Certificates upgraded to 2048 bits)

PXMP RELEASE 4.2

Energy Portal FIRMWARE 3.8

• Includes unique linux-root password for meters.
• General security enhancements (Third party components, Upgrade to SHA-2).
• Download of a single zip file for the BACnet epics files selected.
• Added support for current per energy meter in the BACnet epic files.

HTML5 UI 3.8
• Fix for meter base upgrade through Energy portal Web UI.
• Range for routed network number set to 1-65534.
• Added Pulse multiplier column on Energy tab-pulse meter web page.

E-Allocation 1.4.3
• Tenant description character limit set to 150 characters.
• Improved the fetching time for E-allocation data files.

Javaconfig 1.6
• Provides meter base version in PXMP configuration software.
• Fixed display of scaled input counts in configuration software

METER FIRMWARE 2.2

• Added support for display of meter base version/revision in PXMP configuration software.

PXMP RELEASE 4.1

EAllocation 1.4.1

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• Additional of support for PXMP-PIM when used to monitor WAGES. Pulse data made available on E-Allocation.

PXMP RELEASE 4.0

Energy Portal FIRMWARE 3.6

• Includes new HTML5 UI as default. The old UI still accessible under http://<meterip>/java.html

PXMP RELEASE 3.1

METER FIRMWARE 2.1

• Includes changes for displaying PXMP Meter base DIP switch position on register 2903.

Javaconfig 1.5
• Save load profile functionality disabled in pass-through mode.

Energy Portal FIRMWARE 2.5

• Includes newer glibc
• Fix to comply with ASHRAE 135.1 Standard. BACnet/IP epics file can now be used with the latest Visual Test Shell

PXMP RELEASE 3.0

Energy Portal FIRMWARE 2.4.0

• Fixes inconsistent BACnet self-discovery of virtual meters. Some BACnet objects were missing. BACnet/IP MAC Address does not update after
EPM IP address changes.
• Fixes Modbus registers 13570-13689 not updating fast.
• Fixes PXMP-EPM not displaying "This Week with Last Week" data correctly for load profile
• Fixes PXMP-EPM not getting detected sometimes. PXMP Configuration SW via PXMP-EPM shows "no Energy Portal Module in slot 10".
• Fixes Java Trace showing incorrect EPM firmware version.
• Includes Forward and Reverse energy .csv files under the FTP folder.
• Includes PXMP EPM reset and password recover functionality using reset button on EPM.
• Includes support for unique password for Admin user and password expiry and account lockout support.
• Includes support to download the BACnet EPICS file from web UI
• Includes Current per meter on Channel Page
• Phase C-N now available via BACnet for Voltage for monitoring
• General security enhancements

EAllocation 1.3
• Fixes E-Allocation not working with JRE8
• Includes Rate field for all the utilities in the printed bills. User can turn this feature on or off.
• Includes "start" and "end" energy values to the printed bills.
• Can co-exist with EAllocation 1.2. For Bill generation in case energy files are not available then older version of EAllocation needs to be used.

Javaconfig 1.3
• Fixes Configuration Software not working with Java 8.
• Fixes Configuration Software unable to save the connection profile or offline configuration file at default location. These files will now get saved at
C:\Users\<Username>\EATON_CORPORATION\PXMP Configuration
• Includes how the outputs are configured along with the name, ID, count, etc.
• Includes re-authentication of user while changing password.
• Alarm Indication now available in the header.

PXMP RELEASE 2.0.1

METER FIRMWARE 2.0

• Fixes the Pulse Constant Adjustment issue
• Includes support for Master Alarm to energize meter base relay output based on if any of the submeters exceed their defined threshold

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Javaconfig 1.2
• Includes support for Master Alarm to energize meter base relay output based on if any of the submeters exceed their defined threshold

Energy Portal FIRMWARE 2.3.1

• Fixes the PXMP Discovery on BACnet network i.e. sending an I-Am message in response to a Broadcast Who-Is message

Energy Portal FIRMWARE 2.3

• Includes migration to TLSv1.2 with disabling of SSLv3
• Fixes the issue: EPM cannot connect to Local via 10.1.1.1 or 192.168.1.100 when LAN IP = 192.168.1.50
• Fixes the glibc security issue i.e. Qualys Security Advisory CVE-2015-0235 - GHOST: glibc gethostbyname
• Fixes the Network Time Protocol Vulnerabilities - ICS-VU-644440
• Includes renaming of the FTP file name containing energy quantities to "Power"
• Includes support for BACnet/IP
• Includes addition of GSA Banner Screen
• Fixes the time miss-match on Energy portal data and system log.
• Fixes the time-zone out of order issue
• Fixes the Web UI connection Error with the upgraded version (8.25) of Java JRE.

EAllocation
• Includes support for customized billing firm name logo
• Includes updated license agreement for the installation of EAllocation set up
• Includes addition of disclaimer to the bill generated by EAllocation
• Includes renaming of the FTP file name containing energy quantities to "Power"

5 Known Issues and Limitations

• User will have to scroll up to perform actions while on the Settings pages.
• Multiple meters cannot be added and deleted simultaneously for a tenant/user on the HTML5 UI. This will have to be done one meter at a time.
• On Channel Page name cells for 2-Phase & 3-Phase need to be merged and represented by a single meter name on the HTML5 UI.
• Occasionally on the Timeline tab, event details do not update properly.
• On the Timeline tab, the Slot No. and Channel(s) information for a meter displayed in "Associated Meter Details" is incorrect.
• Navigation header may be missing on Google chrome browser. User may consider performing a hard reload or using a different browser.
• If Email settings for Alarms are configured and if the facility is then disabled, the meter can misbehave resulting in reboot. Please reboot the meter
after disabling the Email for Alarms feature.
• Multiple syslog entries are sometimes observed while syncing with a NTP server.
• Safari browser automatically opens BACnet EPICS file without providing a save option.
• EAllocation v1.3 works on Forward Energy .csv files on FTP. These files are supported from EPM 2.4.0 onwards.
• Upon upgrade from EAllocation v1.2 to EAllocation v1.3, all the old configuration data (except date ranges) are imported to the new EAllocation.
The contents of EAllocation v1.3 are formed under C:\Users\<Username>\EATON_CORPORATION\EAllocationv1.3
• The PXMP-MB firmware must be upgraded to 1.1.x or higher for use with the Energy Portal. Otherwise, time will not synchronize correctly and no
Profile Data will be transferred.
• The Energy Portal creates date-based file names for archived data. It is important to use the Configuration Software to set the correct time in the
Meter Base, preferably before the Energy Portal is installed into Slot 10 of the PXMP Meter Base. Otherwise, the Energy Portal creates sets of Profile
and Trend files according to Jan 1, 2000. Later, when the correct time is available, another set of data files are created. For this reason, the initial
setting of the correct time is important even if long-term plans are to use NTP for time synchronization.
• The Energy Portal connection requires SSL to bring up and run its Java application. First install the Root CA Certificate (e.g. http://192.168.1.1/ca.html).
• Separate Root CA Certificates need to be installed not only for the LAN/WAN port but also for the Local Configuration port.
• When connecting to the Energy Portal with a web browser, a series of security warnings appear. Amongst these are "The sites security certificate
is not trusted" and "The certificate is not valid and cannot be used to verify the identity of this website". While the PXMP is a multi-point meter, its
Energy Portal is a server that generates its own security credentials that cannot be confirmed by a third-party service. To use the Energy Portal, it is
necessary to accept all warnings by clicking Next, Proceed, OK or other browser-specific acceptance.
• Timing variations between various versions of web browser and Energy Portal can result in pages that display "Showing Splash Screen..." or
"Connecting to Meter...". When this occurs, it is necessary to refresh the screen and try again.
• When configuration changes are made in the Meter Base, it may reboot so quickly that the Energy Portal misses the change, especially on a system
with fewer than 5 configured meter modules. To assure that the Energy Portal runs according to the new configuration, reboot the Energy Portal
via the Reboot button on its Setup>System Firmware page.
• Using the Configuration Software to set the time and time zone is preferred. Changing the time zone via the UI in the Energy Portal leads to
unexpected short-term results and potentially interfere with the collection of Profile data. If the time displayed via the Configuration Software does

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not agree with what is displayed Energy Portal's UI, synchronize the time by rebooting the Energy Portal via the Reboot button on its Setup>System
Firmware page.
• Neither the Energy Portal's UI nor Configuration Software update the selected time zone in real time, so changes made to one are not immediately
visible in the other. To see the updated time zone in the Energy Portal, exit the Clock Setup page and return. To see the updated time zone in the
Configuration Software, logout and then login.
• When Onboard Inputs (1-3) are configured or reconfigured as pulse counters on the Meter Base, their initial count is arbitrary and not zero. If starting
at zero is desired, use the Configuration Software to reset the input counters via the "Reset Input Counters" button under Advanced>Resets.
• When viewing the profile on the Load Profile page, selecting the "Save" button may result in an error or take several hours to complete, especially
for a highly configured meter with a 1-minute profile interval.
• After installing an Energy Portal, a burn-in is recommended to assure that the Energy Portal can collect Profile data and be accessible via the LAN
without hangs or reboots. After 24 hours verify correct operation (i.e., connect to the Energy Portal via the LAN, verify that Profile data is being
collected and examine System Log on the Setup>Diagnostics page for errors).
• If the Energy Portal hangs and becomes unresponsive via its web connection, cycle the 24Vdc power. After the PXMP boots, as much as 15 minutes
is required to resynchronize the Profile Data with the Meter Base. In the end, several minutes of Profile data would be lost along with any trend data
that should have been collected while the Energy Portal was hung.
• The PXMP operates according to how it has been set with the Configuration Software, regardless of what modules or sensors are installed. That is,
the PXMP flags configuration anomalies but does not presume that the hardware is correct. For example, if a meter module is configured for a
400A sensor but a 125A sensor is detected, the PXMP will log the error but operate and record data according to the 400A configuration.
• The Energy Portal may lose its control connection with the Meter Base. If or when this occurs, real-time, trend and profile data continues to be
collected, but controls such as Reset Profile, Reboot Meter Base and Firmware Upgrade are disabled. To recover control, reboot the Energy Portal
via its Setup>System Firmware screen, select Energy Portal click on Reboot. After the Energy Portal boots, as much as 15 minutes is required to
resynchronize the Profile Data with the Meter Base. In the end, no Profile data would be lost, but 1 Trend Data point may be missing.
• When busy with multiple tasks, the Energy Portal may lose its data connection with the Meter Base. If or when this occurs, real-time and trend data
does not update. While Profile data can be recovered when the connection is restored, trend data is missed.
• The Local HMI Display is preconfigured with a Slave ID of "01". For the display to communicate successfully with the meter base, either the base's
rotary switches need to be set for "01" or the display's Com2 setting for Default Station needs to be changed to match the rotary switches.
• The facility to change the name of the .csv files that are mailed to specific mail IDs as a part of the "Email Setup" feature under "Communications"
on the Web UI also changes the names of the .csv files on the FTP. As a result, EAllocation fails to load relevant data.
• The corner grounded Delta configuration does not show phase current values for the grounded phase.
• After several weeks or months, time-stamped min/max values ratchet to extremes the rarely update. Frequent observation and resetting of the
min/max values is recommended. The min/max reset is available via a right-click in an unused area of the user interface.
• When an Energy Portal is added to an existing PXMP system, the importing of old data is limited to the past 2 days despite the base having data
from the past year or more.
• There are several setup requirements for the PXMP-EPM to send email.
1) Hostname must have no spaces (e.g. PXMP)
2) Domain name must be valid (automatic when using DHCP)
3) Domain Name Server (DNS) must be valid (automatic when using DHCP)
4) SMTP server must be valid (e.g. hotmail.com)
5)Use an Account/ID and Password that is valid for the selected SMTP server.
• On the Energy page: peak demands are displayed as positive, even on the Reverse and Net Energy graphs.
• Due to processing requirements within the meter, only 1 PXS/PXI subscription is recommended. Additional connections could result in loss of data
and/or corruption.
• The Com Reset button forces the LAN/WAN port for DHCP operation, losing any set fixed IP address.
• The meter switches to a local IP address of 10.1.1.1 only in the case of a conflict with LAN IP. If the conflict is removed, the meter will revert to a local
IP 192.168.1.1 upon reboot.
• The 2 rotary switches on the Meter Base set the Modbus Slave ID for Com1, Com2 and USB connections.
• When creating User Names and Passwords, special characters should not be used. Restrict User Names and Passwords to Alpha-Numeric values.
Do not use spaces, underscores, dashes or other non-Alpha-numeric values.
• There is a 1 second jitter in the profile interval that results in noticeable variation in lab-test data with 1-minute profile intervals. The variation is less
noticeable when the PXMP is set for profile intervals of 5 minutes or more.
• When using the PXMP for single-phase applications, some values are unexpectedly zero. For example, the average voltage is calculated from the
line-to-
• line voltages, which do not apply for the single-phase application.
• If you are unable to open the meter webpage and are getting a Java Application Blocked message of "Your security settings have blocked an
application signed with an expired or not-yet-valid certificate from running", add the Meter IP address to the exception list in Java Security Settings
of your system.
• BACnet/IP epics files will be supported in Visual Test Shell version 3.6.5+. With VTS 3.6.5 manual change of removing all the rows containing "units:
power-factor" in epics file is required. BACnet/IP epics file may not be supported in versions less than VTS 3.6.5.

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