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# Glossary

The following is an alphabetical list of terms and definitions that are commonly used within the context of using Configuration Manager.

Term | Definition
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Application Server | A computer in a distributed Power Monitoring Expert system that is running all of the Power Monitoring Expert applications and services. See Distributed System for more details.
Component | A portion of a configuration. For example: Components vary from version to version.
Configuration | See "Power Monitoring Expert configuration."
Database Server | Computer in a distributed Power Monitoring Expert system that is running the SQL database server software and the Power Monitoring Expert databases. See “Distributed System” for more details.
DB | Database System (for example SQL Server 2008 R2)
Device | A meter or a point of data collection.
Distributed System | Power Monitoring Expert installation where parts of the system are installed on different computers. Different combinations are possible but the most common is the separation of the Power Monitoring Expert applications and the Database server onto different computers. For example, a simple distributed install would have all the Power Monitoring Expert relevant programs and services installed on one computer and SQL Server with the Power Monitoring Expert databases installed on a second computer. In this case, the computer running the applications is called “Application Server” and the computer running SQL Server is called “Database Server.” A distributed system can also have “Web Client” computers that are running web browsers to view the Power Monitoring Expert web applications like Dashboard, Alarm Viewer, and Reporter inside the Web framework.
DC | Data Center
ENM | Event Notification Module
Factory installed system | A default PME system that contains no customizations.
HC | Healthcare
HDD | Hard disk drive
ION data | Historical, timestamped measurement and alarm or event information that is logged in the database. This information is gathered during the operation of the system, for example by monitoring devices. Examples include 15 interval logs of Volts/Amps/Power, waveform recordings, and event log entries. This information is domain-specific and independent from Power Monitoring Expert.
IIS | Internet Information Services
OS | Operating System
Power Monitoring Expert configuration | Information that determines the behavior of a Power Monitoring Expert system as well as its look and feel. This information is stored in the software in various places such as the database, the Windows registry, the file system, and configuration files. Configuration information is part of the factory install and can be modified or added to during the commissioning phase and throughout the lifetime of the software. Configuration information includes settings that are persistent and determine the state of the software. For example, enable or disable, boundary conditions, and so on.
Off-site configuration | A configuration scenario where a field engineer configures a Power Monitoring Expert system on a physical computer or Virtual Machine in their office. After the system has been completely deployed, the configuration is exported to a portable archive using the Configuration Manager. The field engineer then visits the customer site and - using the same tool - imports the configuration from the archive into the target Power Monitoring Expert system that was installed at the client site.
RESL | Knowledge base Article - referenced by its RESL number
SSDT | SQL Server Data Tools
SSMS | SQL Server Management Studio
Standalone Server | Single computer running all parts of a Power Monitoring Expert system. See “Standalone System” for more details.
Standalone System | Power Monitoring Expert installation where all parts of the system are installed on the same computer, that is all Power Monitoring Expert applications and services, the SQL database server, and the Power Monitoring Expert databases are on a single computer. This single computer is then referred to as “Standalone Server”. A standalone system can also have “Web Client” computers which are running web browsers to view the Power Monitoring Expert web applications like Dashboard, Alarms, and Web Applications component.
VM | Virtual Machine (as compared to a physical computer).
Web Client | Computer in a Power Monitoring Expert system that is running a Web browser to view the Web-based Dashboards, applications like Dashboard, Tables, Alarm Viewer, and Reporter in the Web framework.