Vestas Demo Plugin

Vestas Demonstration Plugin

This plugin will demonstrate collection from a single Vestas Wind Turbine. Only the turbine data will be displayed, not the grid or other environmental data. Normally, Vestas systems allow collection at 10 minute intervals, or 144 data points per day. Each data point contains 100 or more variables.

This plugin will send a day's worth of 10 minute data point at 5 SECOND intervals. After about 12 minutes, all the data will be sent and the plugin will stop sending data. To start the data transmission, run vestas_demo discover AND setup a log scenario.

To run the demonstration plugin:

1. Once installed, Add a scenario

2. Enter an IP address (and valid IP will do). Notice how the RUN DISCOVERY button is disabled until all the MANDATORY fields are populated

3. [OPTIONAL] Notice that the password is not included in the command. Instead it is stored in a separate file so that it is not recorded in the audit log

4. [OPTIONAL] Enter an invalid PORT number (number < 0, number > 65535) to demonstrate field validation

5. Click RUN DISCOVERY

6. To demonstrate what an error looks like, change the Username to fail or the IP Address to 10.99.1.1

7. Click RUN AS A SCHEDULED TASK

8. Specify any name for the plugin

9. Specify the frequency of the plugin (5 seconds is recommended)

10. Click SAVE

It will now start sending data to the cloud. Data will be in the wind table. To restart the demonstration plugin:

1. Click RUN DISCOVERY

2. You don't have to delete old data, but if you want to, then do this:

   • Navigate to Admin > Data > Storage > Tables

   • Delete the wind table

Usage

Usage: vestas_demo log|discover <ip_address> <user> <password>

• Command argument can be log or discover

• A log verb will collect data and send it to the cloud.

• A discover verb will show the data that is to be collected.