ColoradoColo.com came to us to resolve a problem where several colocation customers were using too much power. To our surprise Wavestar Branch Circuit Monitoring System (BCMS) was installed with out any interface.

The PDI BCMS power panels provided a modbus connection that we could interfaced to TCP/IP. With no monitoring systems in place, we needed to:

• build a windows service interface to periodical reading modbus controllers and log the data to a database.
• The system will need to track power usage for thousands of circuits terminated to hundreds of server cabinets.

Since the 5000 sq. ft. data center was outfitted with PDI Wavestar ModBus controllers all we needed to do was build a secure web application to interface with modbus.

DCMS - Data Center Management Systems

To encompass the solution a management system was designed to not only address the power usage but to provide multiple data center monitoring functions. The Data Center Management System (DCMS) web app was design and created to manage the user and customer accounts. .net identity Roles managed access to modules or features. Several modules comprised the core of the application.

• Branch Circuit management (BCM)
• Customer Account Manager
• Systems Account Manager

• .NET Core web application (DCMS) with ASP user identity accounts
• Email reporting system - user and customer management
• Circuit management - polling management
• Security Camera management and viewing module - temperature and humidity monitoring
• Designed and built custom Linux based monitoring devices
• NOC Dashboards to display real time result on the dashboards in DCMS.
• DCMS core functions - Windows Services were built to poll six ModBus power controllers over TCP/IP.
• DCMS PDI Circuit Panel CT Connections