EFM Suite

Product Overview

Many flow computers and devices store historical Electronic Flow Measurement (EFM) data used for allocations and custody transfer. The EFM Suite for KEPServerEX is comprised of EFM drivers and the EFM Exporter for KEPServerEX. The EFM Exporter works hand-in-hand with EFM drivers to schedule the retrieval of EFM data from flow computers and RTUs and export to common industry formats like FLOWCAL and PGAS and customizable formats like CSV and SQL. All drivers include real-time data support for OPC-enabled applications like HMIs, SCADA, and Historians and IoT applications like Splunk.

EFM drivers collect real-time and EFM data from flow computers, devices, and meters. The EFM Exporter plug-in maps attributes to defined EFM parameters for upload into flow analysis software. The solution works with both gas and liquid EFM data, providing the same look and feel for both applications.

Features

SUPPORTED FOR BOTH GAS AND LIQUID EFM:

• Free EFM Simulator Driver for generating simulated EFM device data
• Schedule automatic polls for EFM data, and target specific poll times (like 15 minutes past the hour, every hour)
• Trigger on-demand polls by writing to tags
• Collect daily and hourly history data in addition to alarms and events
• Control the name and location of exported files, including support for network paths and wild cards
• Organize exported data by record times, including support for organizing files by contract hour
• Map data from one meter to multiple supported export formats
• Import/export the configuration to CSV and configure projects in Excel

Specific to gas EFM:

• Support for FLOWCAL CFX files (V5 format), with History Types 1 through 4
• Support for FLOWCAL Transaction Queue, with History Types 1 through 4
• Support for export to PGAS V8
• Support for export to custom CSV files
• Support for export to SQL Databases via ODBC
• Support for ABB Totalflow, Enron Modbus, Fisher ROC and ROC Plus, and OMNI Flow Computer drivers

Specific to liquid EFM:

• Support for FLOWCAL CFX (V7 format), with History Types 11 through 13
• Support for ABB Totalflow, Fisher ROC Plus, and OMNI Flow Computer drivers

Component Drivers

• ABB Totalflow
• EFM Exporter
• Enron Modbus
• Fisher ROC Ethernet
• Fisher ROC Plus Ethernet
• Fisher ROC Plus Serial
• Fisher ROC Serial
• Fisher ROC Suite
• OMNI Flow Computer

A suite is a collection of drivers and plug-ins for KEPServerEX. These products have been bundled into suites by vertical industry, device manufacturer, or industrial application for the convenience of our customers. Additional suites can be licensed on demand as connectivity needs evolve.