NightWatchman Enterprise

Open the NightWatchman Console – on the server where the NightWatchman Management Center is installed, locate the NightWatchman Console on the Start Menu and click it. This is where client computers are organized into groups and power policies are created and applied.

Set the currency symbol, description and CO2 emissions units – these are used in all reports and also in Enterprise View. By default, the currency is displayed in US dollars and the emission units in lbs per kWh. If you are in Europe, it is likely that you will want the currency displayed in Euros and the emission units in kg per kWh.

Update the default Tariff and create a new Tariff – reports use Tariff settings to determine the costs and CO2 emissions for the devices reporting back to the NightWatchman Management Center.

The default tariff used in the absence of any other is 0.1 dollars per kWh and 1.329 lbs per kWh – these are system based and are not affected by updates you make. To edit the tariff, click Tariffs followed by Edit.

If you have locations using different utility providers, you can create tariffs to apply to computers in those regions, Click Add, populate the Add Tariff screen and click OK.

Create two new groups – create two groups to hold the client computers when the information has been returned by the NightWatchman clients. We'll use these to illustrate the use of the default and created tariffs. In this evaluation, we will create BuildingA and BuildingB as follows:

RegionX
 --> CountryX
      --> StateX
           --> CityX
                --> BuildingA 
                --> BuildingB

To add these groups:

1. Select the Clients section.

2. Choose the Location Groups tab.

3. Right-click the Location Groups node.

4. Select Add Group... from the context menu.

5. Enter RegionX to Add Group and click OK.

   

6. Click the group just created and add the next group below it in the same way. Keep repeating the process, creating the last two groups under RegionX.

Create two new power policies – to shutdown the devices in 30 and 35 minute's time.

To add a new power policy:

1. Click Add to open the Add Power Policy dialog.

2. In the Schedule Actions tab, set a Poweroff time 30 minutes beyond the current time. In our example, if the current time is 18:00, we set the time to 18:30 and add a suitable name to be displayed when NightWatchman kicks in.

3. Click OK to save the power policy.

4. Repeat step a.

5. In the Schedule Actions tab, set a Poweroff time 35 minutes beyond the current time and add a suitable name to be displayed when NightWatchman kicks in.

6. Click OK to save the power policy.

   

Verify the 1E agent client devices have appeared – click Clients and on the Location Groups tab, look for UNASSIGNED BUILDING. In our example, LFM04, LFM06, LFM07 and LFM08 are displayed.

Assign the 1E agent devices to the groups – drag and drop the devices from UNASSIGNED BUILDING to of the two groups you created earlier. In our example, LFM04 and LMF06 are associated with BuildingA and LMF07 and LMF08 with BuildingB

Apply the power policies, one to each group – right-click the group node and from the context-menu choose Apply Power Policy and select the power policy to associate with that group.

By default the NightWatchman clients fetches their policies approximately every 15 minutes. You can choose to get the NightWatchman clients to update their policy sooner by running the following command in the NightWatchman installation directory on each client computer:

NightWatchman.exe - powerpolicyrefreshnow

This will refresh the policy only if the policy is new or has changed.

Apply the new tariff to one of the groups – right-click the group and from the context-menu, choose Apply Tariff and select Green Tariff.

Wait for the computers to shut down at their scheduled times – the computers in one group will shut down followed by those in the second group 5 minutes later. A countdown dialog is displayed for the first group with the message Power off at six thirty. When the countdown expires, NightWatchman shuts down LFM04 and LFM06 in BuildingA. Similarly, a countdown dialog is displayed for the second group with the message Power off at six thirty five. When the countdown expires, LFM07 and LFM08 are shut down.

View the cost and savings reports – after a week of running, you can view the reports. The savings reports for BuildingA display savings based on the default power behaviour (always on) whilst BuildingB uses the Green Tariff.