AUTOMATIONfor industrial energy, solar, HVAC & buildings.
1PowerControl connects your energy meters and power analyzers over Modbus RTU, streams every reading to the cloud each second, and turns it into alarms, demand control and cost reports your plant team actually uses.
Demo data, simulated in your browser.
- Modbus RTU
- RS-485
- Power analyzers
- CT energy meters
- MQTT over TLS
- PLC integration
- Peak-demand alarms
- Harmonics & THD
- Sub-metering
- Multi-site
What is 1PowerControl?
The control layer between your switchboards and your decisions.
1PowerControl (1PC) is an industrial automation platform by E-MAAN Digital that connects Modbus RTU energy meters and power analyzers to a cloud dashboard for real-time energy monitoring, alarms and reporting. It is built for factories, commercial buildings, hotels, hospitals and data centres, and is part of the 1Suite product family alongside 1HRIS, 1FieldApp and 1WA.
- Polling interval per meter
- 1s
- Electrical parameters per analyzer
- 50+
- Meters per RS-485 line
- 32
- Alarms to WhatsApp & email
- 24/7
Four pillars · one platform
Start with energy. Automate everything that consumes it.
Every pillar runs on the same gateway, cloud and dashboard, so adding the next one is a configuration, not a new project.
Energy Monitoring
Real-time kW, kWh, PF and power quality from every panel, line and tenant.
- Modbus RTU energy meters
- Power analyzers
- Alarms & reports
Solar Monitoring
Generation, export and inverter health, benchmarked against real weather.
- Modbus RTU meters & analyzers
- Open-Meteo weather data
- Lux + IR irradiance sensor
HVAC Monitoring & Control
Chillers, cooling towers, AHUs and split systems, monitored and controlled.
- Modbus RTU & analyzers
- PLC control
- Water pressure, level & temp
- Cooling tower
- RT · RH · CO₂ · IDU/ODU
Building Management (BMS)
One control layer for the building’s mechanical and electrical plant.
- Fans & lighting
- Lifts
- Generators
How it works
From switchboard to screen in four hops.
How does 1PowerControl collect energy data? Meters report over Modbus RTU to an on-site 1PC gateway, which publishes encrypted readings to the 1PC cloud, where they become dashboards, alarms and reports.
- 01
Measure
Modbus RTU energy meters and power analyzers on each incomer, feeder or machine. We reuse yours or install new ones with CTs.
- 02
Collect
Meters share one RS-485 bus. The 1PC gateway polls every register every second and buffers data if the internet drops.
- 03
Transmit
Readings leave over an outbound-only, TLS-encrypted MQTT link. No inbound ports, no VPN, no IT headache.
- 04
Act
Live dashboards, threshold alarms and scheduled reports for engineers, finance and management.
The dashboard
See every kilowatt, the second it moves.
- Live demand against your contract limit, with alarms before you cross it
- Per-phase current to spot imbalance and overloaded feeders
- Cost per feeder, line or tenant, updated every second
- Power factor and THD so penalties and failing motors show early
- 34%Air compressors
- 22%Chillers & cooling
- 18%Production line 1
- 12%Production line 2
- 9%Lighting & small power
- 5%Other
Demand at 92% of contract limit. Air compressors +18% vs. baseline.
Sent to WhatsApp & email
Interface preview with simulated data.
Industries
Built for sites where power is a line item, not a utility.
- 01
Factories & process plants
Compressors, motors, furnaces and production lines metered per line and per shift.
- 02
Commercial buildings & malls
Tenant sub-metering, common-area loads and chiller plant consumption.
- 03
Hotels & resorts
Kitchens, laundries, HVAC and pumps tracked against occupancy.
- 04
Hospitals & healthcare
Critical loads, UPS and generator changeovers watched around the clock.
- 05
Data centres
IT load, cooling and PUE from the incomer down to the PDU.
- 06
Cold storage & warehousing
Refrigeration compressors and defrost cycles kept efficient and alarmed.
Outcomes
What changes when energy is automated.
Monitoring is only the start. The value comes from the decisions and automatic actions it makes possible.
- 01
Cut maximum-demand charges
Alarms fire before demand crosses your contract limit, so loads can be shed or staggered in time.
- 02
Find waste you are paying for
After-hours baseload, idle compressors and leaking air show up as clear patterns, not guesses.
- 03
Make every department accountable
Cost allocated to lines, floors or tenants each month, from metered data rather than estimates.
- 04
Catch faults before failures
Phase imbalance, low power factor and rising harmonics flag stressed motors and capacitor banks early.
- 05
Report without spreadsheets
Scheduled daily, weekly and monthly energy reports for management and sustainability (ESG) reporting.
- 06
Prove the savings
Before-and-after comparisons verify the return on every efficiency project you fund.
FAQ
Questions, answered
What is 1PowerControl?
1PowerControl is an industrial automation platform by E-MAAN Digital. It reads energy meters and power analyzers over Modbus RTU, sends the data securely to the cloud, and gives plant and facility teams real-time dashboards, alarms and energy reports. Energy monitoring is live today; solar, HVAC and BMS modules follow.
Do I need to replace my existing energy meters?
Usually not. If your meters or power analyzers have an RS-485 Modbus RTU port, the 1PC gateway reads them directly. Where a panel has no meter, we supply and install Modbus RTU energy meters with suitable current transformers.
How long does an installation take?
A typical site goes live within days, not months. After a site survey we wire meters onto an RS-485 bus, install the 1PC gateway, map the meter registers and commission the dashboard. Most of the work happens without shutting down production.
Is my plant data secure?
The gateway only makes outbound, encrypted connections, so no inbound ports are opened on your network. Data is transported over TLS, and dashboard access is restricted to the users you approve.
Which industries is 1PowerControl built for?
Factories and process plants, commercial buildings and malls, hotels, hospitals, data centres, cold storage and warehousing: any site with LV panels, high energy bills and a need to see where the power goes.
Next step
Put your plant on automation.
Book a free site survey. An engineer reviews your panels and meters and sends a monitoring plan with a fixed quote.