Explanations

The Power Test Bench Server is installed on your premises, delivered as applications to be installed on a Physical Server.

Below is the physical installation of the Power Test Bench with the smartphones power management through Plugwise Circles.

Hardware

Server

The minimum hardware configuration for the Power Test Bench Server is as follows:

Physical Server (Not a virtual machine!)
4 Gb RAM
CPU: 4 cores @ 2.8GHz
40 Gb Disk space
100 Mbps bandwidth

A physical server is required because a USB dongle, namely a Plugwise Stick, has to be connected to the server to control the power source of the smartphones.

Please note that these figures may vary depending on your number of agents. If needed, our technical team will assist you in a better sizing of the hardware.

Please note that if you install the VM Core Server on the Test Bench physical Server, you need to add the minimum hardware configuration of the VM so the minimum configuration of the physical server becomes :

12 Gb RAM
90 Gb Disk space

Test Bench devices

In addition to the server, you will need one or more test devices (smartphones, tablets). The device model should be chosen from compatibility list

Additionally, each smartphone has to be plugged to a power source through a Plugwise Circle (https://www.plugwise.com/circle), so that the power source can be toggled on and off. The Plugwise Circles communicate with the Power Test Bench Server using the ZigBee wireless protocol. They must be installed within 3 meters of the Power Test Bench Server.

WIFI hotspot

A good WIFI hotspot is required. You can install a Cisco Meraki MR33 (Optional). See Test Bench network requirements

Software

The following third-party software must be installed on the Power Test Bench Server:

OS : Ubuntu 16.04+, Debian 8+
Ansible >= 2.5.1 (for deployment)
VirtualBox 6.0 (if the VM Core Server is installed on this server)

Prerequisites for the smartphones:

OS : Android 5.0 minimum
No software requirement
Mentioned in the Compatibility List

GREENSPECTOR services are managed through supervisor and run with the user greenspector.

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