Troubleshooting the OnSite Import

When you import OnSite data into EasyPower, all of the data appears in the Collected Data tab of each data dialog box. It appears here so you can reference all the collected data. The information may or may not be copied into the individual data fields in the data dialog box, however. It depends on whether the fields were mapped in OnSite, and whether EasyPower recognized the data as being in a valid format.

Before you begin using the collected data in EasyPower for analysis, you should review the information in each of the data dialog boxes against what appears in the Collected Data tab.

Tip: If there is a field in EasyPower that you always want mapped to a specific equipment property in OnSite, you can make those changes in the Property Settings in OnSite prior to exporting the project from OnSite. The entry must be in a format that EasyPower recognizes for the data to be imported correctly.

When you import an OnSite project into EasyPower, EasyPower attempts to recreate the one-line. However, since the two products do not create one-lines in exactly the same way, the layout of the imported one-line may not exactly match the layout in OnSite. You should review your one-lines and ensure that the layouts are what you expect. You may need to manually make some adjustments to the new one-line in EasyPower.

There were changes made in OnSite 1.4 to improve the layout of the imported EasyPower one-line using the Project Overview feature. If you are importing a database created in OnSite version 1.3 or earlier, the EasyPower one-line will not match the OnSite one-line.

Due to the flexible nature of the OnSite app, OnSite allows connections that are not supported in EasyPower. When this occurs, the import process attempts to make sense of these connections and adds equipment so that the connections are valid in EasyPower.

Protective devices may be consolidated during the import process. For example, if a low voltage breaker is connected to a motor overload in OnSite, then when the import to EasyPower occurs, the motor overload is consolidated into the low voltage breaker, and the motor overload does not appear on the one-line.

The motor overload and starter devices are not supported as standalone devices in EasyPower. If they are not consolidated as described previously, they are imported as low voltage breakers instead.

In some cases, the import process may create values that weren't part of the collected data. For example, if a bus does not have an applied voltage, then during the import process, EasyPower looks for a nearby bus that has voltage and applies that value.

For MCCs and panels that are built as spreadsheets in OnSite and that are not exported from OnSite as a bus, the equipment attached to them appears on the Description tab of the MCC or panel in EasyPower, and not as individual equipment items on the one-line.

If there are items in the OnSite database that are not fully connected, they are imported into EasyPower and grouped together within an annotation box titled "Miscellaneous Equipment" on the EasyPower one-line. This ensures that all items for which data was collected appears on the one-line. You can connect or delete them, as appropriate.