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NetBotz Rack Monitor 450/550 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual22

Connect a USB digital I/O device

You can increase the number of dry contact sensors that can be connected to your appliance by

connecting a supported USB digital I/O device to your appliance. The following USB digital I/O devices

are supported for use with the appliance:

• Sealevel

SeaLINK PIO-48 (adds 48 digital I/O connections)

• Sealevel SeaI/O 462U (adds 96 digital I/O connections)

• Sealevel SeaI/O 463U (adds 96 digital I/O connections)

• Sealevel SeaI/O 450U (adds 96 digital I/O connections)

To connect a USB digital I/O device to your appliance:

1. Remove power from the appliance.

2. Connect the USB digital I/O device to your appliance, or to a USB hub that is connected to the

appliance.

3. Apply power to the appliance.

4. Once the appliance has finished booting up, power for the digital I/O device will be recognized as

a serial port by the appliance. Use the Basic View Setup view or the Advanced View Serial

Devices task to specify the digital I/O device that is associated with the serial port.

5. Use the Advanced View Dry Contacts task to configure any dry contact sensors you have

connected to your digital I/O device.

To uninstall your USB digital I/O device, use the Serial Devices task in the Advanced View to remove

the device.

Connect an APC Switched Rack PDU

To connect an APC Switched Rack PDU to your appliance, use a USB-to-serial cable (NBAC0226,

available from NetBotz and NetBotz resellers) to add serial ports to your appliance. Connect your USB-

to-serial cable to your appliance, or to a USB hub that is connected to the appliance.

Note: The serial port connector on the USB-to-serial port converter cable is a male connector.

If the Rack PDU you are connecting to the cable also has a male connector you will need a

female-to-female connector null modem cable or converter block to connect the device to the

USB-to-serial cable.

Once you connect the USB-to-serial cable to your appliance, you can connect the Rack PDU to the cable

for use with your appliance.

Supported APC Switched Rack PDUs. APC Switched Rack PDUs with firmware version 2.74 and

lower are supported at this time.

Install intelligent power strips. Connect the intelligent power strip to a serial port on your USB-to-

serial cable. Use the Basic View Setup view or the Advanced View Serial Devices task to specify which

serial port-based sensor you have connected to the appliance.

The sensor readings associated with the device will appear in the Basic and Advanced Views once you

complete installation.

To uninstall your intelligent power strip, use the Serial Devices task in the Advanced View to remove the

device.

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