American Power Conversion AP9312TH User Manual

Environmental Monitoring Unit

Management Peripheral

AP9312TH AP9312THi

Installation and Quick Start Manual

This manual is available in English on the enclosed CD.

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features 1

Product inventory 2

Additional probes 3

Please recycle 3

Your inspection and warranty responsibilities 3

Additional documentation 3

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installing outside an enclosure 4

Installing in an enclosure 4

Connecting the probe(s) 5

Connection process: overview 6

Connecting dry contact devices 6

Contact Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Selecting sensors 7

Sensor zone description 8

Connection information 9

Multiple sensors in a zone 9

Example of a typical hookup 10

Quick Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Required and optional settings 11

TCP/IP

Configuring

Accessing the unit 14

Verifying configuration 14

Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Limited warranty 15

Obtaining service 15

Warranty limitations 15

settings 11

Contents

continued

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Maintenance 16

Correcting problems 16

If problems persist 17

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Electrical specifications 18

Physical specifications 18

Environmental specifications 19

Approvals 19

Radio Frequency Interference 19

Life-Support Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

General policy 20

Examples of life-support devices 20

Introduction

Features

American Power Conversion’s stand-alone Environmental Monitoring Unit (

AP9312TH

and

AP9312THi

) continuously senses temperature and humidity and monitors contacts. You can control the unit through Web, Control Console, or

SNMP

interfaces. Additional features include:

• Four zones of contact monitoring, each of which supports both normally open and normally closed contacts.

• Compatible sensors for fire, water, smoke, unauthorized entry, physical secur ity, or other external con ditions that can be measured by contact closure.

• Probes that can report temperature from

140° F

) and relative humidity levels from 10% to

to 60° C (32

• Two levels of user access: – Administrator – Device Manager

• Brackets for mounting the unit in an enclosure or other standard (

EIA-310-D) 19

APC

NetShelter

-inch rack.

• E-mail notification for abnormal contact conditions or out-of-range temperature and humidity.

• Basic and

MD5

authentication password security.

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Introduction,

Product inventory

continued

Rack-mount brackets with 4 flat-head screws (

870-8183

and

power adapt er

Hook and loop probe fasteners

Combined temperature and humidity probe (

Configuration cable (

Environmental Monitoring Unit

Detachable screw terminal connect or for contact monitoring

)

940-0120

)

870-8213A

AP9512TH

)

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Introduction,

continued

Additional probes

Please recycle

Your i n sp e c ti o n and warranty responsibilities

Additional documentation

To order a second temperature and humidity probe

AP9512TH

(

), call

APC

Customer Support at a number listed on

the back cover of this manual.

The shipping materials for the Environmental Monitoring Unit are recyclable. Please save them for later reuse or dispose of them appropriately.

Inspect the Environmental Monitoring Unit immediately, and notify the carrier and the seller if there is any shipping damage.

Fill out and return the enclosed warranty card befor e you begin using the unit.

This Installation and Quick Start Manual and the User’ s Guide are available in site http://www.apcc.com/support

PDF

format on the supplied CD and at the Web

. The User’s Guide contains

additional information about the following:

• management interfaces

• user accounts

• menu options

•e-mail

• security

SNMP

•

Note: The latest firmware versions are also available at

http://www.apcc.com

Installation

Installing outside an enclosure

Installing in an enclosure

To install the Environmental Monitoring Unit outside an enclosure, place it on a flat surface in a protected area with adequate air flow and minimal dust. Do not operate the unit where temperature and humidity are outside the limits specified on page 19.

To install the Environmental Monitoring Unit in a NetShelter enclosure or other standard (

1. Attach the rack-mount brackets (

870-8183

) to the unit using the four flat-head screws.

EIA-310-D) 19

870-8213A

-inch rack: and

2. Insert caged nuts (provided with the enclosure) on the vertical mounting rails at the location you choose for the unit-bracket assembly in the enclosure.

3. Align the assembly’s brackets with the caged nuts in Step 2.

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