APC NBRK0450, NBRK0570, NBRK0550 User Manual
NetBotz® Appliance
User’s Guide
NBRK0570
NBRK0550
NBRK0450
NBWL0455
NBWL0456
NBWL0355
NBWL0356
This manual is available in English on the enclosed CD.
Contents
Preface............................................................................. 1
U.S. Government Restricted Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Misuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Improper Use of Audio/Video Recording Capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . .1
Availability of Open Source Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Introduction..................................................................... 2
System Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Basic Concepts and Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
SSL Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Web Client: Getting Started ........................................... 4
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Choosing a Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Supported languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Accessing the Web Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Interface Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Launching Advanced View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Web Client: Monitoring Your Environment................... 7
Status tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Alerts tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cameras tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Pods tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Sensor History tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Advanced View: Getting Started.................................. 10
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Installing software on a Windows system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Installing software on a Linux system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adding Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Removing Appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Accessing an Appliance Using Advanced View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Interface Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Locking a Navigation pane selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Sensor Data Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Action/Information Pane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Advanced View Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Using Advanced View POST-only Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Editing Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Appearance preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
General preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Network preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Video clip player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Advanced View: Monitoring Your Environment .........19
Viewing Sensor Readings and Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Alerting Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Security Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Controlling Rack Access sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Deleting a Pod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Viewing Live Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Pelco PTZ Camera Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Adding a Pelco PTZ Camera Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Modifying a Pelco PTZ Camera Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Renaming a Pelco Camera Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Removing a Pelco Camera Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Recording Camera Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
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Viewing Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Resolving alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Saving picture sequences to your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Viewing Maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Creating and editing maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Viewing Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Viewing Historical Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Running a historical data report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Exporting the data to a text file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Event Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Advanced View: Pod/Sensor Settings.........................30
Alert Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Pre-configured alert actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Available alert notification methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Creating or editing alert actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Alert Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Default alert profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating or editing an alert profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Creating an alert sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Suppressing alert notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Camera Pods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Capture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Mask settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Masking a Pelco IP camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Visual mode settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Sensor configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Threshold configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Scanned Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Adding, editing, and removing SNMP targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Specifying global SNMP settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Adding or updating Device Definition Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Supplemental OIDs view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Sensor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
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IPMI Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Adding, editing, and removing IPMI devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Sensor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Modbus Slave System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Assigning a slave ID to a pod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Removing a slave ID from a pod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Viewing the Modbus map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Exporting the Modbus map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Assigning a register address to a sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing a register address from a sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Output Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Output control label settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Output control external port settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Output control sensor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Periodic Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Configuring periodic e-mail reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Configuring periodic FTP reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Configuring periodic HTTP reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Rack Access Pods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Configuring the Rack Access Pod settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Configuring the Rack Access Pod sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Threshold configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Rack Access System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
About the Rack Access System dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selecting a card format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Registering cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Registering a card manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Editing card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Deleting a card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Assigning doors to a card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Copying permissions between cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Removing a door from a card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Adding an appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Removing an appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Editing an appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Sensor Pods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
External ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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Advanced View: Configuring Appliances....................74
Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Custom Audio Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Adding custom audio clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 5
Deleting custom audio clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Data Center Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
DNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Configuring DNS settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Configuring dynamic DNS settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
E-mail Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
External Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Using an external storage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Using a Windows share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Using an NFS mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Removing external storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Reclaiming external storage data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
IP Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Adding new filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Filter fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Configuring IP filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Using CIDR bit-masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Example configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
License Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Modbus Slave Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Network Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
PPP/Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Managing your appliance using a dial-In PPP connection . . . . . .91
PPP performance considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Using SIM security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Upgrading over PPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Pod, Pelco Camera, and Rack Access PX-HID Sharing . . . . . . . . . 93
Setting up a Pelco shared IP camera pod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Setting up shared IP camera pods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Rack Access Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Configuring the available language files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Serial Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
SSL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Lost password recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Web Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Basic Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Advanced tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Advanced View: Defining Thresholds.......................107
Defining Analog Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Defining State Thresholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Advanced Threshold Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Advanced View: Creating Alert Actions....................112
Creating an activate button output alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Creating a call web services alert receiver alert action . . . . . . . .113
Creating a play audio alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Creating a play custom audio alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Creating a send custom HTTP GET alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Creating a send custom text file to FTP server alert action . . . . . 117
Creating a send data to FTP server alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Creating a send e-mail alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Creating a send HTTP post alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Creating a send short message e-mail alert action . . . . . . . . . . .123
Creating a send SNMP v1 trap alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Creating a send SNMP v3 inform alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Creating a send wireless SMS message alert action . . . . . . . . . . 125
Creating a set beacon output state alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Creating a set output switch 1 or output switch 2 alert action . .128
Creating a set switch output state alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Creating a set outlet state alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Creating a set lock output state alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Creating a set reader output state alert action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
BotzWare Macros.........................................................133
Appliance Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Location Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Alert Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Overloaded Appliances:
Symptoms and Solutions............................................137
Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Verifying Signed M-JPEG AVI Files ...........................140
Output Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
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Introduction
The Schneider Electric NetBotz® Web Client and Advanced View each provide a software interface for
monitoring and controlling your NetBotz security and environmental monitoring system with the
following NetBotz appliances:
NetBotz Rack Monitor 450, NetBotz Rack Monitor 550, NetBotz Rack Monitor 570, NetBotz Room
Monitor 455, and NetBotz Room Monitor 355.
You use the Web Client interface primarily to monitor the environment. You use the full-featured
Advanced View to monitor the environment and for system administration. This NetBotz Appliance
User’s Guide explains how to use both the Web Client and Advanced View.
System Definition
Your NetBotz security and environmental monitoring system may consist of one or more appliances.
When using the Web Client or Advanced View, you select one appliance on which to view sensor
readings, live video, and associated devices. Devices associated with the appliance are typically NetBotz
camera or sensor pods connected to the appliance, or supported third-party cameras or other supported
devices that have security and environmental monitoring capabilities.
Basic Concepts and Terminology
Sensor pod and camera pod. The terms Sensor Pod and Camera Pod are commonly used in both the
Web Client and Advanced View. These terms refer to the two categories of devices that make up your
NetBotz security and environmental monitoring system. Sensor pods typically have multiple internal
sensors or sensor ports for connecting APC or third-party sensors. The NetBotz product line consists of
various sensor pods and camera pods, but in the Web Client and the Advanced View software interface,
references to pods goes beyond the NetBotz products to include other devices, such as Pelco IP cameras
and the Rack Access PX-HID. In addition, the functionality of NetBotz appliances is divided into sensor
pod functionality and camera pod functionality and is initially labeled in the Web Client and Advanced
View as Sensor Pod (Integrated) and Camera Pod (Integrated).
Shared devices. Depending on the hardware and software that you purchased for use with your
NetBotz security and environmental monitoring system, you may be able to monitor remote devices on
your network (for example, Pelco IP cameras, the Rack Access PX-HID, and NetBotz appliances) from
one screen in Advanced View or the Web Client. This feature is called Pod Sharing. If you use Pod
Sharing, remote devices are initially labeled as Shared.
For additional details on shared devices, see “Pod, Pelco Camera, and Rack Access PX-HID
Sharing” on page 93.
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SSL Support
By default, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is enabled on your NetBotz appliance. All browser/appliance
interaction can be carried out using SSL by connecting to the appliance using a URL beginning with
https (for example, https://IP_address). Your appliance can also use SSL when posting alert notification
and sensor data to Web servers, and Advanced View can be configured to use SSL when communicating
with your appliance.
The SSL certificate needed for SSL communications is generated by the appliance (self-signed) and
requires no user interaction. If the hostname or domain name of the appliance is changed, the certificate
automatically regenerates. You can also request and install a signed SSL certificate from a certification
authority.
For information on how to install a signed SSL certificate, see “SSL” on page 102.
Note: Your browser generates a warning the first time you attempt to communicate with the
appliance using SSL after a self-signed SSL certificate has been created. This is normal
behavior and you can accept the certificate.
To use SSL when communicating with the appliance using the Web Client, use https:// at the beginning
of the appliance Web address.
For more information about the W eb Client see “Web Client: Monitoring Your Environment”
on page 7.
T o use SSL when posting alert notifications and sensor data to a Web server, use https:// at the beginning
of the Web address of the Web server when configuring the Send Using HTTP Post Alert Action.
For information on configuring Send Using HTTP Post Alert Actions, see “Creating or
editing alert actions” on page 32 and “Creating a send HTTP post alert action” on page 122.
To use SSL when monitoring or managing your appliance using Advanced View, select Use SSL in the
Advanced View interface.
For more information about Advanced View, see “Advanced View: Getting Started” on
page 10.
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Web Client: Getting Started
The NetBotz Web Client provides a real-time overview of alerts and device details for a NetBotz
appliance running at least version 4.2. It does not require the Advanced View application and Java
Runtime Environment.
You can use the Web Client to view a list of active and resolved alert conditions: images captured by
camera pods connected to the appliance, and sensor readings reported by camera pods; sensor pods;
external sensors connected to sensor pods; devices monitored using scanners; and graphs of collected
sensor data. Additionally, you can activate relay output actions and configure sensors
By default, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is enabled on the NetBotz appliance. The SSL certificate is
generated by the appliance (self-signed) and requires no user interaction.
System Requirements
The Web Client has been tested on the following Web browsers. Other versions may work, but have not
been tested.
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8.x, 9.x
• Google Chrome® 23
.
• Firefox® 17.0
• Safari® 5.17
NetBotz appliances also support a simplified version of the Web Client that can be viewed using the
following mobile devices and tablets. Other mobile devices and tablets may work, but have not been
tested.
Mobile devices
• iPhone® 3GS
• iPhone® 4
• iPod® Touch
• Android® 2.2+
• BlackBerry® 6.0
Tablets
• iPad®
• iPad®
• 2 Android®2.2+
• Firefox® 3.0
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Choosing a Language
Configure your browser or operating system to view the Web Client in any of the following supported
languages.
Note: The appliance you are accessing will have a subset of the following languages loaded. If
the W e b Client is not displayed in the chosen la nguage, it may need to be loaded. See “Region”
on page 98 for instructions on loading language files onto the appliance.
Supported languages
• English • Spanish • French • Chinese (Simplified)
• Italian • Japanese • Korean • Brazilian Portuguese
•Russian •German
Accessing the Web Client
To access an appliance using the Web Client, enter the hostname or IP address of the appliance in a
supported Web browser.
• If the appliance Guest account is configured with a Sensor (No Camera), Sensor, Application,
or Administrator privilege set, you are automatically granted access to the appliance and can
view data permitted by the privilege set.
For more information, see “Users” on page 103.
• If the Guest account is configured with no privileges (privilege set of None), you must provide a
User ID and Password to access the appliance. Once you log in, you can access Web Client
views permitted by the privilege set assigned to your user account.
• If you have a user account on the appliance with greater privileges than those allowed to guests,
enter your User ID and Password to access the appliance.
Views accessible by privilege set
Privilege Set Accessible Views
Administrator Cameras, Sensor History, Alerts, Pods, and Status panes.
Application Cameras, Sensor History, Alerts, and Status panes.
Application (with Alert Update) Cameras, Sensor History, Alerts, and Status panes.
Sensor Cameras, Sensor History, and Status panes.
Sensor (No Camera) Sensor History and Status panes.
None Does not permit access to any appliance features.
Note: The Application, Application (with Alert Update), and Sensor (No Camera) privilege
sets are only available with the purchase of the Advanced Software Pack. They are standard
on the NetBotz Rack Appliance 550 and NetBotz Rack Appliance 570.
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Interface Navigation
The Web Client interface is divided into five tabs: Status, Alerts, Cameras, Pods, and Sensor
History:
Status: Provides information at a glance about alerting sensors, security sensors, and cameras.
Alerts: Displays alerts from the device types and severities you select, All by default.
Cameras: Displays live video captured by the appliance, the cameras connected to the appliance,
or IP cameras on your network that are shared through the appliance.
Pods: Allows you to view data from Sensor, Rack Access, or Camera pods you select.
Sensor History: Displays data from a sensor pod and sensor you select, at an interval you select,
in a graph.
Launching Advanced View
If you wish to switch to the Advanced View application, you must launch it from its install directory on
your system. If Advanced View is not installed on your machine, a link in the Web Client help opens a
web page where you can download and install the program. Advanced View is not supported on mobile
devices.
Note: You must have at least the 1.6.0_12 version of the JRE installed to run Advanced
View.
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Web Client: Monitoring Your Environment
The W eb Client provides a real-time overview of alerts and device details, including sensor readings and
images captured by camera pods, for a NetBotz appliance running at least version 4.2. It does not require
the Advanced View application and Java Runtime Environment.
By default, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is enabled on the NetBotz appliance. The SSL certificate is
generated by the appliance (self-signed) and requires no user interaction.
To access the Web Client, enter the hostname or IP address of the appliance in a browser. Once you log
in, you can view data according to the privilege set assigned to your user account.
The interface is divided into five tabs: Status, Alerts, Cameras, Pods, and Sensor History.
Status tab
The Status tab provides an overview of the devices monitored by the NetBotz appliance.
Note: For an air flow sensor, data must be accumulated for 15 to 30 minutes before accurate
air flow readings are available. After power is applied to the device, air flow sensor data
appears as N/A until enough data is collected.
• Alerting Sensors: Displays the sensors reporting alerts, and their severity, at all the devices
monitored by the NetBoltz appliance.
You can select a sensor to view its details, and change its label or sensor value history, or
choose whether to report unplugged errors, if necessary.
• Security Sensors: Displays pods and sensors reporting rack access alerts, and their severity, at all
the devices monitored by the NetBoltz appliance (available only when a rack access device is
managed by the NetBotz appliance).
You can select a sensor to view its details, and change its label, if necessary.
Security sensors include all Door sensors, Handle sensors, and Lock sensors connected to a
Rack Access Pod 170, and any Door, Handle, or Lock sensors connected to a pod-shared Rack
Access PX-HID appliance.
• Cameras: Displays thumbnail views and identification information for all the cameras monitored
by the NetBotz appliance, regardless of whether an alert is reported.
You can select a camera to view its details, change the resolution and refresh rate, or change
the camera angle (supported cameras only).
• Maps: Displays the device maps created in the NetBotz Advanced V iew, showing the location of
pods and sensors, and the alert state of the devices on the map. You use the Advanced view to
create, edit, or delete a map.
When more than one device map is stored on the appliance, the first map in the list is
displayed by default. You can select from the list to view additional device maps. You can
select a device in a map to view the readings and alerts for each sensor.
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Alerts tab
The Alerts tab allows you to view the alerts reported by the sensor or camera pod you select, and the
severity you select, All by default.
• Pod: Allows you to select the alerts you want to view by pod type and severity, and choose
whether to include resolved alerts.
The severity values, from most severe to least severe, are Failure, Critical, Error, Warning, and
Information.
Resolved alerts are stored on the appliance for up to 24 hours. The period of time for which
resolved alerts are available is configured using Advanced View.
• Alerts: Displays the alerts reported by the devices, according to the options you select in the Pod
section. You can select an alert to display more details and
alert data, including graphs, camera
images, or maps captured when the alert occurred, as configured in the Advanced View
application.
Note: Camera capture data are a series of still images, displayed at a refresh rate you
select, in a 10-second picture sequence.
Cameras tab
The Cameras tab displays thumbnail views and identification information for all the cameras monitored
by the NetBotz appliance, and allows you to control a camera you select.
• Camera: Select a camera from the list, or select a thumbnail, to see a larger view of the images, or
view All (Tiled); change the resolution and refresh rate; and, for supported pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ)
cameras, zoom and change the angle at which you want to view the images.
• Resolution: Select the resolution used for the images captured by the selected camera, not
available when All (Tiled) is selected.
• Refresh Rate: Select how often the images from the selected camera will automatically refresh,
for example, 1 frame/15 seconds.
• Camera Controls: Select to pan and tilt to change the angle at which you want to view the
images, or zoom to view the images in more detail (available for supported PTZ cameras only).
Pods tab
The Pods tab provides a tile view of all the pods monitored by the NetBotz appliance, by pod type,
including port information. A critical or warning icon indicates the highest severity of an alert reported
by a pod.
Note: A-Link port numbers are unique identifiers; they are randomly generated, and are not
sequential.
You can select a pod to view its details, view connected sensors, and change the pod label. For pods that
support external sensors, you can select the sensor type, and port labels, when applicable.
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Depending on the pod type selected, one or more of the following options are available:
• Settings: Allows you to change the pod label.
• External Sensor Ports: Allows you to select the sensor type, and change the port label.
• Pod Details: Displays details for the selected pod, including the name, model,
manufacturer, revision, bootstrap verison, and application version.
You can select a sensor to change its label or sensor value history, or choose whether to report
unplugged errors, when applicable. A toggle switch is displayed for supported state sensors.
Sensor History tab
The Sensor History tab allows you to view historical sensor data in a graph, for a sensor and interval
you select.
Note: The start time available is dependent upon the value you specify for Sensor Value
History in the Settings section of the Pods tab.
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Advanced View: Getting Started
Advanced View is a stand-alone Java application you can use to monitor and configure your appliance
and any camera pods, sensor pods, CCTV adapter pods, output relay pods, 4-20 mA sensor pods,
external sensors, or supported serial-based sensors connected to the appliance.
Note: Your monitor must be set to at least 1024x768 for Advanced View to display properly.
System Requirements
To run the Advanced View software application, your personal computer must meet these system
requirements:
• x86-compatible (32-bit or 64-bit) processor
• Supported operating systems:
– Microsoft® Windows® XP Pro SP2 or SP3
– Windows Vista® Business or Enterprise
–Windows 7
– Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® version 5 running X Windows
– Red Hat Fedora® 10 or 11
• 120 MB of free disk space
• A monitor capable of displaying a resolution of 1024x768
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Software Installation
Follow the procedures in this section to install the following applications from the NetBotz Appliance
Utility CD onto the personal computer that you will use to configure and manage your NetBotz security
and environmental monitoring system:
• Advanced V iew: A Java-based user interface for monitoring and managing your NetBotz security
and environmental monitoring system.
• Serial Configuration Utility: A Java-based application that you can use to configure the network
settings on a NetBotz appliance. (Windows only)
• Java Runtime Environment (JRE): A software package that must be installed to run Java
applications. (included with the installation)
Installing software on a Windows system
1. Place the NetBotz Appliance Utility CD in the CD drive. The CD starts automatically. If it does
not start, open the CD drive using Windows Explorer and double-click contents.htm.
2. Click the Advanced View link, then follow the instructions for a Windows system.
Installing software on a Linux system
Note: Installation must be executed within an X Windows session.
1. Place the NetBotz Appliance Utility CD in the CD drive.
2. Mount the drive.
3. Execute the file
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
/av/linux/install.bin
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Adding Appliances
Before using Advanced View to manage an appliance, you must first add the appliance IP address or
hostname to the Appliance list. To add an appliance to the Appliance list:
1. Click Add Appliance. The Add Host Device window opens.
2. In the IP Address or Hostname field, type the IP address or hostname of the appliance.
3. In the Port field, type the TCP port through which you will communicate with this appliance.
The default value is 80.
4. To use SSL encryption to communicate with this appliance, check Connect Using SSL.
5. If you want to be logged out after a period of inactivity, select Auto Logoff and specify the length
of idle time before you are logged out in the provided field. Click OK.
Once you have added an appliance to the Appliance list, Advanced View automatically loads data from
the appliance into Advanced View. Navigate to an appliance by selecting the appliance address or
hostname from the Appliance list. If you specified Use SSL when adding the appliance, SSL appears in
the selection list beside the appliance IP address or hostname.
Removing Appliances
To remove an appliance from the Appliance list:
1. Select Remove Appliance from the File menu. The Remove Appliance window opens.
2. Select the appliance you want to remove from the list of appliances.
3. Click Remove to remove the appliance from the Appliance list.
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Accessing an Appliance Using Advanced View
Select an appliance from the Appliance list.
• If the appliance Guest account is configured with a Sensor (No Camera), Sensor, Application,
or Administrator privilege set, you are automatically granted access to the appliance and can
view Advanced View panes permitted by the privilege set. If you have a user account on the
appliance with greater privileges than those allowed to guests, click Logon at the top of the
Advanced View interface and enter your User ID and Password.
• If the Guest account is configured with no privileges (privilege set of None), you must provide a
User ID and Password. Once you have logged in, you can view the Advanced View panes that
are permitted by the privilege set assigned to your user account.
For more information, see “Users” on page 103.
Advanced V iew panes accessible by privilege set
Privilege Set Accessible Panes
Administrator Gives user access to all information and configuration icons
available on the appliance.
Application (with Alert Update) Gives user access to the Navigation, Sensor Data, and selected
portions of the Information/Action panes. Users can view the
Camera, Graphs, Alerts, History, and About panes. Users can also
resolve alert conditions for thresholds that have been configured
with the Return-To-Normal Requires User Input setting in
their Advanced Settings.
Note: This privilege set does not permit access to the
Configuration pane.
Application Gives user access to the Navigation, Sensor Data, and selected
portions of the Information/Action panes. Users can view the
Camera, Graphs, Alerts, History, and About panes.
Note: This privilege set does not permit access to the
Configuration pane and the user cannot resolve alert conditions
for thresholds configured with the Return-To-Normal Requires
User Input setting in their Advanced Settings.
Sensor Gives user access to the Navigation, Sensor Data, and selected
portions of the Information/Action panes. Users can view the
Camera, Graphs, History, and About panes.
Note: This privilege set does not permit access to the Alerts or
Configuration panes.
Sensor (No Camera) Gives user access to the Navigation, Sensor Data, and selected
portions of the Information/Action panes. Users can view the
Graphs, History, and About panes.
Note: This privilege set does not permit access to the Cameras,
Alerts, or Configuration panes.
None No access to any appliance features.
Note: The Application, Application (with Alert Update), and Sensor (No Camera) privilege
sets are only available with the purchase of the Advanced Software Pack. They are standard
on the NetBotz Rack Appliance 550 and NetBotz Rack Appliance 570.
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Interface Navigation
The Advanced View interface is divided into the Navigation pane, the Sensor Data pane, and the Action/
Information pane.
Navigation pane
Located in the upper-left corner of the interface, the Navigation pane displays:
• An appliance and camera pods and sensor pods connected to the appliance
• Serial-based sensors being monitored using scanners
• Alerting sensors
• Shared devices, such as shared IP cameras
Click a device in the Navigation pane to display all sensors associated with the device in the Sensor Data
pane.
Right-click a device in the Navigation pane and select Configure Pod to modify the sensors, settings,
and external ports associated with the device.
See “Scanned Devices” on page 44.
Pods connected to your appliance automatically appear in the Navigation pane. Newly-added pods are
labeled by their pod type and their serial number.
For details on changing labels, see “Camera Pods” on page 36, “Sensor Pods” on page 68, or
“Output Control” on page 53.
If you connect a pod to the appliance and then disconnect it, the pod remains in the Navigation pane, but
the icon is grayed out. If you reconnect the pod, its Navigation pane entry becomes active again.
Using folders
The Navigation pane lists all devices associated with the appliance. You can create folders in the
Navigation pane to form virtual groups of devices. Devices included in a folder are also listed in the
selection list. A single device can be included in multiple folders. When a folder is not expanded, if any
one device in the folder is in an alert status, the folder will be red.
Folders can be created, modified, or deleted only using Advanced View. Any folders created using
Advanced View are visible in the Web Client.
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To create or modify a folder:
1. Right-click on the background of the Navigation pane, not on a device, and select Add Folder.
To modify a folder, right-click on the folder and select Modify Folder.
2. Type a folder name in the Folder Name field.
3. To add devices, select one or more devices from Available Enclosures and click the right arrow
(>) button to add the selected devices to the Selected Enclosures list.
4. To remove devices, select one or more devices from Selected Enclosures, and click the left
arrow (<) button to move the selected devices to the Available Enclosures list.
5. Click OK.
To delete a folder, right-click on the folder and click Delete Folder.
Locking a Navigation pane selection
You can lock the Navigation pane so that only a specific device is selected. Once the Navigation pane is
locked, Advanced View automatically starts with the pane in the locked state.
To lock the pane to a specific device:
1. Select a device.
2. Right-click on the device and select Lock selection.
3. To unlock the pane, right-click on any device in the Navigation pane and clear the check box for
the Lock selection option.
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Sensor Data Pane
Located in the lower-left hand corner of the interface, the Sensor Data pane displays the readings and
alert status of sensors associated with the selected device in the Navigation pane. If the selected device is
an output relay device, the state of the relay is displayed.
If the selected device features a large number of sensors, the sensors may be divided into sensor sets. Use
the Set drop-down list to select either a specific sensor set or All Sensors.
Right-clicking on a sensor in the Sensor Data Pane reveals a drop-down menu with th e following
options:
• Configure sensor...
Select this option to display the Sensor Configuration window, where you can modify the
settings and thresholds for the available sensors.
• View graph
Select this option to display the Graph View pre-populated with the current sensor.
• View History
Select this option to display the History View pre-populated with the current sensor.
Action/Information Pane
Use the Action/Information pane, located on the right-hand side of the interface, to view information and
perform configuration tasks on your appliance and pods. The following views are available from the
Action/Information pane:
• Camera V iew: This view displays live video captured by the appliance, cameras connected to the
appliance, or IP cameras on your network that are shared through the appliance. You can listen to
an audio stream from a selected camera pod or CCTV adapter pod and transmit audio from a
microphone connected to a computer running Advanced View to a selected camera pod or CCTV
adapter pod. If relay outputs are associated with a camera pod, buttons for each switch or relay
appear on the camera image to which they correspond.
See “Output Control” on page 53.
• Alerts View: This view displays alerts and resolved alerts reported by the appliance, any pods
connected to the appliance, or any devices being monitored by scanners.
• Maps V iew: This view displays maps that you configure for use with the appliance. A device with
a red background has an alert status. A device with a green background has a status of OK.
• Graph View: This view displays a graph of up to 24 hours of environmental data collected from
any sensors or devices associated with an appliance.
• History V iew: This view displays a historical set of data for a chosen appliance or sensor set. This
data can be exported to a text file for import into another application.
• Configuration V iew: Use this view to confi gure your appliance, pods connected to the ap pliance,
and sensors, plus various other system settings and features.
• About View: This view displays information about your appliance and all connected pods.
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Advanced View Menus
Advanced View features the following menu bar:
• File: Use this menu to add appliances to or remove appliances from the Appliance selection
drop-down list and to exit the Advanced View application.
• Edit: Use this menu to cut, copy, paste, and delete text, and to configure Preferences.
See “Editing Preferences” on page 18.
• Tools: Use this menu to complete the following tasks:
– View Messages (information generated by Advanced View for logging and debugging
purposes).
– Put the appliance in Advanced View POST-only Mode. This mode is only for appliances
located behind a firewall. This mode does not permit StruxureWare Data Center Expert
appliances to access the appliances directly.
– View the Appliance Log.
See “Log” on page 86.
– View the Event Log.
See “Event Log” on page 29.
– Reboot the appliance.
– Change the Root Password.
Note: The Root Password only affects console access to the device. It should only
be changed by advanced users.
– Access the Configuration Wizard.
Only user accounts with administrator privileges have full access to the Tools
menu. For more information, see “Users” on page 103.
• Window: Use the Window menu to launch a New Window or to switch between multiple
Advanced View windows.
• Help: Use this menu to access information about Advanced View and to access context-sensitive
help.
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Using Advanced View POST-only Mode
If you use StruxureWare Data Center Expert to monitor and manage a NetBotz appliance that is located
behind a firewall, StruxureWare Data Center Expert may not be able to communicate directly with the
appliance. Placing the appliance in Advanced View POST-Only Mode causes the appliance to post all
monitoring data to a specified StruxureWare Data Center Expert appliance at a user-specified interval.
SSL encryption can be used for secure data posting.
To use the Advanced View POST-Only Mode:
1. From Advanced View, log in to the appliance using a User account with administrator privileges.
2. From the Tools menu, select Advanced > Advanced View POST-Only Mode.
3. Click Add to open the Advanced View POST-Only Mode Configuration window. Enter your
information and click OK.
Editing Preferences
With Advanced View you can configure preferences that apply to the appearance and functionality of the
Advanced View user interface. These settings are saved on your client system, not on your appliance.
Select Preferences from the Edit menu. Choose from the following preference categories:
• Appearance
• General
• Network
• Video Clip Player
Appearance preferences
To edit your client Appearance settings, open the Client Preferences window and select Appearance
from the Category list. Select an option from the Look and Feel drop-down menu, define whether the
Toolbar should include text and icons, and choose the size of those elements. When you are finished,
click OK.
General preferences
To edit the General settings for the client, open the Client Preferences window and select General from
the Category list. Configure the browser location, restore the Advanced View window to full size when
an alert occurs, and force Advanced View to ignore the default setting of the clock and to use either a
12-hour or 24-hour clock. When you are finished, click OK.
Network preferences
To edit your client Network preferences, open the Client Preferences window and select Network from
the Category list. Configure the connection time-out, choose a direct connection for camera images, and
enter the proxy configuration information. When you are finished, click OK.
Video clip player
To specify the maximum amount of disk space allocated for use by the Video Clip Player, open the
Client Preferences window and select Video Clip Player from the Category list. Specify the maximum
number of megabytes of disk space available to the Video Clip Player, and click OK.
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Advanced View: Monitoring Your Environment
Use Advanced View to view sensor readings, view camera images , graph collected se nsor data, and view
active and resolved alert conditions. You can also create, view, and delete maps for use in the Map view.
Viewing Sensor Readings and Status
To view sensor readings, select a device that includes sensors from the Navigation pane. The Sensor
Data pane automatically updates with sensor information for the device you selected. Any sensors with
an alert status have a background color of red.
If the device has a large number of sensors, the sensors are divided into sensor sets. If the sensors are
divided into sets, you have the following options:
• To display all of the sensors for the selected device, select All Sensors from the Set drop-down
list.
• To view only the sensors in a sensor set, select the sensor set from the Set drop-down list.
Note: For an air flow sensor, data must be accumulated for 15 to 30 minutes before accurate
air flow readings are available. After power is applied to the device, air flow sensor data
appears as N/A until enough data is collected.
Alerting Sensors
Selecting the Alerting Sensors entry in the Navigation pane provide s a list of all local or pod-shared
sensors that are currently generating an alert. The alerting sensors are listed in the Sensor Data pane.
Security Sensors
Selecting the Security Sensors entry in the Navigation pane provides a list of all security-related sensors
that are currently generating an alert in the Sensor Data pane. Security sensors include all Door sensors,
Handle sensors, and Lock sensors connected to a Rack Access Pod 170, as well as any Door, Handle, or
Lock sensors connected to a pod-shared Rack Access PX-HID appliance.
Controlling Rack Access sensors
If you have an SP170 Rack Access Pod connected to your appliance, you can lock and unlock rack locks
and enable or disable card reader hardware using the Web Client or Advanced View. The user account
must have “Sensor” or “Administrator” privileges in order to access this functionality.
To lock or unlock a rack lock in Advanced View:
1. From the Navigation pane, select a Rack Access Pod.
2. Right-click a lock sensor in the Sensor Data pane.
3. Select Lock (n): Set to “Unlocked”. The reading will change to Unlocked and the menu item
will read Lock (n): Set to ‘Locked’. The lock will automatically relock in 10 seconds by default.
This setting can be changed in the Rack Access Settings configuration dialog.
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To enable or disable a card reader in Advanced View:
1. From the Navigation pane, select a Rack Access Pod.
2. Right-click the Reader sensor in the Sensor Data pane.
3. Select Reader (n): Set to “Disabled” next to the desired card reader . T he reading will change to
Disabled and the button label will read Reader (n): Set to “Enabled”.
Note: A physical key can always be used to access the rack regardless of whether
the card reader is enabled or disabled.
Deleting a Pod
When a pod is disconnected from an appliance, you can delete it from the Navigation pane. You cannot
delete integrated pods.
1. Disconnect the pod from the appliance. The symbol for the pod in the Navigation pane will dim.
2. From the Navigation pane, right-click the pod and select Delete pod.
3. Click Remove to confirm the deletion.
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