Liebert OC-485 User Manual

Liebert IntelliSlot® OC-485 Card

Quick Start Guide

NSTALL

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• Locate the Intellislot option bay for your Liebert equipment. You might
need to remove a plastic cover.

• Insert the Liebert IntelliSlot OC-485 Card into the Intellislot bay.

• Secure the card with the supplied screws.

• Connect RS-485 cable.

IGM: The card ships with IGM service enabled. (No configuration is
required for IGM communications.)
Modbus: To assign a server ID address, use the Service Terminal to con­figure the card. Proceed to Steps 2 & 3.

CONNECT THE CABLE

• Locate the blue serial configuration cable (null modem) that shipped
with the card.

• Connect the configuration cable to the DB-9 port on the card and to a
COM port on your PC.

CONFIGURE THE CARD

• Use terminal emulation soft­ware, such as HyperTerminal™,
to open a direct connection to
the card.

Baud Rate: 9600
Data Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop Bits: 1
Flow Control: None

•Press ENTER for the Main
Menu, above right.

• Select option 1 and press Enter
to access the communications
settings, shown at right.

• Enter 1 and press enter to
enable the Modbus application.

• At the next screen, enter 3 to
access the screen to set the
server ID for the Liebert
IntelliSlot OC-485 Card (the ID
default is 1, but may be any
number up to 255). In the
example at right, the server ID
is “2.”

•Press Esc to return to the main
Menu.

• Enter X and press Enter to exit
HyperTerminal, save your
changes and reboot the card.

NOTE

When installing the card in a Liebert NX™, configure the
communication port of the Liebert NX to 2400 baud. Refer to the
Liebert NX user manual for instructions.

User Manual

This Quick Start Guide is designed to give you all of the information
you need to install and configure the Liebert IntelliSlot OC-485 Card.
A full user manual, available online at www.liebert.com, covers
configuration and integration topics.

Liebert SiteScan® Support

The Liebert IntelliSlot OC-485
Card works with Liebert
SiteScan

®

Web software to
provide monitoring of status,
events and trend data of the
supported device.

The card may be connected
directly to a Liebert SiteLink

®

module via the RS-422 port.
Product details are available
online at www.liebert.com

The Company

Behind the Products

Emerson Network Power, the global
leader in enabling business-critical
continuity, ensures network resiliency and
adaptability through a family of
technologies—including Liebert power
and cooling technologies—that protect
and support business-critical systems.

Liebert solutions employ an adaptive
architecture that responds to changes in
criticality, density and capacity.
Enterprises benefit from greater IT
system availability, operational flexibility
and reduced capital equipment and
operating costs.

© 2007 Liebert Corporation
All rights reserved throughout the world.
Specifications subject to change without notice.

® Liebert is a registered trademark of Liebert
Corporation. All names referred to are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owners.

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Modbus™ Support

Building Management Systems
maintain a vital role on overall
operations on facilities and
buildings. Most BMS systems
contain the ability to
communicate to Modbus devices.

The Liebert IntelliSlot OC-485
Card enables direct Modbus
management of the Liebert
device in which it is installed.
Details are available online at

www.liebert.com

Technical Support/Service

Web Site

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