NetBotz® Wireless Temperature Sensor
Quick Start Guide
The NetBotz® Wireless Temperature Sensor connects to the wireless network on a NetBotz Room Monitor 455 and NetBotz Rack Monitor 450, 550, or 570, allowing you to monitor the temperature (NBWS100T) or temperature and humidity (NBWS100H) in your data center.
The Wireless Temperature Sensor requires a minimum of BotzWare version 4.4 and Advanced View 4.4.
To upgrade Advanced View, and the BotzWare version installed on your appliance, use the Upgrade icon in your NetBotz appliance Advanced View, or visit the APC web site.
Each NetBotz wireless network must have one and only one Coordinator. Routers are optional; one Router for every three racks is recommended. The Wireless Temperature Sensor is always configured as an End Device.
The following devices are supported on the NetBotz wireless sensor network:
Sensor |
Range |
Part Number |
NetBotz USB Coordinator & Router |
100 ft. – line of sight |
NBWC100U |
NetBotz Wireless Sensor Pod 180 |
100 ft. – line of sight |
NBPD0180 |
NetBotz Wireless Temperature |
100 ft. – line of sight |
NBWS100T |
Sensor |
|
NBWS100H |
For information about installing and configuring your wireless sensor network, see the installation manual that came with the NetBotz Wireless Sensor Pod 180 (NBPD0180), or the NetBotz Wireless USB Coordinator & Router (NBWC100U).
The NetBotz Rack Monitor 450 appliance supports a total of 26 wireless devices on the wireless sensor network, including the Coordinator and Routers. The NetBotz Room Monitor 455, Rack Monitor 550, and Rack Monitor 570 appliances support a total of 48 wireless devices on the wireless sensor network, including the Coordinator and Routers.
The order in which you power and configure your wireless network is important. For best results, power and configure the
Coordinator, and any Routers, before adding the Wireless Temperature Sensor to the network.
Adding the Wireless Temperature Sensor to your wireless sensor network
•Add the MAC address of the Wireless Temperature Sensor to your wireless sensor network in Advanced View.
•Mount the sensor.
•Turn the sensor on.
You can attach a USB handheld QR code scanner with document capture capabilities to a computer running Advanced View v4.4, and scan the QR code on each Wireless Temperature Sensor to add its MAC address to your network.
Alternatively, you can use any QR code scanner, and save a list of MAC addresses to a text file, one address per line, then
paste the list into the Advanced View, or enter the MAC addresses manually.
Once the addresses have been added to the list, you must click Apply Commission List to save the list to the NetBotz appliance.
Some QR code scanners return the part number, serial number, and MAC address on one line: XN:NBWS100T%SN:XXXXXX123456%MAC:00C0B70000XXXXXX. To add a Wireless Temperature Sensor to your wireless network, copy only the alphanumeric MAC address of each sensor.
Scanning the QR code into Advanced View
1.Attach the USB QR code scanner to the computer running Advanced View.
2.Log in to the NetBotz appliance hosting your wireless network using Advanced View; select the Configuration tab, and double-click the Wireless Sensor Setup icon.
3.Click Add. With the “Add Addresses” dialog open, scan the QR code on the label of each Wireless Temperature
Sensor you want to add to your wireless network.
Note: Ensure only the MAC address of each sensor is in the list, one per line.
4.Click Apply Commission List to save the list of MAC addresses to the NetBotz appliance.
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