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EME161A

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Page 1: ...24 7 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AT 1 877 877 2269 OR VISIT BLACKBOX COM ALERTWERKS HUB 4 PORT EME161A USER MANUAL ETH 1 2 3 4...

Page 2: ...condary IP Address to the Computer s LAN Card 10 4 WEB GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE GUI 11 4 1 Summary Page 11 4 1 1 Graph Feature 13 4 2 System Page 15 4 2 1 General 15 4 2 2 Language Management 17 4 2 3...

Page 3: ...NTENTS 4 6 Example Sensor Configuration 40 4 6 1 Temperature Humidity Sensor 40 4 6 2 Relay Sensor 44 4 7 Firmware Upgrade through the Web UI 47 APPENDIX A REGULATORY INFORMATION 49 A 1 FCC Statement...

Page 4: ...output signals 0 VDC 5 VDC Number of Users Maximum 10 000 users Default 100 users Components Uses low power surface mount technology for long term reliability Memory 8 to 16 MB flash memory Indicators...

Page 5: ...hermal Sensor connected to the AlertWerks Hub The Thermal Map Sensors monitor the temperature and humidity at different points of the rack 2 2 FEATURES IP based including SNMPv3 HTTPS VPN Send encrypt...

Page 6: ...from the power connector on the unit the closest port to the power connector is Port 1 and closest to the Ethernet interface is Port 4 You may connect AlertWerks intelligent sensors to any available...

Page 7: ...2 describes their functions 1 2 FIGURE 2 2 TOP PANEL STATUS LEDS TABLE 2 2 TOP PANEL COMPONENTS NUMBER IN FIGURE 2 2 COMPONENT DESCRIPTION 1 1 Power Etthernet ETH LED red green Turns red if there s n...

Page 8: ...d paperclip to be able to press Reset 1 2 FIGURE 2 3 SIDE PANEL TABLE 2 3 SIDE PANEL COMPONENTS NUMBER IN FIGURE 2 3 COMPONENT DESCRIPTION 1 Reset button Resets the hub see Table 2 4 for functions 2 R...

Page 9: ...over cable with an RJ 45 male connection A PC with Ethernet card or LAN socket logged in with Administrator rights Follow these steps 1 Connect the unit via the Ethernet port of the unit to your compu...

Page 10: ...SETTING SCREEN Or open an Administrator Command Prompt CMD window and type netsh interface ipv4 add address Local Area Connection 192 168 0 2 255 255 255 0 The above command adds the IP Address 192 16...

Page 11: ...1 shows the summary page FIGURE 4 1 SUMMARY PAGE This is the Summary page with Sensor Status and the Event Log with the Sensor Graph enabled The Event Log contains all entries from the All Events cate...

Page 12: ...HICAL USER INTERFACE GUI FIGURE 4 2 SENSOR INFORMATION WINDOW In the Summary page s Sensors Information window you can do the following Directly acknowledge a sensor s status and put the sensor offlin...

Page 13: ...ature in more detail next 4 1 1 GRAPH FEATURE After you ve enabled the data collection for a sensor you can choose to display specific time intervals of the stored data hourly daily weekly monthly and...

Page 14: ...ata in selected formats by clicking on the icon on the right The file will be downloaded automatically and assigned a file name that will contain the sensor s name IP address of the unit and the date...

Page 15: ...USER INTERFACE GUI FIGURE 4 9 SENSORS DROP DOWN MENU To change to a different sensor s graph choose it from the drop down menu NOTE You can only choose a sensor here that you ve already enabled the gr...

Page 16: ...NOTE If you had stored graph data previously changing this setting will clear the data FIGURE 4 11 GRAPH DATA COLLECTION PERIOD SCREEN NOTE A Low Power Mode is selectable from EMEMS on the Web UI this...

Page 17: ...and in custom scripts or for setting up the unit for monitoring by a third party NMS software such as WhatsUpGold or Paessler This button is also accessible on the Sensors page 4 2 2 LANGUAGE MANAGEME...

Page 18: ...nguage For official translation files the language code and version will show the correct values NOTE Whenever you upload or install a custom language file it will overwrite the old file Only one addi...

Page 19: ...e language is downloaded and installed FIGURE 4 18 INSTALLING LANGUAGE MESSAGE The unit will notify you about the successful language change and will change the language of the Web UI You can switch b...

Page 20: ...SUPPORT 1 877 877 2269 CHAPTER 4 WEB GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE GUI FIGURE 4 20 LANGUAGE SCREEN CUSTOM LANGUAGE NOTE The official language files are also included in the firmware update packages You can...

Page 21: ...TO US LIVE 24 7 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1 877 877 2269 CHAPTER 4 WEB GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE GUI FIGURE 4 21 EDIT LANGUAGE IN WEB UI If the custom language file is present you can select it from the drop d...

Page 22: ...E FIGURE 4 23 DATE TIME OPTION The system date and time with time zone is user configurable with NTP server synchronization If the unit is connected to EMEMS then it will sync with the NTP service Als...

Page 23: ...TECH TO US LIVE 24 7 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1 877 877 2269 CHAPTER 4 WEB GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE GUI 4 2 4 NETWORK FIGURE 4 25 NETWORK OPTION The unit s MAC ID is displayed here and all user configurable...

Page 24: ...r in this manual This feature is used by connecting the AlertWerks Hub to the VPN server After the license has been activated and the VPN server is set up you ll need to fill out the same options here...

Page 25: ...e set up for the Email actions Fill out all parameters the address in the Email From parameter will be used by the Email actions by default but you could change it if your mail server supports it when...

Page 26: ...L SUPPORT 1 877 877 2269 CHAPTER 4 WEB GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE GUI 4 2 7 SNMP FIGURE 4 30 SNMP PAGE The SNMP service configuration options are shown here it is required for SNMP operations SNMPv1 is...

Page 27: ...of each setting TABLE 4 1 SNMPV3 OPTIONS LEVEL AUTHENTICATION ENCRYPTION DESCRIPTION No Authentication same as SNMP v1 v2c Username No Match Username Authentication Only Algorithms check password MD5...

Page 28: ...N FIGURE 4 32 SERVER INTEGRATION SCREEN If the unit has been added to the EMEMS console the server s IP address will be displayed here User configurable options are the APS port and keep alive period...

Page 29: ...word for the different user access levels FIGURE 4 34 LOGIN SCREEN After you enable the password checking you ll need to re login If you don t remember the admin password you can hold the unit s reset...

Page 30: ...s level provides these permissions in addition to the Viewer level Allow modifying board sensor settings Allow add modify remove notifications Allow add modify remove heartbeats Allow open close the d...

Page 31: ...file contains all settings and notifications for the unit Send Configuration To Support when asked by Support this sends the unit s backup file to us System Firmware Upgrade allows you to upgrade to t...

Page 32: ...will send an email to our Sales team with your unit s MAC ID You can then add the purchased license key with the Add button and activate this feature on the unit License keys can be backed up restore...

Page 33: ...Currently the VPN integration is supported to use a secure VPN channel between the unit and EMEMS NOTE When using this option the number of maximum sensors that can be used by the unit will be reduce...

Page 34: ...MAIN BOARD SCREEN You could also rename the unit s Main board by clicking on the pencil icon Please note the maximum supported cable length to use with Thermal Map Sensors TMS Maximum extension cable...

Page 35: ...ose Sensor Type Offline a Sensor and Smart Sensor Recovery 4 4 1 DISABLE AUTO SENSE FIGURE 4 41 AUTO SENSE BUTTON Click on the Auto Sense button to turn off the automatic sensor detection for a port F...

Page 36: ...if needed for example if you put the sensor offline before 4 4 3 OFFLINE A SENSOR FIGURE 4 44 GREEN ONLINE BUTTON You can manually offline any sensor by clicking on the green Online button on the sens...

Page 37: ...nd if the upgrade has failed for some reason and the sensor becomes unresponsive with this option you can recover them to the default firmware It s not used by other sensor types FIGURE 4 47 SMART SEN...

Page 38: ...nter the time in seconds and press the Save button The amount of time that can be entered is between 0 and 65535 seconds which equals approximately 18 hours Continuous Time to Report High Warning As a...

Page 39: ...can be a very powerful tool in your monitoring system On the AlertWerks Hub you can have up to 32 of these virtual sensors and they allow for a multitude of applications SNMP Get sensor logic evaluati...

Page 40: ...s configuration NOTE Another way of accessing this page is to click on the sensor from the Summary page FIGURE 4 51 SENSOR S CONFIGURATION SCREEN From this page you can carry out various operations Y...

Page 41: ...he Humidity sensor has the same configuration options as the Temperature sensor You might see a Temperature Search option for the connected Temperature sensors FIGURE 4 53 SEARCH BUTTON What this butt...

Page 42: ...CE GUI FIGURE 4 54 TEMPERATURE SEARCH SCREEN ADVANCED SENSOR CONFIGURATION FOR TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY SENSORS FIGURE 4 55 ADVANCED SENSOR CONFIGURATION SCREEN Fields in above screen Units Changes units...

Page 43: ...e between 2 graph intervals is stored and output graphs for the daily monthly and yearly all have the same size on the screen For the daily graph each data point on the graph is one data point collect...

Page 44: ...the unit starts The default is Off Description of Status When Relay Off This field is the custom description which will be displayed in the Relay Status field when the relay state is off The same text...

Page 45: ...ay by controlling the cycle of the relay in an on off on or an off on off cycle You can also set the Toggle Cycle Time here in seconds You don t need to change an option to be able to link the relay t...

Page 46: ...INTERFACE GUI Click on the Edit button next to a selected calendar to modify it FIGURE 4 61 CALENDAR FILTER SCREEN Blue cells means that the notification is on white cells means it s off FIGURE 4 62 C...

Page 47: ...ght forward FIGURE 4 63 SYSTEM MAINTENANCE PAGE Open the System Maintenance page and click on the Upgrade button at the System Firmware Upgrade section FIGURE 4 64 UPGRADE PAGE This will start the Upg...

Page 48: ...GUI First the file will be uploaded to the unit FIGURE 4 66 UPLOADING SCREEN then the upgrade process will run The whole process can be done in a few minutes The Power Ethernet LED will be red during...

Page 49: ...the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connec...

Page 50: ...es que impidan el flujo de aire por los orificios de ventilaci n 10 El equipo el ctrico deber ser situado fuera del alcance de fuentes de calor como radiadores registros de calor estufas u otros apara...

Page 51: ...e consequential or cost of cover damages resulting from any errors in the product information or specifications set forth in this document and Black Box Corporation may revise this document at any tim...

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