Liebert IntelliSlot
®
OC-485 Card
Quick Start Guide
I
NSTALL
• 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 con-
figure the card. Proceed to Steps 2 & 3.
C
ONNECT
THE
C
ABLE
• 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.
C
ONFIGURE
THE
C
ARD
• Use terminal emulation soft-
ware, such as HyperTerminal™,
to open a direct connection to
the card.
• 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.
Baud Rate:
9600
Data Bits:
8
Parity:
None
Stop Bits:
1
Flow Control:
None
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.
