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3.3.7.3.2. AC Current probe
AC Current probes can be attached to the ePowerSwitch
*
8M+
R2
to monitor the current
consumption of an electrical device (PC, server, light, printer…) and trigger actions if predefined
limits are exceeded.
You can connect an AC Current probe to the RJ45 A-xBus connector on the ePowerSwitch
*
8M+
R2
or
behind an xBus peripheral already connected to the ePowerSwitch
*
8M+
R2
(Daisy Chain connection).
To connect an AC Current probe to the ePowerSwitch 8M+
R2
, use following procedure:
1. Set the dip switches of the AC Current probe so that the selected I/O address does not conflict with
another AC Current probe already installed (see user's guide of the AC Current probe)
- Do NOT connect the xBus cable and the power cable before setting its DIP switches
- Do NOT use the same address for two different AC Current probes
2. Using a standard RJ45 network cable, connect the AC Current probe to the RJ45 A-xBus connector on
the ePowerSwitch 8M+
R2,
behind another AC Current Probe or another xBus device already connected
to the ePowerSwitch
*
8M+
R2
.
3. Connect the power cable to your device
To configure the Current Probe, use following Log in procedure:
1. Open you browser and log in to the Administrator's Configuration Page,
(ex.
http://192.168.100.200/sysadmin.htm
).
2. Enter the administrator name and password (default for both = admin). The home page appears.
3. Click on the Settings and then on the Peripherals Tab
If the AC Current probe is properly connected to the ePowerSwitch 8M+
R2
it will be automatically
recognized and displayed on this page after a delay of 1 to 60 seconds. In this case, the colour of the
corresponding Edit and Info symbol is red.
The Peripheral page is not automatically refreshed, so you need to refresh it by clicking the
peripheral TAB again (or push [F5] or press <CTRL-R> on your keyboard if you use Internet
Explorer or Mozilla Firefox).
Problem / Troubleshooting
y
If you choose any setting that is already in use by another
AC Current probe
connected to the
ePowerSwitch 8M+
R2
, a conflict occurs and the corresponding Edit and Info symbol of the previous
connected
AC Current probe
will be changed to black. In that case, disconnect your last connected
AC Current probe
, remove its power cable, change the DIP switch settings to solve the address
conflict and reconnect the
AC Current probe
again. If the conflict is solved, all connected
AC Current
probes
will now appear on the Peripherals page and their Edit and Info Symbol will be red.
y
The Peripheral page is not automatically refreshed, so you need to refresh it by clicking the peripheral
TAB again (or push [F5] or press <CTRL-R> on your keyboard if you use Internet Explorer or Mozilla
Firefox).
