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ioPower User Guide                                                                                                               Quick Installation  

Rev. 1.41      Copyright© All rights reserved.   

Feb 2005

 

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The 

Timer

 Setting Tab 

 
Just use the series of check boxes and drop down combo 
boxes to specify the bank/port and time/duration for a power 
on/off.  

There are several timer setting modes for selection: 

   After … to specify power on/off after specific duration 
   At … to specify power on/off at preset time 
   Every day … to specify daily power on/off at preset time  
   Every week …to specify weekly power on/off at preset day & time 

 

To validate a specific timer setting item

, just check the 

Enable

 checkbox and press 

Apply

 to validate them, and 

press 

OK

 to save and exit.  

 

To invalidate a specific timer setting item

, just uncheck 

the

 Enable

 check box, press 

Apply

 and then 

OK

 to save and 

exit. 
 

To set timer settings on Bank x

, hit the 

Bank x 

tab to 

select the specific timer setting page of Bank x, and then 
configure the timer accordingly. 
 

To clear all timer settings on Bank x

, just hit the 

Clear 

Bank x

 button and then hit 

Apply

 button to validate. 

 

To save the timer settings on a bank to a file

, just hit the 

Save

 button to save the settings on your current bank into a 

file. 
 

To load timer settings of a bank from a file,

 just hit 

Load

 

button and find the timer setting file to load. 
 

To clear all timer settings of all banks

, just hit the 

Clear All

 

button, and then hit 

Apply

 button to validate. 

 
After the timer setting is enabled for a specific port, you will 
see a count down timer ticker under that specific port on the 
virtual front-panel of your 

ioPower Management Software

 

interface, and the alarm LED (red) will be flashing for a 
reminder. When within one minutes to power action, the 
ticker number will be flashing. 
  

 

 

Tickers showing remaining time for power actions  

(still more than 21 minutes to go for a Power-On on all ports) 

Note that the timer settings will also be executed nonetheless 

when (1) the host PC is shut down, or (2) the 

ioPower 

Management 

Software is disconnected to the 

ioPower

. And the ioPower unit will 

also retain the last known port status of each port and will optionally 
restore each port to its last known status when ioPower is powered 
on again. 

However, if the ioPower Unit has been powered 

down itself, it would lose all its previous timer settings and 
need to be reconfigured or reloaded with (previous) timer 
settings once again. 

 

Note that if you use the timer function to power on/off your 

device, the confirmation dialog prompt will not pop up for your 
confirmation just as you use the virtual front-panel button. Since it is 
assumed that you have intended to power on/off the specific device 
as you have planned… Therefore, timer will go directly to power 
on/off the device without warning you once the time is due. 
 

When you input a value that is beyond the acceptable range of a 

setting field, a warning prompt will appear to warn you for incorrect 
input. 

          

 

 
 

Range of hour settings 

Range of minute settings 

 

 

Global Power Action Button 

 

ioPower

 also allows you to perform global Power ON/OFF 

actions on all ports of a specific bank or of all cascaded 
banks…. 
Click the 

Global Power Action

 button on the lower left of the 

virtual touch panel will evoke a 

Quick Menu

 for global power 

action such as power on/off all ports of a specific bank or all 
banks. 
 

 

 

Global Power Action  Menu 

 
On the 

Global Power Action Menu

, you can choose the 

following power on/off options: 
 

 

Power on all ports of a Bank 

x, x = 1~16

 

 

Power off all ports of a Bank 

x, x = 1~16

 

 

Power on all ports of all banks.  

 

Power off all ports of all banks.  

 
Just select any of these options for simultaneous power 
on/off all ports on a specific bank or on all banks, and a 
confirmation prompt will appear to ask you for confirmation. 
Click 

OK

 to validate the action you selected. 

Summary of Contents for ioPower

Page 1: ...ioPower 8 port Remote Power Control Unit for any AC powered Devices Servers User Guide Rev 1 41 Feb 2005...

Page 2: ...with this user s guide may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference to household appliances in which case th...

Page 3: ...ioPower User Guide Table of Contents iii Table of Contents Table of Contents iii Quick Installation 1 Flash Upgrade Operation Guide Using Windows HyperTerminal 7 Serial Command Set 10...

Page 4: ...that fits the standard power outlets on the backpanel of ioPower Features Hardware Can be used alone or cascaded with multiple units for power control of 8 to 100 more AC powered devices Unit manageme...

Page 5: ...panel Rear panel for the US Region Rear panel for the EU Region You might need to use extra adapter cords between ioPower and your devices especially when the devices are not of the plug specification...

Page 6: ...front panel identical to the physical front panel If you are cascading multiple units of ioPower using the RJ 45 daisy chain interfaces connected by a UTP cable you can then see a corresponding number...

Page 7: ...ore the last known port status of each port when ioPower unit is restarted Tools Upgrade Once ioPower firmware upgrade is available you can either get it from your local dealer or download it from ava...

Page 8: ...utes to go for a Power On on all ports Note that the timer settings will also be executed nonetheless when 1 the host PC is shut down or 2 the ioPower Management Software is disconnected to the ioPowe...

Page 9: ...persistently If so it indicates that this port is malfunctioning for good and need technical service from your local dealer Port Error unable to power on Port Error unable to power off While an alarm...

Page 10: ...l computer You can copy them from the diskette CD ROM provided by the technical support or download it from available support website Check the connection between the ioPower Unit and PC Make sure you...

Page 11: ...he next step Flash Upgrade File Transfer Step 7 To start loading the file access the drop down menu on HyperTerminal Transfer Send Text File and a dialog box will prompt you to select the flash upgrad...

Page 12: ...nit Wait for a few seconds and then complete the reset again Troubleshooting If the flash upgrade procedure seems never ending or you see the following message Please send new firmware shown on the sc...

Page 13: ...require a strict double digit entry of bank number or port number such as ON 01 03 Power on bank 1 port 3 but can accept their single digit entries such as ON 1 3 and also allow multiple blank spaces...

Page 14: ...rn on off a specific port at specific time Usage TA bank_number port_number ON OF Time_point Examples TA 1 4 ON 01 22 50 Set timer to power on port 4 on bank 1 exactly at 01 22 50 TA 1 0 ON 00 10 00 S...

Page 15: ...r to power on all ports on bank 1 exactly every Wednesday at 00 10 00 EW 0 0 OF 5 01 00 00 Set timer to power off all ports on all cascaded banks every Friday at 01 00 00 Notes 1 A port number of 0 re...

Page 16: ...E Example UPGRADE Note Please also refer to ioPower Flash Operation Guide for details SETTIME Set Up System Date and Time Description Set up the system date and time Usage SETTIME 20yy mm dd hh mm ss...

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