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Installing Hardware Options
To use a Power Control Pod with your WallBotz 500, you will
first need to use a USB-to-serial port adapter (included with your
Power Control Pod) to add serial ports to your appliance.
Configuring and Installing a Power
Control Pod 115 or 235
To configure and install your Power Control Pod 115 or 235:
1. Connect your USB-to-serial port adapter to your WallBotz
500 base station, or to a USB hub that is connected to the
WallBotz 500 base station.
Notes: The serial port connector on the USB-to-serial port
converter cable is a male connector. You will need to use
a female-to-female connector null modem cable
(included with your Power Control Pod) to connect the
device to the USB-to-serial port adapter.
You cannot connect a Power Control Pod to the
WallBotz 500 integrated serial port. This port is
designated for appliance configuration and diagnostic
use only.
2. Connect the devices for which power will be controlled to
the outlets located on the back of the pod.
3. Check the positions of the RATE jumper switches on the
back of the pod. All of these switches should be set to the
“Down” position.
4. Connect the Power Control Pod to an outlet and then
switch the power switch, located on the back of the pod, to
the “On” position.
5. Once you have connected the USB-to-serial port adapter
to your appliance (or to a USB hub that is connected to the
WallBotz 500 base station), use a female-to-female null
modem cable (included with your Power Control Pod) to
connect the RS232 port located on the back of the pod to a
serial port on the USB-to-serial port adapter. Then, use the
Basic View
Setup view or the Advanced View Serial Devices
task to specify which serial port-based device you have
connected to the appliance.