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Revision A

June 2009

PDU 4/4

Product Manual

Thinklogical Inc.

100 Washington Street

Milford, Connecticut 06460 U.S.A.

Telephone (203) 647-8700

Fax (203) 783-9949

Summary of Contents for PDU 4/4

Page 1: ...Revision A June 2009 PDU 4 4 Product Manual Thinklogical Inc 100 Washington Street Milford Connecticut 06460 U S A Telephone 203 647 8700 Fax 203 783 9949 ...

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Page 3: ...S A Thinklogical a subsidiary of Logical Solutions Incorporated 100 Washington Street Milford Connecticut 06460 U S A Telephone 203 647 8700 All trademarks and service marks are property of their respective owners Subject PDU 4 4 Power Distribution Unit Product Manual Revision Rev A June 2009 ...

Page 4: ...t or Desktop 7 Front Panel Display and Buttons 8 Convection Cooled 8 Front Panel View 8 Rear Panel View 9 Power Connections 9 Status LEDs 10 USB Firmware Upgrade Port 10 Serial Interface 10 Installation 11 Set Up 11 Cascading PDU Boxes 12 Order of Installation Events 12 PART 2 SOFTWARE 13 Program Storage 13 Communicating with the PDU 4 4 13 Programming the System 13 Programming Access 13 Log In 14...

Page 5: ...andards with Which Our Products Comply 22 Supplementary Information 22 Product Serial Number 23 Connection to the Product 23 PART 4 THINKLOGICAL SUPPORT 24 Customer Support 24 Website 24 Email 24 Telephone 25 Fax 25 Product Support 25 Warranty 25 Return Authorization Error Bookmark not defined Our Address 26 APPENDIX A ORDERING INFORMATION 27 APPENDIX B QUICKSTART GUIDE 28 ...

Page 6: ...s the best customer support available If you have any questions or need to contact the company please refer to this section of the manual Conventions Used in this Manual As you read this manual you will notice certain conventions that bring your attention to important information These are Notes and Warnings Examples are shown below Note Important Notes appear in blue text preceded by a yellow exc...

Page 7: ... all PDU 4 4s in your application Up to sixteen PDU 4 4s can be cascaded together to control multiple systems from one common user interface Each PDU 4 4 utilizes two banks of four outlets each outlet individually switches 10 Amperes maximum with each bank rated at 15 Amperes total The PDU 4 4 is designed for rack mounting 1U or desktop Figure 1 Rear View of PDU 4 4 PDU 000001 System Features Each...

Page 8: ...t Status LEDs 1 USB B Firmware Upgrade Port 2 Dual RJ45 Control In Out Serial Ports Refer to Section 3 1 1 for more details on the Rear Panel Front Panel Display 2 x 24 Liquid Crystal Display Operating Temperature and Humidity 0 to 50 C 32 to 122 F 5 to 95 RH non condensing Enclosure Dimensions Approx 12 25in x 17 50in x 1 75in high 31 1cm x 44 5cm x 4 4cm high Weight 11 lb 4 99 kg Shipping Weight...

Page 9: ...f the system is required All connections are made to the rear of the chassis Rack Mount or Desktop The PDU 4 4 may be installed in an EIA standard 19 inch rack 1U tall or placed on a shelf or desktop For shelf desktop use rubber feet are provided and the rack mounted brackets may be removed The PDU 4 4 chassis does not need to be opened or accessed The sturdy metal case allows units to be stacked ...

Page 10: ...ntilation other than what is normally provided in the equipment rack No fan means that it does not add to the ambient noise in your equipment room and it is less prone to equipment failure Be sure not to block the air vents on the sides of the unit and leave space on both sides If mounted in an enclosed rack it is recommended that the rack have a ventilation fan to provide adequate airflow through...

Page 11: ...m the front panel This menu option sets a zero current reference and stores it in non volatile memory To use this feature all ports must be off Once ports are off set the Offset Current Tare to Yes it will revert back to No when the calibration is complete Rear Panel View The rear panel consists of 2 Power Cords 2 Circuit Breakers 8 AC Power Outlets 8 Port Status LEDs 1 USB Firmware Upgrade Port a...

Page 12: ...ly failure Upon recovery from a power failure to the PDU the unit will switch the Ports to the same state they were in prior to the PDU losing power Status LEDs The LEDs on the rear panel correspond to each of the 8 Switched AC Outlets For example LED 1 shows the status of Outlet Port 1 LED 2 shows the status of Outlet Port2 etc When the status light of a Outlet Port is lit green the Outlet Port h...

Page 13: ... Secure Console Server or to standalone Each device port of the Secure Console Server is a compatible RS 232 serial port designed to connect to the PDU s CONTROL IN port The PDU is installed by first connecting to the device port using commands in the Console Server then using PDU commands once connected Refer to the Console Server manual for Console Server information 1 Use an Ethernet cable to c...

Page 14: ...N CBL000001 002MR must be used Box IDs Units are only assigned master or slave status after logging in until log in all boxes display a box id of 0 The first box assumes the Master box ID of 1 Additional PDU 4 4 boxes are designated a Slave status and are automatically designated with the next sequential box ID numbered 2 through 16 All commands issued to the master unit referencing a slave unit w...

Page 15: ...and language also provides status information upon request In order to enter any command function the user must gain access to the PDU 4 4 COMMAND MODE by entering a password to log on Each command is completed by pressing the Enter or Carriage Return CR Note In this manual pressing Enter Return or CR represent the same action Programming Access Once connected to the PDU 4 4 s CONTROL IN serial po...

Page 16: ...ters to differentiate 1 command from another Ports and Groups Commands can be entered for individual Ports either by name or by number for a range of port numbers separated by a dash e g 5 8 any combination of port numbers separated by a comma e g 1 4 5 8 or for a Port Group A Port Group is defined when more than one Port is assigned an identical name e g SUN and the port name is used in a PDU 4 4...

Page 17: ...ill automatically log the current user off if no activity is detected over a 5 minutes period In this case the user will see Session timed out The System will automatically timeout and log off after 5 minutes of idle time no terminal activity Note The following commands are presented in alphabetical order Do not type the angle brackets when entering data PDU 4 4 help exit close session quit close ...

Page 18: ...t in the administration of the ports Ports with identical names are grouped together since commands can be issued to control the boxes by name or by port number The Port Names can be changed to any string of 1 to 16 characters including all printable characters not including space or comma Port names cannot start with a number PDU 4 4 help name Syntax name b p n Description Max of 16 alphanumeric ...

Page 19: ...wo or more ports All ports with identical names within one PDU 4 4 are grouped together if the user enters an operational command for that name All ports with identical names in ALL daisy chained PDU 4 4 boxes will be operated on if the user enters a valid GLOBAL box ID 0 command off Turn a Port Off The off command is used to turn off a port or group of ports Any port may be referred to by either ...

Page 20: ...intervals The first port in a sequence would turn on immediately the next would wait until its rbdelay had expired before turning on an so on passwd Change Password The factory password of pass can be changed to any string of 1 to 16 characters including all printable characters not including space or comma and the new password must not start with a number PDU 4 4 help passwd Syntax passwd Descrip...

Page 21: ... of the selected ports are already On they will be power cycled off then after a delay back ON or if any of the selected ports are Off they will be power cycled ON rbdelay Set Reboot Time The reboot delay command sets the time duration that a Port will remain Off before turning back On after issuing a Reboot Command to the PDU 4 4 The Time duration is adjustable from 1 to 29 seconds each Port may ...

Page 22: ...ed PDU8 s b box all d disable dly delay e enable n name t time p port name all PDU 4 4 status 1 Box Number 1 Button function is Enabled Temperature is 26 degrees C Output Name Status Delay Current mA 1 Port1 OFF 12 0mA 2 Port2 OFF 12 0mA 3 Port3 OFF 12 0mA 4 Port4 OFF 12 0mA 5 Port5 OFF 12 0mA 6 Port6 OFF 12 0mA 7 Port7 OFF 12 0mA 8 Port8 OFF 12 0mA Bank 1 Current Approx mA 15A Max 0 Bank 2 Curren...

Page 23: ...many international locations North America These products comply with the following standards Safety ANSI UL60950 1 1st Edition 2003 CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 03 Electromagnetic Interference FCC CFR47 Part 15 Class 1 Industry Canada ICES 003 Issue 2 Revision 1 Australia New Zealand This is a Class 1 product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user m...

Page 24: ...Fast Transient Test EN61000 4 5 1995 Power Supply Surge Test EN61000 4 6 1996 Conducted Immunity Test EN61000 4 8 1993 Magnetic Field Test EN61000 4 11 1994 Voltage Dips Interrupts Test Supplementary Information The following statements may be appropriate for certain geographical regions and might not apply to your location This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Inte...

Page 25: ...ds of measurement of Radio Disturbance Characteristics of Information Technology Equipment Note The user may notice degraded audio performance in the presence of electromagnetic fields Note If using a keyboard that is noise susceptible a ferrite ring on the keyboard cable may be needed to comply with Immunity Requirements Product Serial Number Thinklogical products have a unique serial number impr...

Page 26: ...d general information about all of the products we offer Our internet website offers product information on all current systems including technical specification sheets and installation guides for viewing online or for download product diagrams showing physical connections and other information you might need Internet www thinklogical com Note Most online documents are stored as Adobe Acrobat PDF ...

Page 27: ...ough Friday from 8 30am to 5 00pm Eastern Time Zone If your application might require assistance at some time outside of our normal business hours please contact us beforehand and we will do our best to make arrangements to help you with your Thinklogical products Warranty Thinklogical LLC Thinklogical warrants this product against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one 1 year fr...

Page 28: ...ctly to Thinklogical 1 Contact your sales representative or call Customer Support at 800 291 3211 or 203 647 8700 2 Describe the defect with the product and Customer Support will issue a Return Merchandise Authorization Number RMA 3 Pack the product in all of its original packing if possible and write the RMA number on the box 4 Return the product to Thinklogical LLC Attn RMA Insert the RMA issued...

Page 29: ...Revision A June 2009 27 Appendix A Ordering Information Thinklogical s Power Distribution Unit 4 4 Part Number Description PDU 000001 PDU 4 4 Power Distribution Unit Domestic Serial Interface ...

Page 30: ...RADE 1 4 3 2 5 6 7 8 BANK 1 1 2 4 3 BANK 1 BREAKER BANK 1 SUPPLY 115 VAC 60HZ 15 AMPS BANK 2 BREAKER BANK 2 SUPPLY 115 VAC 60HZ 15 AMPS CPU or Terminal Device To PDU 4 4 Units 3 16 Standard AC voltage IN Unit 1 Bank 1 Standard AC voltage IN Unit 1 Bank 2 Standard AC voltage IN Unit 2 Bank 2 Standard AC voltage IN Unit 2 Bank 1 PDU 4 4 Unit 1 PDU 4 4 Unit 2 Unit 1 Bank 1 Devices Unit 2 Bank 1 Devic...

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