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5150 Power Strip Management
The 5150 Series family of products provides easy, practical, and secure solutions for power
distribution, power management and load-measurement for remote internetworking equipment and
branch AC circuits.
5150 Series products are available in 8-outlet and 16-outlet configurations for 100-120VAC up to 30A,
and for 230VAC up to 16A (Continental Europe). An 5150 Series offers individual remote control over
the power on/off status to a maximum of 16 devices.
The following section explains how to connect and install the 5150.
Connecting the 5150
The 5150 Series is equipped with a single RJ45 RS-232 serial port for attachment to a PC or
networked terminal server using the supplied RJ45 to RJ45 crossover cable and RJ45 to DB9F serial
port adapter as required. See the Technical Specifications in
Getting Started with the MRV
Communications 5150 Power Control Series
for more information on the RS-232 serial port.
To connect the 5150:
1. Connect one end of the standard RJ-45 double-ended crossover cable to the serial port of the 5150.
2. Connect the other end to any port you have configured as a power management port.
Figure 18 - Connecting the 5150
You must change the port’s “access” to “power model ir5150” before performing any control and
monitoring. Use the following command, in the Async Port Configure Mode, to configure
asynchronous port 1 as an 5150 port:
Async 1-1:0>>
access power model ir5150
Once the 5150 is enabled, you can check its status with the following command:
InReach:0>>
show port async 1 status
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Serial Port
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RJ-45 Double-Ended
Crossover Cable
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