Installing The Environmental Monitoring Probe - IBM DPI C13 PDU+ Installation And Maintenance Manual

Installing the environmental monitoring probe

To install the environmental monitoring probe, complete the following steps:
1. If applicable, connect external contact closure inputs to the screw terminals on
2. Connect the CAT5 network cable that comes with the PDU to the environmental
3. Make sure that the PDU has a network connection, the power cord is
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the environmental monitoring probe.
Pin 1
Note: Contact closure device 1 is connected between pins 1 and 2. Device 2 is
connected between pins 3 and 4 (as labeled to show device 1 and 2). Contact
closure devices can be normally open or normally closed.
Table 3. Environmental monitoring probe screw terminal pin assignment
Pin number Description
1 Contact 1 return
2 Contact 1 signal input
3 Contact 2 return
4 Contact 2 signal input
monitoring probe RJ-45 connector and to the RJ-45 console connector on the
PDU.
Note: If the cable is not long enough for your configuration, you can use a
cable that is 20 m (65.6 ft) or less.
Environmental
monitoring
probe
RJ-45
connector
Ethernet cable
connected, and the PDU is turned on. The environmental monitoring probe is
automatically recognized by the PDU.
Environmental
monitoring
probe screw
terminals
PDU
RJ-45
console
connector
Normally open/
normally closed
Normally closed
Normally open
Normally closed
Normally open