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2.1 General Overview
The Pow-R-Boot 5 (PRB 5) is a convenient tool you can use to reboot as
many as five AC-powered devices from a remote location. Normally, when
a computer or peripheral device locks up, it must be manually reinitialized
by on-site personnel. But when you plug pieces of equipment into the PRB 5,
you can send a command from a remote site—even from half a world away
across a modem link—to reset any or all of them by toggling AC power
ON and OFF.
The Pow-R-Boot 5's RS-232 Control Port will accept commands (in the form
of ASCII character strings) to select the desired port and initiate the reboot
routine. You can connect the PRB 5 to a master or control device such as a
PC or one of our Port Manager Switches, either directly (with a serial cable)
or indirectly (through a modem).
The unit also has a DIP switch you can set to (a) select the appropriate
data rate for communication between the unit and the master device,
(b) choose a short or long reboot cycle, and (c) enable or disable
"Quiet Mode."
If the unit receives and carries out a command, it will respond with
a "PRB OK" message so that you can verify proper communication with the
master device. (You can turn off these messages by enabling Quiet Mode.)
2.2 Features
• Remotely toggle AC power to any of the unit's five separate outlets.
• Connect a PC to the RS-232 Control Port either directly or indirectly
(across a modem link).
• Directly connect one of our Port Manager Switches (product codes
SW545A and SW546A) to the Control Port.
• Set the length of the "downtime" or "offtime" part of the reboot cycle
(that is, how long the unit denies power to the rebooting device before
restoring it).
• Receive status messages from the unit (or, if you don't want these, enable
Quiet Mode).
2. Introduction
CHAPTER 2: Introduction
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