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Power switching configuration
Power switch configuration comprises two main steps:
• ConguretheOPTIONS serial port to the same speed as used by the power
switch box(es), using the Serial port configuration menu.
• CongurepowerONandOFFstringsforeachrelevanthostcomputer.
For each power port there needs to be a valid ‘Power ON string’ and similarly an
appropriate ‘Power OFF string’. In each case, the strings are a short sequence of
characters that combine a port address and a power on or off value.
If a particular computer has more than one power input (and thus requires an
equivalent number of power ports to control them), collections of strings can be
combined to switch all of the required ports together as a group.
To configure the power sequences for each host computer
1 Using VNC viewer or a browser, log on as the ‘admin’ user.
2 Click the ‘Configure’ button in the top right corner.
3 Click the ‘Host configuration’ option.
4 Click a host entry to display a Host configuration dialogue:
5 If necessary, configure other parameters (Name, Users, Hot Keys - MORE).
Power control sequences
Notes: The settings given below are for Adder power switches model numbers
PSU-8SLAVE and PSU-1GUARD - other power switches may require different
settings. Please refer to your power switch documentation for details about
codes required by other power switches.
The structure of each power sequence (OFF, ON or Reboot) is as follows:
/Pxy=z\0D
Where:
x is the switch box number,
y is the power port number,
z is ‘0’ for OFF or ‘1’ for ON
r is for Reboot, and
\0D represents Enter (or Carriage return).
Example 1
To switch ON port 5 of switch box 2, the code would be as follows:
• Powersequence: P25=1\0D
Example 2
To switch OFF port 8 of switch box 3, the code would be as follows:
• Powersequence: P38=0\0D
For details about operating this feature, see Power switching control within
the Operation chapter.
To control two or more ports simultaneously
Youcancontroluptofourpowerportsusingasinglesequence.Thisisdone
using the same command structure as shown above, plus a delay command,
for each port. Immediately following a port command, insert the characters ‘\*’
before the next port command, and so on up to four ports. For instance, to
switch on ports 1 and 2 in the first power switch, the command line would be:
P11=1\0D\*P12=1\0D
6 Enter the Power control sequences in the Power On, Power Off and Reboot
fields
7 Click OK to close the dialogue and then click the Save button in the main
Host Configuration window to store the details.
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