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APC NetBotz 200

The American Power Conversion (APC) NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 is a central hardware appliance for an APC environmental monitoring and control system. The rack-mountable NetBotz 200 includes six sensor ports for connecting temperature and humidity sensors, door switch sensors, and third-party dry contact sensors. Using other ports on the NetBotz 200, you can connect up to eight temperature and humidity sensors with digital display. This connector uses SNMP polling to retrieve sensor information.

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Version Info

Range Key Features Based on System Impact
1.0.0.x [SLC Main] Initial version - -

Product Info

Range Supported Firmware
1.0.0.x 6.5.6

System Info

Range DCF Integration Cassandra Compliant Linked Components Exported Components
1.0.0.x No No - -

Configuration

Connections

SNMP Main Connection

This connector uses a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) connection and requires the following input during element creation:

SNMP CONNECTION:

  • IP address/host: The polling IP or URL of the destination.
  • IP port: The IP port of the destination.
  • Bus address: The bus address of the device.

SNMP Settings:

  • Get community string: The community string used when reading values from the device (default: public).
  • Set community string: The community string used when setting values on the device (default: private).

Web Interface

The web interface is only accessible when the client machine has network access to the product.

How to use

The element created with this connector consists of the data pages described below.

General Page

This page contains information such as the Device Name, Product Number, Device Firmware Version, Device Hardware Version, Date of Manufacture and Device Serial Number. It also allows you to configure the EMS Configuration Name.

Modules Page

This page displays a table with information on the modules attached to the system. For each module, you can find information such as the Module Name, Module Location, Serial Number, etc.

Beacon Page

This page contains the Beacon Configuration Table, which displays configuration information for each beacon.

Alarm Device Page

On this page, you can find the Alarm Device Table, which allows control of individual device alarms.

EMS Page

This page displays information about the Environmental Management System, such as:

  • EMS Communication State: The status of communication between the Agent and the device:

    • Communication means that communication is established.
    • No Communication means that communication has never been established.
    • Communication Lost means that communication was established but lost.

  • Probe Count: The total number of temperature/humidity probes (both local and remote) supported by the device.

  • Input Contacts Count: The number of input contacts the device supports.

  • Output Relay Count

  • Outlet Count

  • Sensor Count

  • ARUs Count

  • T/H Probes Count

  • Alarm Devices Count

  • System Temperature Units

  • Check Log Light: Light off means there are no new log entries; Lights on means new log entries are present.

  • Hardware Status:

    • No Error indicates no error conditions have been detected in the EMS hardware.
    • Current Limit Error indicates a current limit error condition related to the Alink port
    • Incorrect Hardware Plugged indicates incorrect hardware is plugged into an EMS port.
    • Limit and Incorrect Hardware Errors indicates that both of the previously mentioned error conditions are present.

Probe Page

This page contains the Probe Configuration Table, which displays both status parameters and settings for the individual probes:

  • Status parameters include the Probe Temperature, Humidity Status and Probe Communication Status.

  • Configurable settings include:

    • Probe Delta Temperature
    • Probe Delta Humidity
    • ST Incr. Temp. Variance: Short-term increasing temperature variance used for rate of change alarms.
    • ST Incr. Temp. Time: Short-term increasing temperature time used for rate of change alarms.
    • ST Decr. Temp. Variance
    • ST Decr. Temp. Time
    • LT Incr. Temp. Variance: Long-term increasing temperature variance used for rate of change alarms.

Sensors Page

This page contains the following tables:

  • MEM Sensor Configuration: Allows you to retrieve configuration information from sensors attached to the system. This includes configurable settings such as Sensor Location and Sensor Name, and status information such as Sensor Temperature, Sensor Humidity, etc.

  • EMS Sensor Status: Displays information on individual sensors, such as:

  • Sensor State: Displays Sensor Faulted EMS if there is a fault in the sensor, Sensor OK EMS if there is no fault and Sensor Not Installed EMS if the sensor is not installed.

    • Sensor Normal State: Displays if the normal state of the sensor is closed or open.
    • Sensor Alarm Delay

  • EMS Sensor Control: Allows you to control/reset individual sensors.

  • EMS Sensor Configuration: Allows you to configure individual sensors.

Inputs Page

This page contains the following tables:

  • Input Contact Configuration: Allows you to configure the parameters Input Contact Name and Input Normal State for each probe and also displays the Input Contact State of each probe.

  • Input Status: Displays status information such as the Input Name, Input Location, Input State, Input Analog Value, Input Alarm and Input Communication Status for each probe.

    From version 1.0.0.4 onwards, the display key for this table can be configured as MEM Input ID (primary key) or the Input Name.

  • Input Configuration: Allows you to configure several parameters for each probe, such as Input Type (Dry Contact, Digital, Analog mA, Analog Volts), Alarm Generation, MEM Input Normal State, Abnormal Severity and Number Calibration Points. You can also configure each Calibration Point.

Outputs Page

This page contains the following tables:

  • Output Relay Control: Allows you to control the individual output relays. For each relay you can check the Output Relay State and configure the Relay Output Name, Output Relay Normal State and Relay Output Command.
  • Output Configuration: Allows you to retrieve output configuration information and configure the Output Name, Output Location, Normal State and Output Action.

Outlets Page

This page contains the following tables:

  • Output Configuration: Allows you to configure the Outlet Conf. Name, Outlet Normal State and Outlet Command for the individual outlets.
  • MEM Outlet Configuration: Displays outlet configuration information and allows you to configure the Outlet Location, MEM Outlet Normal State and Outlet Action.
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