Page 3 - Contents; How to Connect an Alarm Beacon and Other Optional Devices . . 11
Contents NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual i Introduction ..................................................................... 1 Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Document Overview . . . . . . . . ....
Page 5 - Introduction; Product Description
1 NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual Introduction Product Description 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 Rack Monitor 200 includes...
Page 7 - Additional Options; InfraStruXure-certified
3 NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual Additional Options The following options are available for the Rack Monitor 200. For more information, contact your APC representative or the distributor from whom you purchased your APC product. • NetBotz Rack Sensor Pod 150 (NB...
Page 8 - Installation; Physical Description
NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual 4 Installation Physical Description Rear Toolless mounting pegs allow for installation in APC NetShelter ® VX and SX racks and enclosures without using any U-spaces. (For more details, see “Toolless peg-mount installation” on page ...
Page 10 - How to Install the Rack Monitor 200
NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual 6 How to Install the Rack Monitor 200 Note: Install the Rack Monitor 200 in an environment compatible with the environmental specifications on page 23. Note: When you install the Rack Monitor 200 in the rack, do not create a hazard...
Page 13 - How to Install the Temperature/Humidity Sensor
9 NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual How to Install the Temperature/Humidity Sensor 1. Choose a location and install the temperature/humidity sensor. Avoid locations in direct sunlight or other locations that may affect the sensor reading, such as near windows, room...
Page 14 - How to Connect Sensors to Universal Sensor Ports
NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual 10 How to Connect Sensors to Universal Sensor Ports This procedure applies to the following sensors, which are supported by the Rack Monitor 200 and connect to the universal sensor ports: • Temperature Sensor (AP9335T) • Temperatur...
Page 16 - How to Cascade Devices to A-Link Ports
NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual 12 How to Cascade Devices to A-Link Ports You can cascade to A-Link ports up to twelve NetBotz Rack Sensor Pod 150s (NBPD0150) and up to a combined total of eight Temperature Sensors with Digital Display (AP9520T) and Temperature/H...
Page 17 - How to Wire to the Modbus Interface
13 NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual How to Wire to the Modbus Interface To connect to your building management system, use the Modbus RS-485 interface. The Modbus interface supports 2-wire RS-485, plus ground. In addition, Modbus requires both termination and pola...
Page 18 - Quick Configuration
NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual 14 Quick Configuration Note: Disregard the procedures in this section if you have APC InfraStruXure Central or InfraStruXure Manager as part of your system. See the documentation for your InfraStruXure device for more information. ...
Page 19 - DHCP Server
15 NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual DHCP Server The DHCP server must be set up with an encapsulated APC cookie in the Vendor Specific Information option (DHCP option 43); otherwise, DHCP offers will be ignored by the Rack Monitor 200. If you do not want to use opt...
Page 20 - Important Information about the Default Gateway; How to Update the BOOTPTAB File
NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual 16 Important Information about the Default Gateway Observe the following when required to enter a default gateway for the Rack Monitor 200. (Refer to page 14.) Note: If a default gateway is unavailable, use the IP address of a comp...
Page 23 - Control Console
19 NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual Control Console You can use the control console—a text-based, menu-driven Rack Monitor 200 software interface—to configure TCP/IP settings. How to access the control console Use a local computer that connects to the Rack Monitor...
Page 24 - Access the Rack Monitor 200; Web Interface; Telnet and SSH
NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual 20 Access the Rack Monitor 200 After the Rack Monitor 200 is running on your network, you can access the following Rack Monitor 200 software user interfaces to finish configuring and to begin monitoring your system: • Web interface...
Page 25 - Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
21 NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual Telnet for basic access. Telnet provides the basic security of authentication by user name and password, but not the high-security benefits of encryption. To use Telnet to access the control console of the Rack Monitor 200: 1. A...
Page 27 - Specifications
23 NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual Specifications NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 (NBRK0200) Electrical Input voltage, nominal, for AC Line Inlet 100–240 Vac; 50/60 Hz Maximum total current draw for AC Line Inlet 10 A (defined by Switched Outlet load + 0.25 A) Maximum o...
Page 28 - System Specifications
NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual 24 Temperature/Humidity Sensor (AP9335TH) System Specifications Specifications Temperature accuracy ±2 ºC (± 3ºF), from 0 to 40ºC (32 to 104ºF) Humidity accuracy ± 4% RH, 20 to 90% RH, at 25ºC (77ºF) ± 8% RH, 30 to 80% RH, from 15 ...
Page 29 - Warranty and Life Support; Two-Year Factory Warranty
25 NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual Warranty and Life Support Two-Year Factory Warranty This warranty applies only to the products you purchase for your use in accordance with this manual. Terms of warranty APC warrants its products to be free from defects in mate...
Page 31 - Life Support Policy
27 NetBotz Rack Monitor 200 Installation and Quick Configuration Manual Life Support Policy General policy American Power Conversion (APC) does not recommend the use of any of its products in the following situations: • In life-support applications where failure or malfunction of the APC product can...
Page 35 - Radio Frequency Interference
Radio Frequency Interference Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. USA — FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, purs...
Page 36 - APC Worldwide Customer Support
4/2008 990-3283-001 *990-3283* APC Worldwide Customer Support Customer support for this or any other APC product is available at no charge in any of the following ways: • Visit the APC Web site to access documents in the APC Knowledge Base and to submit customer support requests. – www.apc.com (Corp...