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Environmental
Monitoring Unit
AP9312TH
AP9312THi
User’s Guide
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Environmental Monitoring Unit Contents Managing the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Available interfaces—1 Configuring network settings—1 LEDs and the Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Front Panel Features—2 Descriptions—2 Web Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 System requirements—3 Access to the Web interface—
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Contents Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Purpose—12 TCP/IP—12 TFTP/FTP—12 Telnet/Web—13 SNMP—14 Email (Control Console only)—15 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Purpose—16 User Manager—16 Identification—17 Date/Time—17 File Transfer—18 Tools—19 Links (Web Interface only)—19 Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Help options—20 Interactive Assis
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Contents Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Planning and implementing security features—25 Port assignments—25 User names, passwords, community names—25 Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Authentication versus encryption—26 MD5 authentication (Web interface)—26 Firewalls—26 Summary of access methods—27 APC Worldwide Custom
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Environmental Monitoring Unit Managing the Unit Introduction Available The stand-alone Environmental Monitoring Unit performs continuous interfaces temperature and humidity sensing and contact monitoring. You can manage the unit through Web, Control Console, or SNMP interfaces. Remotely, you can manage the unit with a Web browser using the Web interface or with Telnet using the Control Console interface. Locally, you can manage the unit through a serial interface, using the Control Con
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Managing the Unit LEDs and the Reset Button Front Panel The reset button and two LEDs are on the front panel of the Features Environmental Monitoring Unit. Descriptions No No No No.... F F F Fe e e eatur atur atur ature e e e D D D De e es escr scr scr criiip ip p ptttio tiiion on on n Reset button Reinitializes the unit’s network interface. ! RX/TX LED unit Link- Off: The device that connects the to the network " (a router, hub, or concentrator) is off or not operating correctly. Flashing
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Managing the Unit Web Interface System To access the Web interface, you need one of the following supported requirements Web browsers: Internet Explorer 3.0.2 and later Netscape 3.0 and later Note: Some Web interface features (data verification, APC Interactive Assistant, and MD5 authentication) require that you enable Java Script and/or Java. For MD5 to function properly, you must also have cookies enabled on your Web browser. Access to the Web Only one user at a time may access the Env
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Managing the Unit Control Console Options for using The Control Console provides comprehensive management of the unit the Control by one of the following modes of access: Console Telnet, for remote management A serial interface for local management Access to the Only one user at a time may access the Environmental Monitoring Unitt. Control Console Serial interface users have precedence over Telnet users, and Telnet users have precedence over Web users. Use a serial interface to access th
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Managing the Unit Control Console continued Navigating the Within the menu structure: menus To select a menu item, type the item number, then press ENTER. To save changes to configurable values, use the Accept Changes menu option. To refresh the current menu, Press ENTER. To go to the previous menu, Press ESC. to access brief descriptions of the current menu items, Type ? and then press ENTER (if the menu has help available). To return to the main Control Console menu, use CTRL-C.
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Managing the Unit Password-Protected User Accounts Types of accounts The Environmental Monitoring Unit provides two password-protected accounts, Administrator and Device Manager, that allow you to control access to the device. To configure the accounts, see User Manager on page 16 Account access to management Ac Ac Ac Acco co co coun un un unt tt t T T T Ty y y yp p p pe e e e menus M M M Mana ana ana anagem gem gem gement M ent M ent M ent Me e e en n n nu u u us s s s Ad Ad Ad Admi mi mi
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Environmental Monitoring Unit Menu Items Introduction Interface The information in this section is based on the Web interface. The similarities and Control Console interface varies slightly, but offers the same capabilities differences for managing the Environmental Monitoring Unit. Your access to menus is determined by the account under which you logged in. See Password-Protected User Accounts on page 6. Contents of this This section provides information on the following menus: section En
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Menu Items Environmental Monitoring Purpose Use the Environmental Monitoring menu to configure settings for monitoring contact closures and for obtaining information about the temperature and humidity sensed by up to two probes. Status: probes Item Item Item Item Defi Defi D Defi efinit nit n nit itiiion ion on on Temperature Reports the temperature (Celsius) sensed by the unit’s probes. High Temperature Reports whether current temperature exceeds the high Violation temperature threshold (Ye
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Menu Items Environmental Monitoring continued Status: contacts It It It Item em em em Def Def Def Defiiiini ni ni niti ti ti tion on on on Device 1 (Contact Zone 1) For each contact by number and name, reports Alarm through Device 4 whether the contact senses an alarm condition (Contact Zone 4) Alarm: (Yes or No) or that the alarm is disabled . Status: firmware The status section also reports the firmware version of the version Environmental Monitoring Unit. Configuration Item Item Item Item
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Menu Items Events Viewing the Event The Event Log displays information for the Environmental Monitoring Log directly Unit’s last 300 events. Item Item Item Item D D D De e es escr scr scr criiip ip p ptttio tiiion on on n Date The date on which the event occurred (DD/MM/YYYY) Time The time at which the event occurred (HH:MM:SS) Event Description of the event. For detailed descriptions of event codes, select APC Interactive Assistant from the Navigation Bar on the Web interface and read the pa
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Menu Items Events continued Deleting the Event To delete the Event Log, type del event.txt. FTP confirms the Log in the FTP deletion: interface Requested file action okay, completed. A new event.txt file is immediately created to record the Deleted Log event. Recipients (Web Use the Recipients option of the Events menu to configure email interface only) recipients who will be notified when an event occurs. See Configuring Email Recipients on page 21. (In the Control Console, use the Email
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Menu Items Network Purpose The Network menu provides access to the configurable network settings. Only the Administrator can access the Network menu. TCP/IP The TCP/IP section lists the Environmental Monitoring Unit’s start-up settings for network service and allows you to configure TCP/IP settings. . Item Item Item Item De De D De efin fin ffin iniiiti iti ti tion on o on n System IP The unit’s Internet Protocol address, which is a numeric address that the domain name server translates int
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Menu Items Network continued Telnet/Web Ite Ite Ite Item m m m De De D De efin fin ffin iniiiti iti ti tion on o on n Te Te Te Tel l l ln n n ne e e et t t t Access Enables or disables Telnet access. Port The TCP/IP port where the Telnet server for the unit is located. Default: port 23 We We We Web b b b Access Enables or disables Web access. Port The TCP/IP port where the Web server for the unit is located. 80 Default: port Continued on next page Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guid
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Menu Items Network continued SNMP The SNMP section displays the SNMP access control and trap receiver Settings. Ite Ite Ite Item m m m De De D De efin fin ffin iniiiti iti ti tion on o on n SNMP SNMP Access Enables or disables access. Access Control Controls access to each of the four SNMP channels. Trap Receiver Defines the NMSs (up to 4) to which traps are sent. Access Control . The Access Control section of SNMP displays the current settings for all four SNMP channels and lets you config
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Menu Items Network continued Email (Control Use the Email option of the Network menu to configure email recipients Console only) who will be notified when an event occurs. See Configuring Email Recipients on page 21. (In the Web interface, use the Recipients option of the Events menu instead.) Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 15
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Menu Items System Purpose Use the System menu to configure accounts, system identification, file transfers, and links. Only the Administrator has access to the System menu. User Manager Use this section to configure the properties of the Administrator and Device Manager accounts. The Administrator has unrestricted access, but the Device Manager can configure only the Environmental Monitoring Unit; not the network and system parameters. Ite Ite Ite Item m m m De De D De efin fin ffin iniiit
