User manual

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2. Quickstart
The Quickstart manual gives you a short instruction into the main features and how to make
some basic settings and guides you in connecting the SNMP-adapter to the network and UPS.
Note: Before you start to configure the CS121 please ensure that your
connections are valid as described in section 1.8 Verifying the CS121
connectivity (Red network-LED off; green network-LED flashing in
intervals). Please take care that your UPS has been correctly installed
before and is running!
There are three methods available for configuring the SNMP-adapter: Telnet, terminal and
HTTP. These methods differ in the type of user interface and in the type of connection to be
used for the configuration. The telnet method shares similarities with both, the terminal and the
HTTP-method. Like the HTTP-method, the telnet method uses a network connection via the
IP-address to establish a communication, but it has the same type of user interface as used in
the terminal-method. The terminal-method requires that the SNMP-adapter be connected via
the serial cable to a host computer. The terminal and telnet methods provide the user with a
text menu indicating per alpha-numeric keys the possibilities for the user to either enter
configuration commands or navigate through the menu levels. The HTTP-method provides the
user with forms in which the system settings are either typed directly into a form or chosen per
drop down menu.
Although, all of the configuration possibilities, Telnet, Terminal and HTTP are generally
available, later in the parts of this manual only the explanation for usage of the HTTP-interface
will be provided. We strongly recommend to use the HTTP interface for configuration and
monitoring.
After you have completed the hardware setup and connected the SNMP-adapter, any of these
three methods can be used to configure the adapter for the network. For this purpose
depending on the configuration method, a communication must be established between the
adapter and user via a serial terminal session or via an established network route in a telnet or
HTTP session. CS121 allows a login only under the username “admin”. Upon entering a
telnet- or terminal-session with the adapter an authorization is required for which the default
password is:
“cs121–snmp”
2.1 Setting up basic network configuration
The minimum requirement to operate the SNMP-adapter is to set the IP address, subnet mask
and the UPS model:
• The DIP-switches of the SNMP-adapter firstly need to be set for the configuration. DIP-
switch 1 is switched OFF in the top position as well as DIP switch 2 is switched OFF. Please
note that the DIP switches of the SNMP-slot card adapter are situated on top of the circuit
board and DIP switch 2 remains in the OFF position in configuration as well as in the normal
mode.
Note: For slot versions you have to insert and remove the device for any
reboot-process. This will not have any effect on your UPS but we
recommend doing such operations only when the UPS is not supplying
any load!
• As soon as the network-LED is flashing, add a TCP/IP route on your computer for IP-
address 10.10.10.10. This is done via a call from your command line e.g. "route add
10.10.10.10 <your computers IP address>“. See also route -? for more help of route syntax.
• Test if you can ping the device now: Enter command „ping 10.10.10.10“ and check if there is
any response. Now you can connect with any Telnet or HTTP-software and continue with the
configuration.