Environmental Monitoring Card AP9612TH Installation and Quick-Start Manual ®
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Product inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Safety notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Your inspection and warranty responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Data reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Life Support Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 General policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Examples of life-support devices . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction Overview The Environmental Monitoring Card is an American Power Conversion (APC) accessory that monitors temperature, humidity, and contacts. The card supports up to four zones of contact monitoring, and each zone supports both normally open and normally closed contacts. The card will report temperatures from 0 to 60° C (32 to 140° F) and relative humidity from 10 to 90%.
Introduction Your inspection and warranty responsibilities Inspect the card immediately, and notify the carrier and the seller if there is any shipping damage. Fill out and return the enclosed warranty card before you begin using the unit. Hardware requirements The card requires an APC device with an available accessory slot. This device can be a UPS with an accessory slot or an Expansion Chassis with a supporting UPS. Data reporting The card also requires some means of reporting its data.
Installation How to install the card First install your UPS, and then install the Environmental Monitoring Card in a slot, as follows: 1. Shut down protected equipment and turn off the UPS. Warning Failure to turn off the UPS could result in damage to your Environmental Monitoring Card. 2. Use a #2 Phillips screwdriver to remove the two screws holding the plate that covers the card slot. Save the screws and the plate. Handle the card by the faceplate only. Do not touch the exposed printed circuit board.
Installation How to connect the card 1. Connect the supplied probe to probe connector 1 on the card. Place the probe using the supplied hook and loop fasteners, if needed. Note Use the probe on a flat surface in a protected area with adequate air flow and minimal dust. Do not operate the probe where temperature and humidity are outside the limits specified on page 10. Do not cover the ventilation holes on the probe. Warning Do not immerse the probe or place it where dew can form.
Installation How to test the card 1. Use your data reporting system to confirm that the card is working. (See page 2.) 2. Check that the probe is connected to probe connector 1. The card should transmit temperature and humidity values to the reporting system. 3. Activate each sensor according to the sensor manufacturer’s recommendation. Use the data reporting system to verify that each sensor operates.
Sensor Zone Connections Sensor zones and pin location Sensor Zones GND +12V 1 6 1 N O C O M 2 3 2 N C C O M 4 5 3 N C C O M 6 7 4 N C C O M N C 8 9 10 Pin Function 1 power supply, +12 VDC nominal, 60 mA maximum 2 power supply ground and normally open connection for all zones 3 zone 1 common 4 zone 1 normally closed 5 zone 2 common 6 zone 2 normally closed 7 zone 3 common 8 zone 3 normally closed 9 zone 4 common 10 zone 4 normally closed Environmental Monitoring C
Sensor Zone Connections Connection information The Environmental Monitoring Card supports normally open and normally closed loop systems, and allows mixing of normally open and normally closed sensors on any zone. Do not cross-connect the card’s sensors with sensors from any other system.
Sensor Zone Connections Sample setup In this example of a typical setup, system Zone 1 is a normally closed motion zone with power for the passive infrared detector supplied by the card. Zone 2 is a normally open zone, Zone 3 is a combination of a normally open and normally closed zone, and Zone 4 is not used.
Sensor Selection Dry contact sensors The Environmental Monitoring Card may be used with any dry contact closure sensors. The card’s sensor inputs monitor circuits that have no voltage potential of their own. Warning Connecting the card’s sensor inputs to any circuit other than a dry closure type will void the warranty and may result in damage to the card. Normally open and normally closed sensors Any normally open (NO) or normally closed (NC) dry contact sensor may be used with the card.
Specifications Product specifications Item Specification Electrical Operating voltage 16 – 27 VDC Operating current draw 30 mA DC (exclusive of any attached sensors) Temperature accuracy ± 2° C (±3.6° F) from 0 to 40° C (32 to 104° F) ± 8% RH, 10 to 90% RH at 25° C (77° F) Humidity accuracy ± 8% RH, 30 to 80 % RH from 15 to 30° C (from 59 to 95° F) Physical Size (h × w × d) 3.8 cm × 10.2 × 10.2 (1.5 i × n4 × 4) Weight 140 g (0.3 lb) Shipping weight 320 g (0.
Warranty and Service Limited warranty APC warrants the Environmental Monitoring Card to be free Warranty limitations Except as provided herein, APC makes no warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Some jurisdictions do not permit limitation or exclusion of implied warranties; therefore, the aforesaid limitation(s) or exclusion(s) may not apply to the purchaser.
Warranty and Service replacement. 4. Pack the unit carefully. The warranty does not cover damage sustained in transit. Enclose a letter with your name, address, RMA number and daytime phone number; a copy of the sales receipt; and a check as payment, if applicable. 5. Mark the RMA number clearly on the outside of the shipping carton. 6. Ship by insured, prepaid carrier to the address provided by the Customer Support technician.
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 be reasonably expected to cause failure of the life-support device or to affect significantly its safety or effectiveness. • In direct patient care.
® 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 find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs), to access documents in the APC Knowledge Base, and to submit customer support requests. – www.apc.com (Corporate Headquarters) Connect to localized APC Web sites for specific countries, each of which provides customer support information. – www.apc.
