User manual

Monitoring and Configuration Overview
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RPC2
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3.3.5 System Tab Overview
The System tab is the control and configuration center for the RPC2 rack communications module.
Pages on the tab permit updatinge firmware, joining networks, setting security levels, adding and
removing users, setting access privileges and alarm threshholds and setting automatic messages for
events and alarms (see Figure 8).
The tab also displays information about the RPC2 communications module and the PDU where it is
installed, including location, contact personnel, technical support, firmware version, serial number
and MAC address.
Figure 8
System Tab screen
3.3.6 RPC BDM Overview
The RPC BDM display may be attached with an Ethernet cable to the RPC2 and mounted outside the
rack allowing the user to locally view PDU, branch and receptacle information. See 5.0 - RPC BDM
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(Optional) for a detailed description of its functions. It may also be carried by monitoring personnel
and used as a handheld viewing screen that is more easily viewed than an onboard LCD screen.
Figure 9 RPC BDM displaying receptacle information