Operating Your PL-50 Power Controller – Monitor

6.4 DIP-switch Settings

Figure 29 and Table 9 define the DIP-switches:

 

Table 9: DIP-switch Definitions

 

 

DIP

Function:

1

PROGRAM, for factory use only

2

ON for RS-485 Line Termination with 120;

 

OFF for no RS-485 Line Termination

1 2

Figure 29: SETUP DIP-switches

7Operating Your PL-50 Power Controller – Monitor

You can operate your PL-50via:

The front panel buttons

Remotely, by USB, RS-485 or RS-232 serial commands transmitted by a touch screen system, PC, or other serial controller

The Ethernet

Remotely, from the Kramer Infrared Remote Control Transmitter or the infrared remote extension cable transmitter

Powering up PL-50unit, recalls the previous settings (that is, the state of the unit when it was powered down) from the non-volatile memory.

7.1Calibrating via the Front Panel Buttons

Prior to monitoring the PL-50outlets, each outlet needs to be measured for its standby and Active modes.

To set the Active mode, do the following:

1.Press one or more OUT buttons to select the channels for which you want to measure the standby or active modes.

The selected buttons illuminate.

2.Set the connected units to the Active mode.

3.Press the PRESET LEVEL ACTIVE button.

The selected orange OUT buttons, and their related ACTIVE green LEDs blink.

4.Press each of the selected orange blinking buttons to initialize the measurement.

The ACTIVE green LED blinks until measurement is complete.

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