Magnum 6KM Mobile Ethernet Switch Installation and User Guide | 07/10 |
3.5Alarm Contacts for monitoring internal power, and Software Traps
The Alarm Contacts feature, standard on Magnum 6KM’s, provides two Form Normally Closed (NC) contacts to which the user can attach two sets of status monitoring wires at the green terminal block.
The first NC Alarm Contact is a “Software Alarm” (labeled S/W), operated by user settings in the
The second NC Alarm Contact is held closed when there is power on the main board inside of the Switch. This provides a “Hardware Alarm” (labeled H/W) because the NC contacts will open when internal power is lost, either from an external power down condition or by the failure of the power supply inside of the Magnum Switch.
Useful info. about Alarm contacts:
1.There is a four pin M12
2.The top two pins (1,2) are software operated
3.The bottom two pins (3,4) are hardware operated
4.These are both NC (normally closed) relays
5.The switch’s software operation needs to be enabled and set to get the Alarm traps. For detailed information about the Software Alarm and software control of SNMP alarm traps, please reference the Magnum
The Alarm Contacts are on the front left area (next to the Console port) of the Magnum 6KM unit (labeled as ALARM).
Fig 3.5a Alarm Contacts:
(1,2) are software operated
(3,4) are hardware operated
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