Adder Technology Switch manual Editing power strings, Creating power port groups

Editing power strings

The string editing screen has two editing areas where you can enter and view the power switch code as either: ASCII characters or HEX values.

ASCII editing area

HEX editing area

Press F1 to change between the ASCII and HEX editing areas

The two areas are linked so that as you change one, the other changes in response. The ASCII edit area has two limitations:

•The ASCII edit area cannot display the ‘=’ character, and represents it with a fullstop when you type ‘=’. However, even though it is not displayed, the character is correctly stored and used.

•You cannot add the ‘Enter’ character (which is needed at the end of the line) within the ASCII edit box. This must be added within the HEX area, using the code ‘0D’. The ‘Enter’ character is also represented in the ASCII area by a fullstop, so the HEX area provides the truest representation of the string contents.

To change between the ASCII and HEX edit areas

• Press

The structure of power strings

Note: The settings given below are for the EPS-S8 power switch - other power switches may require different settings. Please refer to Adder for advice on how to configure the SmartView World to control other power switches.

The ASCII structure of each string (OFF and ON) is as follows:

Pxy=z

Where:

x is the switch box number, y is the power port number,

z is ‘0’ for OFF or ‘1’ for ON, and

is the Enter (or Carriage return) character (0D in Hex).

Example 1

To switch ON port 5 of switch box 2, the ASCII and HEX codes would be as follows:

• ASCII string: P25=1

• HEX characters: 50 32 35 3D 31 0D

Example 2

To switch OFF port 8 of switch box 3, the ASCII and HEX codes would be as follows:

• ASCII string: P38=0

• HEX characters: 50 33 38 3D 30 0D

ASCII characters and equivalent HEX codes

The table given here shows the various ASCII characters that you will need along with their HEX equivalents:

ASCII Hex

P50

131

232

333

434

535

636

737

838

= 3D

Enter 0D

Note: Remember, you cannot add the ‘Enter’ command within the ASCII area, you must change to the HEX area (using ) and type the equivalent code ‘0D’.

Creating power port groups

Where multiple power inputs to a server require simultaneous switching, up to four ports can be formed into a power port group.

To add/edit further power strings in order to switch extra ports 1 Edit the first power ON string as described above.

2Press to edit an additional power ON string. Input the appropriate switch box number and port address for the next power port.

3Repeat step 2 for each power port that must be simultaneously switched.

4 Repeat all of these steps for the corresponding power OFF strings.

Note: The second, third and fourth strings are actually sent in quick succession. If required, this feature could be used to create one long string for a single port.

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