Tripp Lite B0930082E4U Owners Manual for B093- B097- and B098-Series Console S - Page 164

8. Power, Environment and Digital I/O 8.3.1 Connecting the EMD and its Sensors The Environmental Monitor Device (EMD) connects to any serial port on the console server via special EMD Adapter and standard Cat5 cable. The sensors screw into the EMD. The EMD is powered over the serial port connection and communicates using a custom handshake protocol. It is not an RS-232 device and should not be connected without the adapter. EMD EMD Adapter EMD sensor Plug the EMD adapter's male RJ connector (model B090-EMD-ADP) into the EMD. Then connect the adapter to the console server serial port using the provided UTP cable. If the 6 ft. (2 m) UTP cable provided with the EMD is not long enough, it can be replaced with a standard Cat5 UTP cable up to 33 ft. (10 m) in length (Tripp Lite N002-Series cables). Screw the bare wires on any smoke detector, water detector, vibration sensor, open-door sensor or general purpose open/close status sensors into the terminals on the EMD. Screw the bare wires on any smoke detector, water detector, vibration sensor, open-door sensor or general purpose open/close status sensors into the terminals on the EMD. B090-WLS - Console Server Water Leak Sensor B090-DCS - Console Server Door Contact Sensor B090-VS - Console Server Vibration Sensor B090-SD-110 - Console Server Smoke Detector - 110V B090-SD-220 - Console Server Smoke Detector - 120V Note: Console servers only support attaching a single sensor to each EMD. The EMD can only be used with a console server and cannot be connected to standard RS-232 serial ports on other devices. • Select Environmental as the Device Type in the Serial & Network: Serial Port menu for the port to which the EMD is to be attached. No particular common settings are required. • Click Apply. 164