RACKPDU
The APC by Schneider Electric Rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU) may be used as a stand-alone, network- manageable power distribution device or up to four devices can be connected together using one network connection. The Rack PDU provides real-time remote monitoring of connected loads.
The HSYCO RACKPDU driver supports the AP88XX and AP78XXB Metered models.
PDU Configuration
In order to be able to control the device with HSYCO SERVER, remote access to the command line interface via SSH must be enabled.
HSYCO Configuration
Add a RACKPDU I/O Server in the I/O Servers section of the Settings and set its parameters:
Communication
- IP Address: the IP address of the device
- IP Port: TCP/IP port to use (defaults to 22)
- User: the SSH user (defaults to "apc")
- Password: the SSH password (defaults to "apc").
High Availability
- Shutdown when inactive: defaults to false.
Options
| ID | Default | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| startupevents | false | true | generate IO events also during the driver’s start-up phase |
| false | start generating events only after HSYCO is aligned with the current status of the system |
Datapoints
All measured values returned as datapoints use the units as set in the PDU. The unit is not returned in the datapoint value.
| ID | Value | R/W | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| connection | online | R | connection established |
| offline | R | not connected to the PDU | |
| bklowload.<N> | <value> | R | bank N low-load threshold current in amps |
| bknearover.<N> | <value> | R | bank N near-overload threshold current in amps |
| bkoverload.<N> | <value> | R | bank N overload threshold current in amps |
| devlowload | <value> | R | low-load threshold in kilowatts for the device |
| devnearover | <value> | R | near-overload threshold in kilowatts for the device |
| devoverload | <value> | R | overload threshold in kilowatts for the device |
| humreading | <value> | R | humidity value from the sensor (%RH) |
| phlowload.<N> | <value> | R | phase N low-load threshold (amps) |
| phnearover.<N> | <value> | R | phase N near-overload threshold (amps) |
| phoverload.<N> | <value> | R | phase N overload threshold (amps) |
| tempReading | <value> | R | temperature value in Celsius |
| bkpeakcurr.<N> | <value> | R | bank N peak current measurement in amps |
| bkreading.<N> | <value> | R | bank N current reading (measurement) in amps |
| devpeakload | <value> | R | peak power measurement in kilowatts from the device |
| devreading.power | <value> | R | total power in kilowatts for the device |
| devreading.energy | <value> | R | total energy in kilowatt-hours for the device |
| devreading.appower | <value> | R | total apparent power in kilovolt amperes for the device |
| devreading.pf | <value> | R | total power factor for the device |
| phpeakcurr.<N> | <value> | R | peak current measurement from phase N (amps) |
| phreading.current.<N> | <value> | R | measured current for phase N (amps) |
| phreading.voltage.<N> | <value> | R | measured voltage for phase N (volts) |
| phreading.power.<N> | <value> | R | measured power for phase N (watts) |
| phreading.appower.<N> | <value> | R | measured apparent power for phase N(va) |
| phreading.pf.<N> | <value> | R | measured power factor for phase N |
| lcd | on | W | turn the LCD on |
| off | W | turn the LCD off | |
| lcdblink | <1-10> | W | blink the LCD for 1 to 10 minutes |
Release Notes
3.6.0
- initial version release
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