Raritan PX3TS User manual

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Raritan PX3TS
Quick Setup Guide
The PX3TS transfer switch provides AC power to rack IT equipment from one of two AC power sources, and automatically selects
which source powers the load based on power availability and quality.
This Quick Setup Guide is intended for experienced users. For detailed instructions, refer to the PX3TS transfer switch online help
from the Support page (http://www.raritan.com/support/) on Raritan's website.
Safety Precautions
WARNING! Read and understand all sections in this guide
before installing or operating this product. Failure to heed any
of the following WARNINGS may result in electric shock, fire,
personal injury and death. Prior to operating this product, the
user should read the online help and specifically the warnings
in the online help.
WARNING! Connect this product to an AC power source
whose voltage is within the range specified on the product's
nameplate.
WARNING! Connect this product to an AC power source that
is current limited by a suitably rated fuse or circuit breaker in
accordance with national and local electrical codes.
WARNING! Use this product in a dry location.
WARNING! Connect this product to a protective earth ground.
Never use a "ground lift adaptor" between the product's plug
and the wall receptacle.
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What's Included
The PX3TS device
Bracket pack and screws
Quick Setup Guide
Warranty card
Two replacement fuses for the inlet transfer switch
Note: Depending on your PX3TS' ratings, appropriate
fuse types vary. You can order additional fuses from
Raritan. See Technical Specifications in the online help
for appropriate fuse types and Raritan part numbers for
these fuses.
A null-modem cable with DB9 connectors on both ends
(Raritan number: 254-01-0006-00) (optional)
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Front View
1U models:
2U models:
1. Six connection ports
2. LCD display and control buttons
3. Transfer switch indicator lamps and control buttons
4. Overcurrent protectors - one for each bank of outlets
(available on some models only)
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Rear View
1U models:
2U models:
1. Inlets
2. Fuses - one per inlet
3. Outlets
4. Two connection ports
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Mounting a PX3TS Device
Using appropriate brackets and tools, fasten the 1U or 2U
PX3TS device to the rack or cabinet. The way to install a
PX3TS device varies according to the device length.
To mount a PX3TS device which is long:
1. Attach mounting ears and mounting brackets to each side
of the PX3TS with provided screws.
2. Adjust slide-rail assemblies to match your rack posts and
fasten them to the rack using your own fasteners.
3. Line up the mounting brackets with slide-rails and push
this product into rails.

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4. Fasten front mounting ears to the rack using your own
fasteners.
To mount a PX3TS device which is short:
1. Attach a rackmount bracket to both sides of the PX3TS
with the provided screws. For a 1U model, the total
number and locations of screw holes are different from the
following 2U diagram.
2. Insert the cable-support bar into rackmount brackets.
3. Secure with the provided end cap screws.
4. On a 2U model, repeat the above steps to install another
cable-support bar.
5. Fasten the rackmount brackets' ears to the rack using your
own fasteners.
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Inlet and Outlet Power Connections
The PX3TS connects to two different, but identically rated,
branch circuits.
The PX3TS will operate when the branch circuit voltages are
out of phase, but works most reliably and fastest when in
phase. The front panel Phase Sync lamp lights if inlets are out
of phase.
Connecting Power and Equipment
Your PX3TS may have fuses and/or circuit breakers. Verify
that all are firmly seated or set to ON before connecting
power.
The PX3TS inlets are labeled INLET 1 (I1) and INLET 2 (I2).
INLET 1 is the factory default preferred inlet, and INLET 2 is
the factory default alternate inlet.
Tip: You can switch preferred and alternate inlets if needed.
See Manual Transfer (on page 5).
To make power connections:
1. Connect PX3TS inlets to branch circuits.
2. Connect loads to PX3TS outlets.
3. Apply power to branch circuits.

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Testing Indicator Lamps
Press the Lamp Test control button and visually verify that all
transfer switch indicator lamps turn on. See Control Push
Buttons (on page 5).
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Power Quality Indicator Lamps
Inlet power quality is shown using a tricolor LED.
Normal (green): Power quality (voltage and frequency) is
good.
Warning (orange): Power quality is not optimal but
acceptable.
Critical (red): Power is not available or power quality is not
acceptable.
Note: See Power Quality Setup (on page 6) for how to
configure voltage and frequency settings.
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Inlet Configuration Indicator Lamps
A green LED indicates which inlet is preferred. The default is
Inlet 1.
The preferred inlet powers the outlets unless its power quality
goes critical. The Manual Transfer button may change the
preferred inlet. See Control Push Buttons (on page 5).
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Active Inlet Indicator Lamps
A green LED indicates which inlet is powering the outlets.
Only one LED is on at a time.
The Manual Transfer button transfers power to the other inlet.
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Alarm Indicator Lamps
Lamp Meaning
Manual
Disabled
The front panel Manual Transfer button is
disabled. See Control Push Buttons (on
page 5).
Phase Sync Inlets are out of phase.

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Lamp Meaning
Fuse Blown fuse.
The replacement fuse must be either the
same as the Raritan-provided fuse or
equivalent.
To order fuses from Raritan, see Technical
Specifications in the online help for
appropriate fuse types and Raritan part
numbers.
Internal Failure Internal hardware failure.
Contact Raritan technical support. The web
interface contains additional indicators for
specific internal failures.
Overload Power to load is turned off due to a short
circuit.
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Control Push Buttons
Button Action taken when pressed
Alarm Override Forces a manual transfer during an alarm
condition.
Lamp Test Turns on all transfer switch indicator
lamps. Power Quality LEDs turn orange.
Manual Transfer Transfers power to the other inlet.
Newly-activated inlet becomes the
preferred inlet.
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Operating Modes
Normal: The preferred inlet is active while the alternate inlet is
in the normal or warning state.
Non-redundant: The preferred inlet is active while the
alternate inlet goes critical or loses power.
Standby: The alternate inlet is active.
Off: Neither inlet is active because of an alarm or internal
failure, or because both inlets go critical. See Manual
Transfer (on page 5) for restoring power.
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Automatic Transfer
An automatic transfer to the alternate inlet occurs when the
preferred inlet's power quality goes critical.
An automatic retransfer back to the preferred inlet occurs
when the preferred inlet's power quality returns to normal.
Note: See Transfer Options Setup (on page 6) for retransfer
settings.
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Manual Transfer
The Manual Transfer button changes the active inlet and also
sets the newly-activated inlet to be the preferred inlet.
The Manual Transfer button is disabled when an alarm lamp
is active. Use this procedure to override the alarm and force a
manual transfer.
1. Correct the problem in load that caused the alarm.
2. While holding down the Alarm Override button, press
Manual Transfer.
Note: This procedure does not apply when the Manual
Disabled or Fuse alarm lamp is turned on.
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PX3TS Configuration
Step 1: Connect the PX3TS to Your Network
1. Connect a standard network patch cable to the
ETHERNET port on the PX3TS.
2. Connect the other end of the cable to your LAN.
Note: You can also use a wireless network. See Wireless
Configuration (on page 10).
Step 2: Display the DHCP-Assigned IPv4 Address
1. Press the MODE button until device settings are
displayed, indicated by a 'd' in at the top left of the display.
2. The LCD display cycles between the four octets of the
IPv4 address, indicated by "i4" at the upper right corner of
the display.

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For example, 192.168.84.4 cycles in this sequence:
192, 168, 84, 4
Note: If your network only supports IPv6 or static IPv4
addresses, the IP address must be configured using an
RS-232 or USB port. See Addendum (on page 7) for
instructions.
Step 3: Log in to the PX3TS Web Interface
1. Open a web browser and type the IP address of the
PX3TS device.
2. The default credentials are: user admin, password raritan.
3. Click Login. The PX3TS home page displays.
4. Change the password if prompted.
Step 4: PX3TS Web Configuration Overview
1. From the PX Explorer pane, click the Transfer Switch icon.
2. Click Setup to configure the transfer options.
3. Click Power Quality Setup to configure power quality.
Transfer Options Setup
1. Enable/disable the front panel Manual Transfer button.
2. Enable/disable automatic retransfer. Retransfer is the
transfer back to normal operation when preferred inlet
power is restored.
3. Enter the time (seconds) preferred inlet power must be in
the normal state before retransfer occurs.
4. Enable/disable retransfer when inlets are out of phase.
5. (Optional) Thresholds for inlet phase angle difference
reporting. Values do not affect phase sync detection or
transfers.
Power Quality Setup
Inlet power quality state (normal/warning/critical) is derived
from the inlet's voltage and frequency quality - whichever is
lower. If voltage or frequency is critical, power quality is
critical. If either is warning, quality is warning. When both are
normal, power quality is normal.
PX3TS transfers to standby operation when preferred inlet
power quality goes critical and retransfers to normal operation
when power quality returns to normal. The warning state does
not cause transfers and is intended as an early warning
indication of a possible problem.
When quality goes from better to worse, the state change is
said to assert. You configure how long the quality must remain
in the worse state before the state change actually occurs.
When quality goes from worse to better, the state change is
said to deassert. You configure the hysteresis - how much the
quality must be better than the threshold - before the state
change occurs.
Voltage and frequency configuration is identical.
1. Enter upper and lower thresholds for warning and critical.
2. Enter assertion times (seconds).

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3. Enter deassertion hysteresis values.
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Addendum
Network Configuration via an RS-232 or USB
Connection
Step 1: Connect the PX3TS to a Computer
Connect the PX3TS to a computer via an RS-232 or USB
cable.
RS-232 connection:
1. Connect one end of the null-modem cable to the male
RS-232 port labeled CONSOLE/MODEM on the PX3TS.
2. Connect the other end to your computer's RS-232 port
(COM).
USB connection:
1. A USB-to-serial driver is required in Windows®. Install this
driver before connecting the USB cable. See Installing
the USB-to-Serial Driver (Optional) (on page 7).
2. Connect one end of a USB cable to the USB-B port on the
PX3TS.
3. Connect the other end to your computer's USB-A port.
Installing the USB-to-Serial Driver (Optional)
The PX3TS can emulate a USB-to-serial converter over a
USB connection. A USB-to-serial driver named "Dominion
PX2 Serial Console" is required for Microsoft®Windows®
operating systems. Download the USB Driver file, which
contains dominion-serial.inf, dominion-serial.cat and
dominion-serial-setup-<n>.exe files, from Raritan website's
PX2 Support Files page
(https://www.raritan.com/support/product/px2/px2-suppor
t-files).
Note: <n> in the filename of "dominion-serial-setup-<n>.exe"
represents the file's version number.
There are two ways to install this driver: automatic and
manual installation. Automatic driver installation is highly
recommended.
Automatic driver installation in Windows®:
1. Make sure the PX3TS is NOT connected to the computer
via a USB cable.
2. Run dominion-serial-setup-<n>.exe on the computer and
follow online instructions to install the driver.
Note: If any Windows security warning appears, accept it
to continue the installation.
3. Connect the PX3TS to the computer via a USB cable. The
driver is automatically installed.
Note: Manually install the driver only if the automatic
installation fails. See the section titled "Installing the
USB-to-Serial Driver (Optional)" in the online help for manual
installation procedure.
In Linux:
No additional drivers are required, but you must provide the
name of the tty device, which can be found in the output of the
"dmesg" after connecting the PX3TS to the computer. Usually
the tty device is "/dev/ttyACM#" or "/dev/ttyUSB#," where # is
an integer number.
For example, if you are using the kermit terminal program,
and the tty device is "/dev/ttyACM0," perform the following
commands:
> set line /dev/ttyACM0
> connect
Step 2: Configure the PX3TS
1. On the computer connected to the PX3TS, open a
communications program such as HyperTerminal or
PuTTY.
2. Select the appropriate COM port, and set the following
port settings:
Bits per second = 115200 (115.2Kbps)
Data bits = 8
Stop bits = 1
Parity = None
Flow control = None
Tip: For a USB connection, you can determine the COM
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Device Manager, and locating the "Dominion PX2 Serial
Console" under the Ports group.
3. In the communications program, press Enter to send a
carriage return to the PX3TS.
4. The PX3TS prompts you to log in. Both user name and
password are case sensitive.
a. Username: admin
b. Password: raritan (or a new password if you have
changed it).
5. If prompted to change the default password, follow
onscreen instructions to type your new password.
6. The # prompt appears.
7. Type config and press Enter.
8. To configure network settings, type appropriate
commands and press Enter. All commands are case
sensitive.
a. To set the networking mode, type this command:
network mode <mode>
where <mode> is wired (default) or wireless.
b. For the wired network mode, you may configure the
LAN interface settings. In most scenarios, the default
setting (auto) works well and should not be changed
unless required.
To set Use this command
LAN interface
speed
network interface
LANInterfaceSpeed <option>
<option> = auto, 10Mbps, or 100Mbps.
LAN interface
duplex mode
network interface
LANInterfaceDuplexMode <mode>
<mode> = half, full or auto.
Tip: You can combine multiple commands to configure
multiple parameters at a time. For example,
network interface LANInterfaceSpeed <option>
LANInterfaceDuplexMode <mode>
c. For the wireless network mode, you must configure the
Service Set Identifier (SSID) parameter.
To set Use this command
SSID network wireless SSID <ssid>
<ssid> = SSID string
If necessary, configure more wireless parameters
shown in the following table.
To set Use this command
BSSID network wireless BSSID <bssid>
<bssid> = AP MAC address or none
Authentication
method
network wireless authMethod
<method>
<method> = psk or eap
PSK network wireless PSK <psk>
<psk> = PSK string
EAP outer
authentication
network wireless
eapOuterAuthentication
<outer_auth>
<outer_auth> = PEAP
EAP inner
authentication
network wireless
eapInnerAuthentication
<inner_auth>
<inner_auth> = MSCHAPv2
EAP identity network wireless eapIdentity
<identity>
<identity> = your user name for EAP
authentication
EAP passord network wireless eapPassword
When prompted to enter the password for
EAP authentication, type the password.
EAP CA
certificate
network wireless eapCACertificate
When prompted to enter the CA certificate,
open the certificate with a text editor, copy
and paste the content into the
communications program.
The content to be copied from the CA certificate does
NOT include the first line containing "BEGIN
CERTIFICATE" and the final line containing "END
CERTIFICATE." If a certificate is installed, configure the
following:
Whether to Use this command
Verify the
certificate
network wireless
enableCertVerification <option1>
<option1> = true or false
Accept an
expired or not
valid certificate
network wireless
allowOffTimeRangeCerts <option2>
<option2> = true or false

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Whether to Use this command
Make the
connection
successful by
ignoring the
"incorrect"
system time
network wireless
allowConnectionWithIncorrectClock
<option3>
<option3> = true or false
d. To determine which IP protocol (IPv4 or IPv6) is
enabled and which IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) returned
by the DNS server is used, configure the following
parameters.
To set Use this command
IP protocol network ip proto <protocol>
<protocol> = v4Only, v6Only or both
IP address
returned by the
DNS server
network ip dnsResolverPreference
<resolver>
<resolver> = preferV4 or preferV6
e. After enabling the IPv4 or IPv6 protocol in the earlier
step, configure the IPv4 or IPv6 network parameters.
To set Use this command
IPv4
configuration
method
network ipv4 ipConfigurationMode
<mode>
<mode> = dhcp (default) or static
IPv6
configuration
method
network ipv6 ipConfigurationMode
<mode>
<mode> = automatic (default) or static
Configure the preferred host name for the IPv4
DHCP or IPv6 automatic configuration.
Note: The <version> variable in all of the following
commands is either ipv4 or ipv6, depending on the type
of the IP protocol you have enabled.
To set Use this command
Preferred host
name (optional)
network <version>
preferredHostName <name>
<name> = preferred host name
Tip: To override the DHCP-assigned DNS servers with
those you specify manually, type this command:
network <version> overrideDNS <option>
where <option> is enable or disable. See the table
below for the commands for manually specifying DNS
servers.
For static IP configuration, configure these
parameters.
To set Use this command
Static IPv4 or
IPv6 address
network <version> ipAddress <ip
address>
<ip address> = static IP address
IPv4 subnet
mask
network ipv4 subnetMask <netmask>
<netmask> = subnet mask
IPv4 or IPv6
gateway
network <version> gateway <ip
address>
<ip address> = gateway's IP address
IPv4 or IPv6
primary DNS
server
network <version>
primaryDNSServer <ip address>
<ip address> = IP address of the primary
DNS server
IPv4 or IPv6
secondary DNS
server (optional)
network <version>
secondaryDNSServer <ip address>
<ip address> = IP address of the
secondary DNS server
9. To quit the configuration mode, type either of the following
commands, and press Enter.
Command Description
apply Save all configuration changes and exit.
cancel Abort all configuration changes and exit.
The # prompt appears, indicating that you have quit the
configuration mode.
10. To verify whether all settings are correct, type the
following commands one by one.
Command Description
show network Show network parameters.
show network ip all Show all IP configuration
parameters.

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Command Description To make a wireless connection:
Do one of the following:
show network
wireless details
Show all wireless parameters.
Plug a supported USB wireless LAN adapter into the
USB-A port on your PX3TS.
Tip: You can type "show network wireless" to display
a shortened version of wireless settings. Connect a USB docking station to the USB-A port on
the PX3TS and plug the supported USB wireless LAN
adapter into the appropriate USB port on the docking
station.
11. If all are correct, type exit to log out of the PX3TS. If any
are incorrect, repeat Steps 7 to 10 to change network
settings. See USB Wireless LAN Adapters (on page 10) for a list
of supported wireless LAN adapters.
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RJ-45 Cap in the Feature Port
USB Wireless LAN Adapters PX3TS models have a cap plugged into the FEATURE port
when shipping out of the factory. The cap is intended to
protect the port from connecting to inappropriate equipment.
Remove it if needed.
The following table lists USB wireless LAN adapters that the
PX3TS supports.
Wi-Fi LAN adapter Supported 802.11
protocols
Proxim Orinoco 8494 A/B/G
Zyxel NWD271N B/G
Edimax EW-7722UnD A/B/G/N
TP-Link TL-WDN3200 v1 A/B/G/N
Raritan USB WIFI A/B/G/N
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Additional Information
Note: To use the Edimax EW-7722UnD or Raritan USB WIFI
wireless LAN adapter to connect to an 802.11n wireless
network, the handshake timeout setting must be changed to
500 or greater, or the wireless connection will fail.
For more information about the PX3TS and the entire Raritan
product line, see Raritan's website (www.raritan.com). For
technical issues, contact Raritan Technical Support. See the
Contact Support page in the Support section on Raritan's
website for technical support contact information worldwide.
Supported Wireless LAN Configuration Raritan's products use code licensed under the GPL and LGPL. You can
request a copy of the open source code. For details, see the Open Source
Software Statement at
(http://www.raritan.com/about/legal-statements/open-source-software-statement
/) on Raritan's website.
If wireless networking is preferred, ensure that the wireless
LAN configuration of your PX3TS matches the access point.
The following is the wireless LAN configuration that the
PX3TS supports.
Network type: 802.11 A/B/G/N
Protocol: WPA2 (RSN)
Key management: WPA-PSK, or WPA-EAP with PEAP
and MSCHAPv2 authentication
Encryption: CCMP (AES)
Important: Raritan only supports specific wireless LAN
adapters. Supported 802.11 network protocols vary
according to the wireless LAN adapter being used with
the PX3TS. See USB Wireless LAN Adapters (on page 10).
Making a Wireless Connection
The PX3TS can be connected to a wireless network.