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4.3 THE GENERAL CONFIGURATION PAGE
This page contains various important settings related to Central Power Hub labelling, login, identity and startup.
IMPORTANT: When you make a change to any setting, don’t forget to click the Update button to save the change.
Note: The Name, Description and Location fields accept ASCII characters only. UTF-8 characters are not supported.
• Name - the primary identity of this Central Power Hub unit.
• Description - a further opportunity to add more information about the Central Power Hub unit.
• Location - a useful feature if you have multiple Central Power Hub units distributed around.
• Login required - when ticked, all users will be requested to enter a valid username and password prior to access being granted.
• Start up delay - this setting determines the time delay in seconds that should elapse, after mains power is first applied to the
unit, before the power modules apply their full supply to the Central Power Hub chassis. This feature is useful when multiple
Central Power Hub units are fed from the same mains power feed. By staggering the switch on points of the various units, the
impact of multiple switched mode power supplies and their initial in-rush currents are greatly reduced. Values range from 0 to
10 seconds.
• Channel interval - this setting determines the time delay, in seconds, that should elapse between each power output port being
energized. This performs an important task in preventing initial power overloads as each device reaches its quiescent state.
Values range from 0.1 to 2 seconds.
• Firmware version - displays the current version of internal software used within the Central Power Hub logic system.
• Identity - used to visually identify the Central Power Hub unit when multiple units are installed together. Click the Flash LED
button to flash the front panel LED indicators, as follows:
• Click the button once to flash the LED indicators five times.
• Click the button twice to flash the LED indicators indefinitely.
• Click the button a third time to stop the flashing.
