2 Installation

This chapter describes how to install the sat-nms power sensor. You find a guide how to connect, configure and mechanically mount the power sensor below.

Before you start, please first read the Safety Instructions chapter below. It contains some important recommendations to prevent damage from the power sensor.

Then, we strongly recommend to do a first setup of the power sensor on a lab desk before installing it at it's final location. This is mainly for the following reason:

To setup the power sensor's IP parameters, the PC used for configuring and the power sensor must either be connected to the same Ethernet hub or must be connected directly with a crossover cable. The initialization program does not work through routers intelligent network switches.

Hence, the typical sequence of tasks when putting an sat-nms power sensor into operation is as follows:

  1. Read the chapter Safety Instructions
  2. Set the power sensor's IP address
  3. Mechanically mount the power sensor
  4. Connect the power sensor to it's signal source, the power supply and the Ethernet network.