Construction of Starter Kit: Server Room Monitoring – Tinkerforge

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    - Features
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    - First tests, firmware upgrade and configuration
    - Construction
      - Details
        - Remove Protective Foils
        - Screw Brackets to Side Parts
        - Screw Side Parts to the Front Panel
        - Screw Back Side to the Side Parts
        - Attach Bricks and Bricklets
          - Master Brick and Ethernet Extension (with RED Brick)
          - PTC, Temperature and Humidity Bricklet
          - Ambient Light Bricklet
        - Connect Cables and Done
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# Construction of Starter Kit: Server Room Monitoring

The Starter Kit: Server Room Monitoring comes with Ambient Light Bricklet, PTC Bricklet, Temperature Bricklet, Humidity Bricklet, Master Brick, Ethernet Extension and Bricklet cables as well as lots of screws, spacers, nuts and washers.

Screws, spacers, nuts and washers are packed in mounting kits. These are standardized kits and are not specially composed for this starter kit. Get the necessary parts you need for each step from all mounting kits. The remaining mounting parts can be used for your own modifications.

## Remove Protective Foils

At first the protective foils on all case parts have to be removed. There is a foil on the front and back side. In some cases the protective foils may be hard to remove, you can use a cutter or similar as a lever to get to the foil.

## Screw Brackets to Side Parts

As the first construction step screw one bracket to one side part each. To do this you have to put a nut in the dedicated slot of the bracket, put a 12mm long screw through the side part and fix the bracket. If the nut does not seem to fit, rotate it a little bit in the slot until it fits.

The result is depicted in the following image:

## Screw Side Parts to the Front Panel

Attach the previously build side parts into the front panel and screw it to the front panel with the same nut technique. Attach the front panel as depicted in the following image (pay attention to the position of the Ethernet Extension cut-out).

## Screw Back Side to the Side Parts

Next take twelve 10mm spacers (thread inside/inside) and short screws and attach them to the position of the PTC, Temperature and Humidity Bricklet.

Put the back side on the side parts and attach it with nuts and screws. After that you have completed the build of the rack enclosure. In the next step we attach the Bricks and Bricklets to it.

## Attach Bricks and Bricklets

Now the Bricks and Bricklets will be attached to the case.

### Master Brick and Ethernet Extension (with RED Brick)

Use four 12mm spacers (thread inside/outside) and put them between Master Brick and Ethernet Extension (on top). Fix them with 10mm spacers (thread inside/inside) on the bottom side and with screws on the top side of the Ethernet Extension.

Screw this stack to one of the side parts by four screws.

If you build the kit including a RED Brick, you have to put the RED Brick in place of the Master Brick and the Master Brick on top of the Ethernet Extension. Each can use the 12mm spacers (thread inside/outside)

### PTC, Temperature and Humidity Bricklet

Next attach the PTC Bricklet, the Temperature Bricklet and the Humidity Bricklet. Use four screws to mount them on the previously installed spacers on the back side part.

You may want to attach the 15cm Bricklet cable before you mount the Bricklets to the screws.

Before the first usage the PTC Bricklet has to be configured and the temperature probe (2-wire) has to be attached. How this is done is documented here and here.

### Ambient Light Bricklet

Attach the Ambient Light Bricklet to the front panel. To do this connect the 50cm Bricklet cable to the Bricklet first. After that put four 12mm long screws through the front panel and fix them with one washer and one nut each. Put the Bricklet on it and fix it with four additional nuts.

## Connect Cables and Done

As the last step connect the Bricklet cables to the Master Brick and use a cable strap to fasten them.

That's it! The finished work should look as the following:

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