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    PowerView ™ Model AP9215 User’ s Manual[...]

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    Thank Y ou ! Thank you for selecting the American Power Conversion PowerV iew . It has been designed for many years of reliable, maintenance-free service in combination with your American Power Conversion Uninterruptible Power Source. American Power Conversion is dedicated to the devel- opment of high-performance electrical power conversion and con[...]

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    1 Contents Introduction ............................................................. 2 Supported UPS Models ...................................................... 2 Controls and Indicators ..................................................... 3 Installation ............................................................... 4 General Navigation ......[...]

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    2 Introduction P o w e rV iew is a co mp a ct c o ntrol panel and display which pr o vides ful l control, monitoring and configuration of the connected UPS. Figure 1 PowerView Front Panel Supported UPS Models P o w e rV iew su p p orts the fol lo w ing APC UPS mod el families: Smart-UPS: SU450, SU700, SU1000, SU1400, SU2200, SU3000 Matrix-UPS: all [...]

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    3 Contr ols and Indicators Indicators Figure 2 Front Panel Indicators LOAD ON : Indicates that the load connected to the UPS is receiving power (On-line, On-Battery or Bypass). ON BA TT : Indicates that power to the attached load is being sup- plie d b y the UPS’s batteries (unavailable while in By pass). BYP ASS : Indicates that power to the att[...]

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    4 Installation P o w e rV iew is co nne c ted dir e ct ly to the UPS thro ugh a single interf ace cable (PN 940-0110) inclu d e d with the P owe rView unit. Follo w the st e ps be low t o co nne ct P o w e rV iew to the UPS: 1 . Connect the modular RJ45 plug on the end of the interface cable to the con nector at the r ear of P o werV ie w . 2 . Che[...]

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    5 General Navigation Note: Throughout this manual the four navigation keys will be repre- sented as: Esc, , , and Enter ( ). Specific menus are refer- enced in the form Display:Password where Display refers to a menu item in the top-level menu and Password refers to a sub- menu of Display . The default scre en will app ear when P owe rView is first[...]

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    6 Menu Str uctur e P o w e rV iew ’ s menu struc tur e is divided into eight(8) functio na l groups. These groups are: • Control • Status • Setup • Accessories • Logging • P o w e rV iew Info r mati on and C o nfiguratio n • Diagnostics • Help The functions and status information available for each of these groups is outlined in t[...]

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    7 Contr ol n UPS On/Off n Do S el f T est – UPS ve r ifies proper syst e m o per a t io n b y brie fly powe ring the attac hed l o a d fro m battery . n Simulat e Po wer F ail – causes UPS sig naling po rt to immediate ly indicate that the AC line has failed. This may initiate an orderly server shutdown sequence if the appropriate cable and sof[...]

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    8 Status n Status Display 1  Input Line V o ltage and Fre qu ency  O u tpu t V oltage  Runtime Estimate  Loa d (in A mps and % o f V A capacity) n Status Display 2  UPS internal temperature  Last T r ansfer: the cause o f the most rece nt on-batt e ry event. None - the UPS has not be en o n batte ry recentl y . T est - a self-test[...]

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    9 n Status Display 3  Battery voltage  % Battery Capacity  Result of last Selftest: None – no recent selftest OK – most recent selftest was satisfactory Unavail – unavailable Can ’ t T s t – UPS could not perform the test at the time. Failed – battery condition has deteriorated below a reliable level, the battery should be repl[...]

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    10 n Shutdown – these par amet e rs a ff e ct signaling v ia the UPS’ s inter - face port. They are generally used in the context of controlling an orderly shutdown of an attached server in the event of a power failure or a user initiated Graceful Reboot or Graceful Off.  Low Battery Duration – length of time between low battery signalling[...]

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    11 n UPS Information Display  Model Name  Firmware Revision Level  Serial Number  Manufacture Date n Co py – P owerView can ‘ learn ’ the configuration o f a UPS and sub- sequently write that data to the same or a different UPS. Up to f i ve UPS configurations can be sto red in Po werV iew’s m emory . First select the configurat[...]

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    12 Logging P o w e rV iew keeps a log of up to 64 of the most re c ent e v ents. The user can clear the log and ‘ filter’ ce rtain e v e nt typ es fro m being lo gged. n View Log – the points to an event; the date, time and number of that event are displayed on the top line. Event 1 is the oldest. Press Enter ( ) for a more verbose descriptio[...]

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    13 PowerView Information and Configuration n Set current date and time (used for log entries) n P asswor d – when a non-null password is co nfigur e d, all co ntrol and c o nfigurat io n functi ons p ro vide d by P owe rV ie w will r eq uir e the user to enter the password. The default from the factory is no password.  Set password – press e[...]

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    14 n Configuration of default screen – After selecting this option, the screen will appear as the default data screen with the exception of a cursor in the upper left co r ner . The and keys wil l select the line that you wish to change. Pressing Enter ( )changes the cursor to and the and keys will now select the contents of that line. Press Ente[...]

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    15 Replacing the Language EPROM Po w e rV iew can be configure d to display text in a language other than the default English by r e placing the unit ’s language EPR OM with one of the alternate language EPROMs included with the unit. Follow these steps to replace the unit’ s language EPR OM: Note: The device being replaced is static sensitive.[...]

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    16 Mounting T emplate Figure 6 W all Mounting T emplate[...]

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    990-0142 Rev . 1 07/97 Addr esses: American Power Conversion Corporation 132 F airg rounds R oad P . O . Box 278 W est Kingston, Rhode Island 02892 USA American Power Conversion Corporation ( A . P. C . ) b . v. Ballybritt Business Park Galway Ir eland T oll free technical support : United States and Canada 1-800-800-4272 Ireland 1-800-702000 U. K.[...]