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    990-1392D 12/200 5 User Manual English APC Smart-UPS ® RT – UXI/UXICH 3000/500 0/6000 VA 220/230/24 0 VAC Tower/Ra ck-Mount 3U Uninterrupti ble Power Su pply[...]

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    1 Introduction The APC Sm art-UPS ® RT is a high- performan ce, uninterrupt ible pow er supply (UPS) th at provides protection for electron ic equipment f rom utility power blackouts, brown outs, sags an d surges. The UPS filters small utilit y line fluctuations and isolates electronic equip ment from large disturbances by in ternally disc onnecti[...]

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    2 A TTACH THE B EZEL TO TH E UPS 5000/6000 VA XLI MODE LS O NL Y : H ARDWIRING I NSTRUCTIONS • Wiring must be perform ed by a qual ified elect rician. • Adhere to all national and local electrical codes. • Install a high magnetic 30/32 A utility circ uit breaker • Use #10 A WG gauge (5s q. mm) wire. 1. Switch the utility circuit breaker OFF[...]

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    3 B ASIC C ONNE CTORS serial com Power management sof tware and interface kits can be used with the UPS. Use only cables appro ved by APC. Any other interface cable will be incompatible with the UPS connector. normal bypass Manual bypass enables t he user to manually put connected eq uipment into bypass m ode. EPO te rminal Emergency Power Off term[...]

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    4 C ONNECT THE E XTERNAL B ATTERIES Ba ttery Safe ty Read and adhere to the follow ing warnings when installing or serv icing the external batteries. Failure to observe these warn ings may result in seriou s injury, death or d amage to th e equipment. W ARNINGS • Do not attempt to install or service external batteries alo ne. A qualified electric[...]

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    5 T HIRD P ARTY B ATTERY S OLUTION Batteries mu st be Sealed L ead-Acid ty pe. Use 50 A, 250 VD C fuses wi th an Interru pt rating of ≥ 20,000 A . Ensure that the extern al batteries are wired prior to connecting the batteries to the UPS. If using a non-APC bat tery pack, a 192 V batt ery s tring sh ould be wired to th e UPS using the enclosed ba[...]

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    6 C ONNECT E QUIPMENT AND P OWER TO THE UPS 1. Connect equ ipment to the UPS. 2. 3000 VA models : Using a power cord, plug the UPS into a two-pole, three-w ire, gro unded receptacle only. Avoid using ext ension cords. 3. Turn on all conn ected equipment. To use the UPS as a master ON/OFF switch, ensure all connected equ ipment is switched ON. The e[...]

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    7 O PERA TION Load S MART -UPS RT F RONT D ISPLAY Battery Charge Indicator Description Online The Online LED il luminates when t he UPS is draw ing utility power an d performing double con versi on to supply power to conn ected equipment. On Battery The UPS is supplying battery power to the conn ected equipment. Bypass The Bypass LED ill uminates i[...]

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    8 Feature Function Cold Start This is not a normal conditio n. When there is no utility po w er and the UPS is o ff, press and hold the button to power up th e UPS and connected equipment. The UPS will emit two beeps. During the second beep, release the bu tton. Self-Test Automatic: The UPS performs a s elf-test automatically when turned on, an d e[...]

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    9 U SER C ONFIGU RA BLE I TEM S N OTE : S ETTINGS ARE MADE THROUGH SUPPLIED P OWER C HUTE S OFTWARE OPTI ONAL S MART S LOT ACCESSORY CARDS OR T ERMINAL M ODE . F UNCTION F ACTORY D EFAULT U SER S ELECTABLE C HOICES D ESCRIPTION Automa tic Self -Test Every 14 day s (336 hours) Every 7 day s(168 ho urs), 14 day s (336 hours) On Startup Only, No Self-[...]

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    10 N OTE : S ETTINGS ARE MADE THROUGH SUPPLIED P OWER C HUTE SOF TWARE OPTION AL S MART S LOT ACCESSORY CARDS OR T ERMINAL M ODE . F UNCTION F ACTORY D EFAULT U SER S ELECTABLE C HOICES D ESCRIPTION High By pass Point +10% of output voltag e setting +5%, +1 0%, +15%, +20% Maximum voltage that the U PS will pass to c onnected equipm ent during inter[...]

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    11 C ONNECT THE EPO (E MERGENCY P OWER O FF ) O PTION The output pow er can be disabled in an em ergency by closing a switch conn ected to the EPO. Adhere to national and local electrical codes wh en wiring the EPO. Wiring must be performed by a qualified electrician. The EPO switch is intern ally po w ered by the UPS f or use with non-powered sw i[...]

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    12 T ERMI NAL M OD E TO C ONFIGU RE UPS P ARAMETER S 3000/50 00 VA models: Terminal Mode is a menu driven interface that enables enhanced configuration of the UPS. Connect the serial cable f rom the computer to the serial com conn ector on the back of the UPS. 1. EXIT the PowerChute Busine ss Edition using the follo wing steps: • From the Desktop[...]

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    13 M AIN TE N AN C E AN D S ERVICE I NFORMA T ION Battery Repla cement See your dealer or contact A PC at the Web site, www.apc.com for information on replacem ent battery modu les. Service If the UPS requires service do not return it to the dealer. Follow these s teps: 1. Revi ew the problem s discuss ed in the Tr oubleshooti ng section of this ma[...]

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    14 T ROUBLESHOOTING Use the table below to solve minor installation and op eration problems. Refer to the APC W eb site, www.apc.com , for assistan ce with complex UPS problems. P ROBLEM AND P OSSI BLE C AUSE S OLUTION UPS WILL NOT TURN ON Batt ery not conn ected p roper ly. Check that the batter y connector s are f ully enga ged. butt on not pus h[...]

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    15 P ROBLEM AND P OSSI BLE C AUSE S OLUTION BYPASS LED ILLUM INATE S The bypass sw itch has be en turne d on m anually or th rough an acce sso ry . If bypa ss is t he chosen mode of oper ation, i gnore the illuminate d LED. If bypa ss is not the chos en mode of op erat ion move the b ypass switc h on the back o f the U PS, to the no rmal position. [...]

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    16 R EGULA TOR Y A ND W AR R AN T Y I NFORMA T I ON Regulatory Agenc y Approvals a nd Radio Freque ncy Warnings 220, 230, 24 0 V MODEL S This e qui pment has been te ste d and foun d to co mpl y with the limi ts fo r a Cl ass A digi tal device , purs uant to Par t 15 of the FCC ru les. Th ese lim its are desi gned to pr ovide r easonab le prot ect [...]

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    17 Declaration of Conformity[...]

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    18 A PC Worldwi de C ustomer Support Custom er support f or this or any ot her A PC product i s available at n o charge in any of the foll owing wa ys: • Refer to th e APC Web site to access documents in the APC Knowledge Base and to subm it customer su pport reques ts. • www.apc.com (Corporate H eadquarters) Connect to localized A PC Web sites[...]