APC Power-Saving Back-UPS Pro 900 manual

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    Back-UPS ® Pro 900 Inst allation and Operation Connect the battery Inst all PowerChute ® Personal Edition Sof t ware APC PowerChute P ersonal Ed ition sof tware pro vides a utomatic f ile saving and shutdown o f your comput er in the event of a power fail ure. Use t he cable s upplied wit h the Back- UPS to connect t he data po rt on the Back-UPS[...]

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    Back-UPS Pro 9 00 Installa tion and Ope ration 2 Connect t he equipment Battery Backup an d Surge Protected outlet s When the Back-UPS is r eceiving input power , the Battery Backup with Su rge P rotecti on outlet s will supply powe r to connec ted equip ment. Duri ng a power outa ge or other utili ty problems , the Battery Backup out lets receive [...]

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    Back-UPS Pro 900 In stallation an d Operation 3 Operation Power-S aving Function T o conserve electricit y , configure t he Back-UPS t o recogniz e a Maste r device, such as a d esktop computer or an A/V r eceiver , and Control led periphe ral devices, s uch as a pr inter , speakers, o r a scann er . When the Mast er device goes i nto Sleep or St a[...]

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    Back-UPS Pro 9 0 0 Installation and Ope ration 4 Front Pane l But tons a nd Di splay Int erfa ce Use the th ree buttons on t he front p anel of the Back- UPS and th e display int erface to conf igure the Back-UPS. Front panel  Mute butto n  Pow er On /Off bu tton  Display b utton  Display interface On Line— The Back-UPS is supplying c[...]

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    Back-UPS Pro 900 In stallation an d Operation 5 W arnings and System Fau lt s Audib le W arnings W arnin g Icons System Fault s The Back-UPS w i ll display these fault mes sages. For fault s F01 and F02, c ontact APC T echnical Support . Four Beeps Every 30 Se conds Back-UPS is r unning on battery . Y ou should c onsider s aving an y work in p rogr[...]

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    Back-UPS Pro 9 0 0 Installation and Ope ration 6 Function Button Quick-Reference Function Button Tim in g (seconds) UPS St a t u s Descripti on Power Power On 0.2 Of f Press P OWER to start receivin g input ut ility pow er . If A/C in put power is not available, the Back-UPS wi ll run on battery power . Power Off 2O n The Back -UPS is not receiv in[...]

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    Back-UPS Pro 900 In stallation an d Operation 7 T roubleshooting Pro blem Possible Cause Correcti ve Action Back-UPS will not switch on. The Back-UPS is not connected to utility power . Ensure that the Back-UPS is securely connected to an AC outlet. The circuit breaker has been tripped . Disc onnect non- essential equipment from the Back-UPS. Reset[...]

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    Customer sup port and war ranty inform ation is a vailable at the APC W eb site, w w w .ap c.co m . © 03/2010 APC by Sc hneider Electric. All trade marks are owned by Schne i der Electr ic Industri es S .A.S., Ameri can Power Conv ersion Corpo ration, or t h e ir af filiated compani es. 990-38 37 A 3/2010 S pecifications t Wa rr a n ty T he st and[...]