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Powerware
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Plus 12 Operator's Manual (164200090 Rev E) 25
5 UPS Communications
The Powerware Plus 12 UPS has an RSĆ232 port that provides you with full RSĆ232
communication. It has selectable baud rates of 2400, 4800, 9600, or 19200 and
operates in the modes described below.
Options for the LAN relay interface are available through the Relay Setup option in the
System Setup Menu on the front panel display. It has programmable relays for Novell
networks, as well as for the IBM AS/400. Each relay can be individually programmed by
the customer.
Refer to the
for additional information about the RSĆ232
communication and the LAN relay interface.
: This mode provides an alternate user interface to the UPS running
data through an ANSI x3.64Ćcompatible terminal such as a VT100. The displayed data
is userĆselectable by a menu screen. When a data screen is selected, it continuously
updates to reflect the state of the UPS. The following options are available from the
menu screen: Alarm/Event Queue, Active Alarms, Meters Screen, Mimic Screen,
Battery Data, and Set Time and Date.
: This mode provides a hard copy of the alarm messages in the alarm
history queue using a serial printer. After selection, Printer mode scans the current
alarm history queue and prints all the alarm entries that have not been printed yet.
Subsequent alarms are printed as they occur. Options exist to reprint the alarm queue,
to print all active alarms, metered data, or machine configuration.
: This mode outputs information that reflects the state of the
UPS. Using the factoryĆavailable protocol, you can write software to interface with the
information provided by the front panel display.
: This mode also outputs information that reflects the state of
the UPS, and you can write software to interface with it. In addition, this computer
mode allows the system to operate remotely by sending the UPS control commands.