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System status
The System Status provides the following information:
v Battery status, including state and change level
v
Status summary (load percentage, output power, output voltage and frequency,
and mode)
v
Notice or alarm status, if any are present
If the message
ALARM
is displayed, press the down ( ) button to display the active
notices, alarms, and battery status messages. For more information, see Table 6
and Chapter 6, “Troubleshooting,” on page 41.
The following table describes the available battery status messages. Only one
battery status is available at a time.
Table 6. Battery status messages
Battery status Description
Battery charging Batteries are charged in constant current mode.
Battery floating Batteries are charged in constant voltage mode.
Battery resting Batteries are connected but are not being charged or discharged.
(This is part of the normal charging cycle.)
Battery discharging Batteries are discharging.
Battery disconnected Batteries are unavailable because they are disconnected.
Alarm history
The alarm history holds up to 50 events. You can scroll through the event screens,
beginning with the most recent event.
Note: The date format is dependent on the language selection.
The first row of each alarm history screen contains the date (MM/DD/YYYY) and
time (hh:mm:ss) at which the event occurred. The second row contains the type of
event and code. The event description begins on the third row and might continue
to the fourth row. The bottom-right corner of the alarm history screen displays two
numbers: an ordering number of the event in the log, followed by the total number
of events in the log.
If there are no events in the log, the message No events in log is displayed on the
alarm history screen.
For more information, see “Retrieving the alarm history” on page 25.
Meters
The meters screens provide the following meters information:
v
Output watts, VA, current, power factor, voltage, and frequency
v
Input voltage and frequency
v Battery voltage and percentage charged
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