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This is normally done to preserve battery capacity after the graceful shutdown of protected
servers. The line LED (Green) will flash every 12 seconds to indicate the shutdown mode.
Note:
The “Green mode” of UPS can be set by SENTINEL.
3.7 Cold start:
When the UPS is off and there is no utility power, use the cold start feature to apply power to
the loads from UPS‘s battery. Press the “ON/TEST” button more than 2 seconds to cold start
the UPS.
4. Alarm
4.1 “BACKUP”(slow alarm):
When the UPS is working under “BACKUP” mode, the UPS would emit audible alarm. The
alarm stops when the UPS is return to “LINE” mode operation. Anyone can stop the alarm
by press the “ON/TEST” button during backup mode.
Attention:
The alarm of “BACKUP” is going to beep every four seconds. (slow speed
beep).
Attention:
The UPS provides mute function for the warning. When the beeping sound
occurs, press "ON/TEST" button to stop it; and press "ON/TEST" button again to regain the
sound.
4.2 “LOW BATTERY” (rapid alarm)
In the “BACKUP” mode, when the energy of battery becomes to lower level. ( about 20% ~
30%) The UPS beeps rapidly until the UPS shuts down from battery exhaustion or returns to
“LINE” mode operation.
Attention:
The alarm of the batteries caused by low voltage beeps every second. ( fast
speed beep).
Attention:
The rapid alarm under “LOW BATTERY” condition can't be muted.
4.3 “OVER LOAD” (continuous alarm)
When the UPS is working under overload condition (the connected loads exceed the
maximum rated capacity), the UPS will emit continuous alarm to warn an overload condition.
In order to protect the unit and the loads, the UPS will be automatic shutdown. Disconnect
nonessential devices from UPS to eliminate the overload alarm.
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5. Software installation and Interface Port
5.1 Power Monitoring Software
The SENTINEL series software (or other power monitoring software) is applied standard
RS-232 interface to perform monitoring functions, and then provides an orderly shutdown of
a computer in the event of power failure. Moreover, SENTINEL displays all the diagnostic
symptoms on monitor, such as Voltage, Frequency, Battery level and so on. The software is
available for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP,
Windows NT 4.0 or later, Novell Netware, Linux, and others. Call your dealer for more
information on computer OS compatible solutions.
5.2 Installing software
To perform monitoring functions, you must install SENTINEL series software accompanied
with the UPS. Please do the following steps to complete installation of SENTINEL series
software.
1.
Insert the SENTINEL scanner CD into your CD-ROM drive. The installation program
should starts automatically and installation menu appears as shown in Fig 5.1. Please
select the operating system applied for your computer and then click on it. (For example
if your operating system is Windows 98, please click select item
Windows 95/ 98/ Me/
2000/NT/ XP
.
Note :
If the installation program doesn’t start automatically, select
Start
Î
Programs
Î
Windows Explorer (for Windows 98) and then double-click on the
setup
icon (in your CD-ROM drive as shown in picture 5.2).
Fig 5.1
Fig5.2
