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American Power Conversion UXI/UXICH manual

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    990-2688A 02/2006 User Manual English APC Smart-UPS ® RT – UXI/UXICH 3000/500 0 VA 220/ 230/240 VAC Tower/Ra ck-Mount 3U Uninterrupti ble Power Supply[...]

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    1 Introduction The APC Sm art-UPS® RT is a h igh-perform ance, uninterruptibl e power su pply (UPS) th at provides protection for electron ic equipment from utility po wer blackou ts, brownouts, sags an d surges. The UPS filters small utilit y line fluctuations and isolates electronic equip ment from large disturbances by in ternally disconnect in[...]

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    2 A TTACH THE B EZEL TO THE UPS H ARDWIRING I NST RUCTIONS 5000 VA MODE LS O NLY : • Wiring must be performed by a qualified el ectrician. • Adhere to all national and local electrical codes. • Install a high magnetic 30/32 A utility circ uit breaker • Use #10 A WG gauge (5 mm 2 ) w i re. 1. Switch the utility circuit breaker OFF. 2. Remove[...]

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    3 B ASIC C ONNE CTORS serial com Power management sof t ware an d interface kits can be used w ith 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 mode. EPO te rminal Emergency Power Off te[...]

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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 serious inju ry, death or damage to th e equipment. W ARNINGS • Do not attempt to install or service external batteries alo ne. A qualified electrici[...]

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    5 T HIRD P ARTY B ATTERY S OLUTION Batteries mu st be Sealed Lead-Aci d type. Use 50 A, 250 VD C fuses with an Interrupt rating of ≥ 20,000 A . Ensure that the extern al batteries are w ired prior to connecting the batteries to the UPS. If using a non-APC battery pack , a 192 V battery string should be w ired to the UPS us ing the enclosed batter[...]

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    6 C ONNECT E QUIPMENT AND P OWER TO THE UPS 1. Connect equ ip ment to the UPS. 2. 3000 VA models : Using a po wer cord, plug the UPS into a two-pole, three-wire, g ro unded receptacle only. Avoid using ext ension cords. 3. Turn on all conn ected equipment. T o use the UPS as a master ON/OFF switch, ensure all connected equ ip ment is sw itc hed ON.[...]

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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 the U PS is drawing util it y po w er and perform ing double con version t o supply power to conn ected equipment. On Battery The UPS is supplying battery po w er to the connected equipm ent. Bypass The Bypass LED ill umina[...]

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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 off, 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 button. Self-Test Automatic: The UPS performs a s elf-test automatically when turned on, and ever[...]

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    9 U SER C ONFIGU RAB LE I TEM S N OTE : S ETTINGS ARE MADE THROUGH SUPPLIED P OW E R C HUTE SOFTW ARE , OPTIONAL S MA RT S LO T ACCESSO RY CARDS , OR T ERMINAL M ODE . F UNCTION F ACTORY D EFAULT U SER S ELECTABLE C HOICES D ESCRI PT ION Automa tic Self-Test On start-up and eve ry 14 days , thereafter On start-u p and every 7 days thereafter On sta[...]

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    10 N OTE : S ETTINGS ARE MADE THROUGH SUPPLIED P OW E R C HUTE SOFTW ARE , OPTIONAL S MA RT S LO T ACCESSO RY CARDS , OR T ERMINAL M ODE . F UNCTION F ACTORY D EFAULT U SER S ELECTABLE C HOICES D ESCRI PT ION Low Bypass Point 160 VA C Output Volta ge Settin g 200 VAC: 160 - 185 VA C 208 VAC: 160 - 190 VA C 220 VAC: 160 - 195 VA C 230 VAC : 160 - 20[...]

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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 emergency by clos ing a switch connected 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 wered by the UPS for use with non-powered sw itch[...]

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    12 T ERMI NAL M OD E TO C ONFIG URE UPS P ARAMETER S Terminal Mode is a menu driven interface that enables configuration of the UPS and allows confi gura tion b y user s who do no t wis h to use P ower Chute soft ware o r an o ptio nal W eb car d. Connect the serial cable f ro m the computer to th e serial com connector on the back o f the UPS. If [...]

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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 replacement battery modules. Service If the UPS requires service do not return it to the dealer. Follow these s teps: 1. Revi e w the probl ems discuss ed in the Troubles hooting section of this manu[...]

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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 co m ple x UPS problems. P ROBLEM AND P OSSI B LE C AUSE S OLUTION UPS WILL NOT TURN ON Batt ery not conn ected p roper ly. Check t hat the b atter y connectors are ful ly engage d. butt on not pu[...]

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    15 P ROBLEM AND P OSSI B LE C AUSE S OLUTION BYPASS LED ILLUM INATE S The bypass swi tch has be en turne d on m anually o r through an acce ssory . 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 UPS, to the no rmal position. F[...]

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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 F reque ncy Warnings 220, 230, 24 0 V MODEL S This e quipme nt has been te sted a nd foun d to com ply w ith the lim its for a Cl ass A dig ital de vice, p ursua nt to Part 15 o f 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 P C W orl dwide Customer Support Custom er support for th is or any othe r APC product is available at no charg e in any of the foll o wing wa ys: • Refer to th e APC Web site to access documents in the APC Knowledge Base and to s ubmit customer su pport requests . • www.apc.com (Corporate H eadquarters) Connect to localized A PC Web sites[...]