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990-7082A REV4 7/01 APC Smart-UPS Uninterruptible Pow er Supply Model 5000UXI User’s Manual.
990-7082A REV4 7/01 Entire contents c opy right © 2000 by American Power Convers ion Corporation. All rights r eserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without perm ission is prohibited. APC, Smar t-UPS, and PowerChute are regis tered tradem ark s of Amer ican Power Conversion Corporation.
990-7082A REV4 7/01 Smart UPS Safety Guide English This Sa fety G uide contains importa nt instructions that should be f ollowe d during insta llation and m aintena nce of the A PC equipm ent and batter ies. It is inte nded f or APC custom ers who se tup, install, re locate, or ma intain APC equipm ent.
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990-7082A REV4 7/01 iii Table of Contents Introduction................................................................................................................... .................................................1 Unpackin g ...................
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1 Introduction About Your New UPS This Uninte rruptible Powe r Supply ( UPS) is desig ned to prev ent black outs, brow nouts, sag s and surg es f rom r eaching your compu ter and other va luable elec tronic equipm ent.
2 2. Hardwire the Electrical Connection Caution: The electrical connection m ust be m ade by an authorized electrician according to national and local regulations. Verify that the supply line conta ins a 25 Ampere circuit breaker BEFORE hardwiring the UPS.
3 3. Connect the Ext ernal Batteries The SU5000UXI contai ns no in ternal batt eries. The fig ure sh ows the location of th e battery pack connector on th e UPS. Battery pack connectors are color coded; th e 48 Vdc UXBP48M connector is blue . Battery pack connectors are als o keyed to prev ent im proper connection .
4 5. Install PowerChute and A ccessories For additional computer system security , install PowerChu te UPS monitoring softw are. It provides automatic u nattended shutdow n capabilities on most m ajor network operating system s. Once Pow erChute is loaded, install the PowerChute ® black com mu nication cable betw een UPS and com puter.
5 Use the HyperTerm inal Program to change the num ber of external battery pack s Hy perTermin al is u sed for Wi ndow s 95, Win dow s 98, and Wi ndow s NT 4.0 1. EXIT out of the PowerChute ® plus Server . In the cas e of Win dows NT, the UPS serv ice mu st be st opped.
6 Initial S t artu p Charge the ba ttery The UPS charges its battery w henever it is con nected to utility pow er. The battery w ill charge f ully durin g the fi rst four hours of norm al operation. Do not expect full runtim e during th is initial charge period.
7 Operating Instructions Switch On — Switch Off With the UPS p lugged in, press a nd re lease the large up per on/test button t o supp ly power to the load s. T he loa ds are imm ediately pow ered wh ile the UPS beeps and perf orms a self-t est. Press and release the s mall, low er of f button to tu rn off pow er to the loads.
8 Load Bar Gra ph 85% 67% 50% 33% 17% The 5-LED display on the lef t of th e front panel repres ents the pow er draw n f rom th e UPS as a percentage of total capacity. For exam ple, if three LEDs are lit, th e load is drawing betw een 50% and 67% of the UPS’s capac ity.
9 User Configur ation Items Note: Setting these item s requires optional software or hardware. Function Factory Default User Selectable Choices Description Autom atic Self-Test Every 14 days (336 hours ) Every 7 day s (168 hours) , On Star tup Only, No Self -Test Sets the interval at w hich the UPS will execute a self -test.
10 Battery Charge and Run T imes Note: UPS battery lif e differs based on usa ge and environment. The tables below sh ow both th e tim e required f or chargin g UPS and batt ery pack batteries f or rated protection and ty pical run times. Note: The SU5000U XI is de signed for us e with the UXBP48M or equivalent 48 Vol t battery pack.
11 T roubleshooti ng Use the ch art below to solve m inor UPS in stallat ion problem s. Contact APC Technical S upport Staf f for as sistan ce wi th complex UPS problem s. See APC Contact Inf orma tion page 12, for a location near y ou. Problem and Possible Cause Solution UPS will not turn on.
12 Service If the UPS requires service do not return it to the dealer! Follow these steps: 1. Rev iew the problem s di scus sed in Tr oubleshoot ing , page 14, to el imi nate com m on problem s. 2. Verify that no circu it breakers are tripped. A tripped circuit breaker is th e most com m on UPS problem! 3 .
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