Panamax M1500-UPS owner manual Advanced Operation, LED Color Status

Advanced Operation

Audio/Video components such as Digital Video Recorders, DLP projectors and any component with volatile memory can benefit from connection to a UPS. The Panamax M1500-UPS takes this to the next level with a number of features designed specifically for the home theater.

Critical Load Function

One of the user programmable settings in the Home Cinema Power Control software is the Low Battery NCL Shutoff thresh- old. This sets the battery capacity level at the point where the non-critical load outlets are turned off and all remaining battery power is reserved for equipment plugged into the 2 critical load outlets. This value is stored internally by the UPS and is not dependent on having the software running on a computer.

Learning IR Control

The learning IR function lets you program the UPS to send standby or shut-down commands to components such as DLP ceiling projectors. If the power fails, the projector’s lamps are turned off while the UPS continues providing battery power to the projector’s cooling fan. Proper shutdown is ensured and expensive lamps are protected from damage.

Note: This function should only be used with discrete IR codes. Programming an On/Off toggle command could result in the equipment being turned ON during a power failure!

IR Power Failure Operation

The UPS can learn two IR commands. The learned commands will be transmitted on both output jacks so you have the ability to control 2 different pieces of equipment or use a 2-step macro for one component.

The IR Output Delay switches provide the ability to “ride- through” brief power outages without sending a shut-down sig- nal to the connected device. You have a choice of a 30 second or 5 minute delay.

1.After a power failure and the selected delay, the IR codes will be sent to both outputs. The IR LED’s will flash once per second during the delay time and will stop flashing after the IR code is output.

2.If the delay settings are the same for both IR1 and IR2, the IR2 code will be sent to both outputs 2 seconds after IR1.

3.The IR commands will also be transmitted immediately after the battery charge falls below the critical load battery threshold. This ensures that equipment will be shutdown properly if the UPS’s load level is extremely high and the backup time would be less than the 5 minute ride-through delay.

4.There is no IR output after the power is restored to the system.

IR LED Color & Status

LED COLOR	STATUS
Off	Idle
Green, solid	Waiting to receive IR signal
Green, flashing	IR signal sampled
Red, flashing	Failed to learn IR signal

To program IR output:

1.Press and hold the IR1 button for approximately 2 seconds.

2.When the IR1 LED turns solid GREEN, release the button (after approx. 2 seconds)

3.Point the remote control at the detector window and quickly press and release the appropriate button on the remote control. If no signal is received within 10 seconds, the programming mode is cancelled, the IR1 LED turns off and you will have to start over.

4.The IR1 LED flashes GREEN if the IR signal is sampled and stored in memory.

5.The IR1 LED will flash RED if the IR signal was not learned. Start over at Step 1.

6.Repeat steps 1-5 for IR2.

To clear IR programming:

1.Press and hold the appropriate IR button, release after 2 sec.

2.The IR LED turns solid Green

3.Press the button again. The IR code will be erased from memory and the LED will turn off.

IR Output Test

1.An IR flasher must be connected to the UPS and in line-of- sight to the IR receiver window of the equipment to be controlled in order to verify that the code was learned correctly.

2.Make sure that the component to be controlled is turned ON.

3.Press and release the IRx button. The code for IRx will be transmitted on both IR1 and IR2 outputs.

4.If you are testing a 2-step macro, be sure to press the second IR button to transmit that code.

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