Chapter 2 Setting Up Share-UPS

Installing Multiple Accessories

Introduction

If your UPS configuration uses more than one APC acces-

 

sory, you must install them in the correct order for them to

 

work together properly. Connect the Share-UPS unit to the

 

Computer Interface port of the UPS, installing only a Mea-

 

sure-UPS II device in a SmartSlot accessory slot of the UPS.

 

Install all accessories according to priority, referring to “Pri-

 

ority of APC accessories: Table 4,” on page 16.

 

Note: SmartSlot accessories fit into APC UPSs and acces-

 

sories equipped with a SmartSlot accessory slot.

 

External accessories connect to the Computer Inter-

 

face port of the UPS or to the Advanced port of other

 

APC accessories (including Share-UPS).

 

 

Multiple

If you need more than the eight ports available with

Share-UPS units

Share-UPS, you can daisy-chain up to 5 Share-UPS units

 

together, provided that the total number of accessories

 

(including Share-UPS units and APC’s PowerView™) does

 

not exceed 10.

 

Note: When daisy-chaining Share-UPS units, you may need

 

to use a power adapter (see “Optional Power input,”

 

on page 9). You may also need to lengthen the timeout

 

delay in PowerChute plus by editing the [ ups ] sec-

 

tion of pwrchute.ini to include “TimeoutFactor = 100”

 

(or greater) to keep the software from interrupting the

 

daisy chain’s communications.

 

Each added Share-UPS unit provides seven more Basic

 

ports. Only one Advanced port in the daisy chain is avail-

 

able for connection to the master server. For connection

 

instructions, see step 2 of “Connection procedure” on page

 

21.

 

 

 

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