American Power Conversion PX user manual Startup Screen, Top-Level Menu Screen, Control, Status

Chapter 6 - The PowerView Display

The Startup Screen

When the system enable switch is placed in the“on” position, the “Startup Screen” appears. Figure 6-2 shows the factory default startup screen. (The startup screen can be config- ured to display other information.) The factory default startup screen displays the following information:

nFuel Percentage - The first line indicates the percentage of battery capacity (fuel) that is presently available.

nLoad Percentage - The second line indicates the percent- age of system capacity that is being used to supply con- ditioned power to the load equipment.

nVoltage and Input Frequency - The third line indicates the input (mains) power voltage, the output voltage sup- plied to the load equipment, and the voltage frequency of the input (mains) power.

nRun Time - The fourth line indicates the run time that can be expected. The intelligence module determines the run time based on the amount of power required by the load equipment, and the power capacity of the bat- tery modules in the Power Array frame.

Note: The PowerView interface will “time out” after ten min- utes of inactivity, and the message on the LCD display will dis- appear. The message will reappear when any navigation key is touched.

Fig 6-2 Startup Screen

The Top-Level Menu Screen

When the startup screen is displayed, pressing any of the navi- gation keys will open the “Top-Level Menu” screen. This screen contains seven menu items, and a context sensitive help function. See figure 6-3.

Fig 6-3 Top-Level Menu Screen

The top-level menu screen is similar to a menu bar at the top of a computer interface. Selecting any of the seven menu items, and pressing the “enter” key opens a sub-menu. The functions of these seven menu items are outlined below.

Note: Many of the following PowerView functions are explained and demonstrated in Chapter 7.

Control

nPower up and power down the load equipment

nSimulate a power fail

nConduct a graceful reboot

nConduct a graceful turn off

nStart run time calibration

nPut system into or out of bypass mode

Status

nDetermine input/output voltage and frequency

nDetermine the % load - no redundancy

nDetermine the % load - with redundancy

nReview input/output frequencies

nReview status of battery modules

nReview status of power modules

nReview alarm thresholds

nDetermine current operation mode

nReview status of the main intelligence module

nReview status of the redundant intelligence module

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