APC AP9607 manual Key Concepts, Communication Types, Simple Signaling Smart Signaling

Key Concepts

Simple versus The communication between an APC UPS and a connected smart signaling: server can be of two types: simple signaling or smart signal-

Table 3ing. This table provides information that distinguishes the two types.

	Communication Types
Item
	Simple Signaling	Smart Signaling
UPS mon-	– On Batter y signal	– On Batter y signal
itoring	– Low Batter y signal	– Low Batter y signal
features		– Continuous advanced
		monitoring visible in
		PowerChute plus
		graphs
Software	PowerChute	PowerChute plus
used	(or PowerChute plus	configured for smart sig-
	configured for simple	naling
	signaling)
Port type	Basic	Advanced or Basic
UPS	– Back-UPS	– Smart-UPS,
models	– Smart-UPS †	– Matrix-UPS, and
supported	– Matrix-UPS	– S ymmetra PowerArray
	– S ymmetra PowerArray
Communi-	Cables in the interface	Cable supplied with
cation	kit associated with each	PowerChute plus
cables	OS. See “Choosin g
	cables: Table 1” on page
	4.

†See “Hardware and software requirements,” on pa ge 3 for a listing of APC UPSs that do not support simple signaling with the Interface Expander.

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