UPS Operations with SmartSlot card. The table documents how UPS devices operate with the card.
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  | UPS: | UPS operational issue  | Smart Serial:   | |||
  | Types of Interface Simple: Simple Signal interface via   | USB: | |||||
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  | HISTORIC  | OPERATION WITH LEGACY COMMUNICATIONS  | 
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  | SMARTSLOT CARD INSTALLED | 
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1  | Simple | Remote On | 
  | Not always supported. Some UPS devices | Remote On is enabled when AC utility power is on OR  | 
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  | allowed starting with the Remote On signal  | when AC power has been off for less than 10 minutes.  | ||
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  | when AC utility power was off.  | 
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2  | UPS  | On button operation  | 
  | UPS turned on immediately.  | UPS turns on after the configured Turn on Delay. The  | 
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  | default setting is "0" (zero) - immediately turn on.  | ||
3  | UPS  | Switched Outlets  | 
  | Were not supported.  | Where relevant, switched outlet operation is disabled: all  | 
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  | the UPS outlets function simultaneously. (The Main | ||
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  | Outlet Group might turn on slightly before, and turn off  | ||
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  | slightly after, the other outlets). Switched   | ||
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  | LCD menu screens are not accessible.  | ||
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  | Was not supported.  | Disabled.  | 
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5  | UPS  | USB comms port  | 
  | Differed, depending on setup.  | Disabled.  | 
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6  | UPS  | 
  | Could always be initiated.  | 1. A   | 
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  | with more than 8 hours runtime. 2. A UPS might prevent  | ||
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7  | UPS  | Runtime Calibration  | 
  | A runtime calibration could be initiated,  | Two conditions must be met: 1. The battery charge must  | 
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  | regardless of load and battery charge.  | be 100%. 2. The load must be => 10% of the UPS rating.  | ||
8  | Smart  | Test lights and  | 
  | The UPS beeped for 1.5 seconds  | Beep operation is determined by the UPS; some newer  | 
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  | Serial  | beeper  | 
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  | UPS devices have a 5 second beep.  | ||
9  | Smart  | Simulate Power  | 
  | The UPS operated momentarily on battery.  | The UPS does not go to battery operation, but  | 
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  | Serial  | Failure  | 
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  | the Shutdown on Battery command).  | ||
10  | Smart  | Establishment of  | 
  | Serial communications had to be re-  | No change.  | 
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  | Serial  | Communications  | 
  | established each time the UPS turns on.  | 
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11  | Smart  | Minimum battery  | 
  | After a complete discharge of batteries in an  | The UPS reads the value as a %, and restarts as follows:  | 
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  | Serial  | capacity to restart  | 
  | outage, the UPS restarted when the battery  | |||
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  | charge reached this value.  | secs.;   | ||
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12  | Smart  | Battery Replacement  | Any 8 characters were supported.  | The date format must be   | 
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  | Serial  | Date  | 
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  | manufacture date are not accepted.  | ||
13  | Smart  | Alarm delay after  | 
  | On some UPS devices you could set the  | UPS devices can enable, disable or mute the alarm. If  | 
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  | Serial  | line fail  | 
  | beeper to sound after being on battery for 30  | beeping at low battery or on battery is selected, the alarm  | ||
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  | secs, or at low battery. All UPS devices  | is disabled, but the setting is displayed on the LCD  | ||
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  | could mute and disable the beeper.  | screen.  | 
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14  | Smart  | UPS Model  | 
  | Returned the device name, e.g.   | Returns the closest equivalent historical name, which  | 
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15  | Smart  | Nominal Battery  | 
  | Reported the nominal battery voltage of the  | The nominal battery voltage is not known so the card  | 
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  | Serial  | Voltage  | 
  | UPS.  | “estimates” it and returns 024, 048, or 192; if an estimate  | ||
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  | is impossible, the card reports 024.  | 
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16  | Smart  | Upper Transfer  | 
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  | For SURTD UPS devices, the card displays the  | ||
  | Serial  | Voltage  | 
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  | corresponding bypass limit; but the allowable range of  | ||||
17  | Smart  | Lower Transfer  | 
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18  | USB  | DelayBeforeReboot  | 
  | The Turn Off Delay setting was applied  | The Turn Off Delay setting is applied before the UPS is  | 
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  | before turning the UPS off, the UPS  | turned off, the UPS remains off for the time specified,  | ||
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  | remained off for the time specified, and was  | and the Turn On Delay is applied before the UPS is  | ||
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  | then turned back on immediately.  | turned back on.  | ||
19  | USB  | USB communication  | Not present on SURTD UPS devices. | Not functional when installed in a SURTD UPS device.  | 
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