Note 2: the same as note 1 except that the line is normally closed, and opens when the line voltage fails.

The Back-UPS Office 500 signals

The Back-UPS Office UPS has a telephone type jack as output, which looks like the following:

Looking at the end of the connector:

6

5

4

3

2

1

_____________

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.

.

.

.

.

 

 

 

 

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__

It appears that the signals work as follows:

 

UPS

 

Signal meaning

1

(brown)

<-

Shutdown when set by computer for 1-5 seconds.

2

(black)

->

On battery power

3

(blue)

->

Low battery

4

(red)

 

Signal ground

5

(yellow)

<-

Begin signalling on other pins

6

(none)

 

none

Analyses of APC Cables

940-0020B Cable Wiring:

This diagram is for informational purposes and is not complete. Although we do not know what the black box semi-conductor contains, we believe that we understand its operation (many thanks to Lazar M. Fleysher for working this out).

This cable can only be used on voltage-signalling UPSes, and provides the On Battery signal as well as kill UPS power. Most recent evidence (Lazar’s

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APC UPS control system Back-UPS Office 500 signals, Analyses of APC Cables, It appears that the signals work as follows
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UPS control system specifications

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