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Do the Acumentrics UPS units have communications software?

April 26, 2017acumentrics communications Software units UPS

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Do the Acumentrics UPS units have communications software?

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The Rugged-UPS 1250 UPS units utilize the simple signaling mode of communications. The Rugged-UPS 2500 model has two modes of communication: simple signal and smart. The former uses dry contact closures and the latter is true RS232 communication. Accessing the communications modes requires the use of the ACG9236 cable. This cable allows the use of the built-in UPS monitoring functionality of Windows’ operating systems (note that on notebook computers this is not accessible) or the HyperTerminal function on Windows computers. The Windows UPS monitoring uses our UPS simple signal mode to provide the user notification that AC power has been lost or restored and low battery alert. HyperTerminal will allow communication with the UPS in the smart mode. Listed below are the pin functionality for use with the simple signal mode and also the commands and functions which are used for RS232 communication (smart mode). Communications Interface Pin Out Functionality (DB9) The Comm Port is an RS232