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Constant Beep and Red Flashing light near power switch Back-UPS350

Very frustrating product. I bought it primarily as a surge/brown out protection, however, it's more of a nuisance than the (now very stable) power service from Duke Energy in the Raleigh, NC area. My...
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Back-UPS Pro 1500- Ups not turning on aotumaticlly after power is bac...

Hi all, just had a weird issue yesterday. I have multiple locations with Pro 1500 connected to security system (NVR) So far im very satisfied, However, two days ago, seems that during the night the...
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BE700G-RS turns off when connect data cable to PC

Hi to all! Very strange behavior with BE700G-RS UPS - when i connect data cable (940-0127E FCI) to UPS and then to USB port of PC - UPS turns off completely with 2-3 seconds. Has anyone come across th...
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New Battery Installed - Still have Flashing Battery icon with "X"

One of my client's Back-UPS Pro 1300 units had a flashing battery icon with an "X" thru it. This morning, I replaced the battery with a new one. After installation, the battery icon was still flashing ...
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iMac shuts off when UPS switches to battery power

Hi, I have a BX-1400U-MS that has worked great for the last couple of years. Recently, during power interruptions, my iMac has just shut off when the UPS has switched to battery output. To power up the...
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Back UPS interface

Hi, I need to get some UPS status such as charge status, connected/disconnected. The application we are developing run in Windows environment and is developed in C++. Is there any recommended way to ge...
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Email Notification of power outage using Back-UPS ES 700

Hi, I have a number of Back-UPS ES 700 connected routers, switches and POE units. Im wondering if it is possible to configure the ES 700 to notifiy me by email when it has had to kick in? I have a co...
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newly UPS installed with error message and "bips"

Hi Folks, I have recently installed a smart UPS-RC 5000VA with a pack battery that contains 16 batteries.We are receiving a alert on the UPS screen, displays "SHUTDOWN DUE TO 012 HvpRL Open" and it d...
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Back-UPS ES-500 emitted continuous tone during operation, and has sinc...

I've had an ES-500 for a number of years, but this week it seems to have died. Perhaps a week ago, it was in normal operation with 5 devices plugged into it: A laptop, a wifi/router, a small network sw...
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UPS fan revving up and down.

I have an older UPS model from before 2010. Two years ago, the fan started to rev up and down constantly. After replacing the battery with a new one, it stopped doing this.Two years later, it is starti...
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BE700G-GR drops load

Hello my BE700G-GR drops my computer and monitor when the electricity is restored and emits a constant beep with no LED, sometimes it doesn't do this, but a lot of times it does. I had the UPS for arou...
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