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My Back-UPS XS 700U Shuts down the PC but does not go itself to sleep ...

Hi, Currently, I'm testing Back-UPS XS 700U in the following scenario on an Ubuntu powered PC with installed and running UPS Daemon, that is connected to UPS by USB: 1. I cut the power on UPS 2. Deamon...
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APC S20 - Will it power up by itself after drained battery and utility...

Lately, I have 3 incidents within 25 days where my APC S20 (18 months old) will power off (due to a power outage blip) and will not power itself back up after the utility power is back. I have to manua...
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CO2 Emissions Rate

just purchased a new BN650M1 backup and it is showing aCo2 Emission Rate of 2.41 lbs. per day. This seems QUITE HIGH, what is a safe rate of CO2 from this unit. Thanks
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Can BX1400UI UPS be powered up or down by a software command

We have APC BX1400UI UPS powering a single windows PC Kiosk application on bespoke hardware. When there is a power failure we want the PC to initiate a controlled shutdown (after completing any tran...
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Back-UPS 500 Pro Email to Using iMAP

My mail provider uses iMAP instead of SMTP and it's using port 993 for SSL/TLS support and it appears that the Email feature does not support this combination. Is there any plans to resolve this issue?...
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Back-UPS 500 Pro Management Software Status

All, I've just purchased a Back-UPS 500 Pro this weekend. Thanks for coming out with a Lithium Ion offering BTW. However, I have found that the management software is a bit shoddy. First of all, I'm...
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Back-UPS Pro 1300 Power and Display Buttons Lit Won’t Turn On

Both the power and display buttons are lit on my Back-UPS Pro 1300 and it will not turn on when pressing the power button. Any suggestions?
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What version Powerchute for WSE 2016?

I have a DIY home server that at first was running Windows Home Server 2011. It was on an APC BE750G UPS. I was using Powerchute for personal PC. I recently changed to Windows Server Essentials 2016...
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Back-UPS 1000 BX1000M F06 Relay Warning Error

I purchased my APC Back-UPS 1000 (BX1000M) from Amazon NEW in February of this year 2018. Since then I have had 3 F06 Relay Error warnings, one last night at 3AM in the morning and one of the others ab...
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Flashing Battery Icon

Hi There, I have a APC XS 1300 and it woke me at 2:00 in the morning with a sound that sounded like a printer that is out of paper. There is a flashing battery icon on the screen. Photo attached. I s...
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bn1500m2 wont pass self test

Hi I purchased the Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Back-Up System Model : BN1500M2 less then a year ago in April as a matter of fact from Best Buy and it just attempted to perform it's weekly self test and...
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