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Markusdyer
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BACK-UPS ES - BE850G2-UK overloaded even with nothing attatched.

I purchased a BACK-UPS ES - BE850G2-UK in February 2022. This week it is giving the long continuous beep of an overloaded device, even without any devices connected to it. I have checked with PowerChut...
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Astral85
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Smart-UPS C1500 UPS Communication Lost

With the supplied USB cable I cannot get my Smart-UPS C1500 to communicate with my PC. I Purchased a Cisco USB console cable and the UPS will not communicate with the PC over this cable either. This is...
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Woody_at_home
Woody_at_home

Keep UPS running after it shuts down PC?

Maybe I am asking too much? I have an ES 650G2 UPS and have it set to shut down an attached PC 2 minutes after a mains failure. The installation is part of a "holiday home" monitoring system and while ...
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NickH
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New Back-UPS ES 850G2 reporting 2% load

.... when drawing about 80wThis is with the apcupsd suite of programs. I am unable to perform a battery calibration as the load needs to be >=10%. What I don't understand is why the UPS is showing s...
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LarryK
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Request for Enhancement: For PCSS please do NOT put an icon on the de...

I'm begging you. PLEASE do NOT put an icon for PCSS on the desktop! Clients are confused because they try to launch the application and have no idea about credentials. Some think it is spyware and go t...
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faristocrat
faristocrat

APC BX750MI not working after a long outage

Hi everyone, would be grateful for your advice,I've been using a new APC BX750MI since last November and everything was fine so far.Unfortunately, yesterday a sudden and long power outage occured at ho...
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rehti
rehti

Brand new UPS says battery needs replacement

Hello, we have a brand new "APC Back-UPS 1200 VA" and have set up apcupsd on the server to monitor it. Everything seems to be working fine, but when the power is lost, we get this message: pve UPS ...
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Is it okay to run a high-end gaming PC off a Smart-UPS?

The PC I just built has a Corsair HX1000i PSU and it doesn't like being fed the 'step-approximated sine wave' outputted by my Back-UPS BR1500G-IN. There's a constant crackling/buzzing coming from the P...
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BX1300LCD - Repeated battery detach/battery attach events

I'm using a BX1300LCD, and I keep getting the following messages from apcupsd: 2011-11-19 11:45:43 -0500 Battery disconnected. 2011-11-19 11:45:52 -0500 Battery reattached. 2011-11-19 11:45:56 -0500 Ba...
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Issue with APC Back-UPS Standby UPS BE850G2-UK

My UPS does not seem to function properly, the event log states the following continuously, every day, every few minutes: 6/5/24 22:09:29 Battery Charge in Range6/5/24 21:44:15 Output Load in Range6/5/...
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Mohmed_77
Mohmed_77

The Schneider UPS APC gave me error code FU which means bypass is uns...

The Schneider UPS APC gave me error code FU which means bypass is unstable what could I do to fix it what could cause it ?
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