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SmartUPS 3000 SU3000RM Won't "Cold Start" from battery

A year ago I got a SU3000RM and didn't have any batteries to test it with. So I had hooked it up to 2 small wall wart SMPS that were in series with eachother. (30V + 18V for 48v total) just to test to...
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What is the current version of PowerChute?

Is there a link that provides this information? I want to make sure I am running the latest version on my 2003 servers. When I go to help - about - I get version 7.0 build 319. However, I've seen a lot...
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SNMP or SSH to shutdown

I'm working on an huge processing project and I am writing a full shutdown script for the entire operation in bash. I was wondering if anyone knew any way to encorporate a manual shutdown of the UPS un...
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firmware changelogs? and fan question for smt1500

i just picked up 4 smt1500 id18 2017 models and will upgrade them to 9.6 but im wondering where i can find a changelog im curious to know what was changed and if it may be better for some cases to stay...
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Uptime recommendation?

What are the advantages and disadvantages to long vs short uptime. I've always configured my units to keep the server up as long as possible before graceful shutdown however, I recently had an issue......
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Smart-UPS RT 8000 XL powers off outlets claiming battery is low when i...

Late last night one of our Smart-UPS RT 8000 XL UPS units running lightly loaded at about 39% briefly turned off all outlets and then turned them back on again 7 seconds later. The 2 emails I received ...
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New Ups

Our company just bought a ups. Can someone advice is I can use the Powerchute Network Shutdown software with this ups. I have already installed the software but cannot connect to the ups witn some erro...
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How to recover username and password?

I forgot my Username and Password of PowerChute Business Edition, how to reset or recover it? Does anyone know?
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Powerchute causes error when clicking on taskbar icon

I just purchased the Back-UPS XS 1500 LCD and am very happy with it. The software (Powerchute) is a nice addition but I do have one problem with it. When I boot up my computer, I get the Powerchute ico...
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Smart-UPS 1500 Mysterious Battery Charge Drop from 100% to 5%

I was very surprised to receive a "Battery Discharged" notification earlier today from one of our older Smart-UPS 1500 units. It has been working perfectly and had a couple of changes of batter. The la...
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No serial connection (console) to SMT1000I

Hello, got a little problem with my APC SMT1000I ... i could not connect via console (putty) to the UPS. First i thought it is a problem with the serial cable, so i made my own. No success. The serial ...
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