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THE
RS 232 OPTION
COMMUNICATION OPTIONS: UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE, ALL NOVA GALAXY-SERIES UPS SYSTEMS ARE EQUIPPED WITH RELAY CLOSURES AS STANDARD EQUIPMENT. CONNECTION TO THE STANDARD RELAY CLOSURES IS VIA A 9-PIN "D" CONNECTOR, USUALLY LOCATED ON THE REAR PANEL OF THE UPS ENCLOSURE. THESE CLOSURES CAN BE MODIFIED TO WORK WITH OUR OPTIONAL RUPS 2000 UPS MONITORING SOFTWARE. THIS CONFIGURATION ALLOWS FOR UNI-DIRECTIONAL (UPS TO COMPUTER) COMMUNICATION (THE UPS WILL INFORM THE COMPUTER ONLY WHEN A CHANGE IN STATUS OCCURS). BY COMPARISON, TRUE "INTELLIGENT RS-232" CONFIGURATION (ALSO AVAILABLE OPTIONALLY) ALLOWS FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL (UPS TO COMPUTER AND COMPUTER TO UPS) COMMUNICATION (THE COMPUTER OPERATOR CAN ASK THE UPS CURRENT STATUS AT ANY TIME, EVEN IF THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE). BE ADVISED THAT ON CERTAIN UPS MODELS, THIS "INTELLIGENT RS-232" CONFIGURATION MAY REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL DRAWER TO ENCLOSE THE ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS REQUIRED – PLEASE CONSULT THE FACTORY FOR DETAILS. BASIC
INSTRUCTIONS: THE RS 232 OPTION SUPPLIED WITH NOVA GALAXY MODEL UPS SYSTEMS
INCORPORATES ALL OF THE PROGRAM FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE RS 232 CONTROLLER CARD
SUPPLIED AS PART OF THE POWER SUPPLY. THE
USER MUST ONLY SUPPLY A COMPUTER CAPABLE OF USING ANY SERIAL COMMUNICATION
PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THE COMPUTER TO OPERATE AS A REMOTE TERMINAL. A
“HYPERTERMINAL” PROGRAM WILL ALSO DISPLAY THE BINARY OR TEXT OUTPUT STATUS. A
SUGGESTED TERMINAL PROGRAM IS PROCOMM 2.42 BY DATASTORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (P.O.
BOX 1471, COLUMBIA, MO 65205). AN
OPTIONAL COPY OF “PROCOMM” CAN BE INCLUDED ON A DISK PROVIDED WITH THE UNIT. PLEASE
ENTER “ALT I” WHILE “PROCOMM” IS RUNNING TO VIEW THE USER REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS. THE
SUGGESTED EMULATION IS VT100. SET-UP
FOR COMMUNICATION IS -- BAUD: 9600;
8 BIT; NO PARITY; 1 STOP BIT. X
ON – X OFF PROTOCOL. HARDWARE
PROVIDES FLOW CONTROL. CONNECTOR HARDWARE ON THE UNIT 9
PIN “AT” STYLE CONNECTOR (COMPUTER
END)
UPS CABLE END
TXD 2>----------<3
RXD
RXD 3>----------<2
TXD
GND 5>----------<1
GND 25 PIN “XT”
STYLE CONNECTOR
TXD 2>----------<3
RXD
RXD 3>----------<2
TXD
GND 7>----------<1
GND FIGURE 1
______________________________________________________________________ STATUS REPORT
– NOVA GALAXY UPS
KEYBOARD CODES
STATUS
UPDATE: AUTOMATIC WHEN THERE
IS A STATUS CHANGE, OF KEY “?”. REWRITE
SCREEN: KEY (ENTER). DESCRIPTION
OF OPERATION: WHEN THE UNIT IS TURNED ON AND CONNECTED TO THE PC THROUGH THE RS 232
PORT, A CONTROL SCREEN IS PRESENTED TO THE OPERATOR THAT APPEARS AS IN FIGURE 1. REPORT
ITEMS 1 THROUGH 7 ARE STATUS REPORTS TRANSMITTED FROM THE UNIT. CHANGE
OF STATUS FROM ANY INPUT WILL CAUSE AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF THE SCREEN. MANUAL
UPDATE MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY ENTERING “?” AT ANY TIME. IF
THE STATUS OF ANY OF THE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 6 IS GOOD, THE RESPONSE PRESENTED ON
THE SCREEN IS THE NON-BRACKETED PRESENTATION IN FIGURE 1. IF
THE STATUS OF ANY OF THE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 6 IS AN ALARM CONDITION, THE BRACKETED
RESPONSE IS PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN. STATUS
ITEM 7 INDICATES THE STATE OF THE BATTLE SHORT FUNCTION PROVIDED VIA THE RS 232
INPUT. TO
TURN THE BATTLE SHORT FUNCTION ON, THE USER WILL TYPE CAPITAL “B” AND A
CARRIAGE RETURN TO INITIATE THE COMMAND. COMMANDS
MUST BE ENTERED IN CAPITAL LETTERS. TO
TURN THE BATTLE SHORT FUNCTION OFF, THE USER WILL TYPE CAPITAL “B” AND A
CARRIAGE RETURN TO INITIATE THE COMMAND. COMMANDS
MUST BE ENTERED IN CAPITAL LETTERS. |
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