- With the DEFINITY ECS on the UPS, find the (dedicated) circuit breaker that feeds power to the receptacle that the UPS is plugged into.
- Turn the breaker off. At that time, the UPS sounds an alarm, and the RED LED (ON BATTERY) and 3 GREEN LEDs (L1, L2, and L3) above the GREEN LED (OUTPUT) light up.
- If the EDA is turned on, type
test eda-external-device-alrm physical
XX
major and press
Enter. Verify that the test fails.
- If the EDA is turned off, type
display alarms and press
Enter.
- Type your requirements in the various fields of the Alarm Report, then press
Enter.
- Verify that you have a major alarm on EXT-DEV for Port XXmajor. You do not need to verify a minor alarm (UPS on Electronic Bypass).
- If a U.S. installation, call the Product Performance and Analysis organization on 800-242-2121, press 0 (zero), and enter extension 85284. Verify that the EXT-DEV XX major alarm was reported to them.
- Ask the Product Performance and Analysis organization to establish a data base for the installation location (IL). This defines the major and minor external alarms.
The Product Performance and Analysis organization enters the major alarm on EXT DEV XX as "Loss of Commercial Power, UPS on Battery" and the minor alarm on EXT DEV XX is "UPS is on Electronic Bypass."
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