RE: Model 170 with UPS on V4.2.0 -- MIDRANGE-L

What  might the proper system value setting[ time value] be 
 for the UPS for a 170  [2159] with the  bigger  UPS.

One of the suggestions was to raise the  system value to 
 several minutes {maybe 10}.  I tend to believe this might
 mask the problem a bitno matter where it is.

The  CE  stopped in today  to  check the AS400 .
 Nothing  we expect another to check the UPS hopefully tomorrow.

|We will see tomorrow -
| The UPS  red  lighted itself[{BEEPED like a fog horn]and  service is on
the way.
|I  don't  doubt the two UPS  systems are set at different  lower & upper
limit levels
|
|LET Yeah  know what  happens.
|Glenn

At 03:42 PM 6/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
>One possibility - maybe you are suffering short 'brownout' periods (low
>voltage) in your power supply ?
>These would usually go unnoticed by looking at the lights, listening to
>a radio, etc. (which is how the power companies get away with doing it
>deliberately during periods of high demand - like heavy air conditioning
>usage on hot summer days).
>You could have two UPS' and maybe only one experiences the problem ?
>Well that could be because each UPS would have it's own (usually
>configurable) settings for low and high voltage limits.  Maybe one is
>set a few volts higher than another and doesn't sense a brownout that
>the other one reacts to.
>
>We have an old BEST FC7.5Kva UPS powering the computer room (and half
>the power outlets in our office, so we can plug every PC and terminal
>into it), and some days it will kick on several times for brief periods.
>(There's a minimum on period of about 14 seconds when it does trigger). 
>Our low/high voltage limits are set at 108/130.
>
>A less likely cause of momentary UPS activation could be a variation in
>the power cycles/second.  The low/high limits on our UPS are set at
>59.5/60.5, and the normal supply varies between 59.95 and 59.96
>cycles/second.
>
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:        Glenn Ericson [SMTP:Glenn-Ericson@att.net]
>> Sent:        Sunday, June 21, 1998 9:52 AM
>> To:  MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>> Subject:     Model 170  with UPS on V4.2.0
>> 
>> At  least  once or twice a day  the system  issues a CPF 1817  saying
>> lost
>> utility  power  then  ruins  3 - 20 seconds on  UPS  and reverts back
>> to
>> normal power message.  
>> 
>>  Across the  last 9 days it  has happened 5 -6 times No lights flicker
>> or
>> other outward appearing  electrical failures are noticeable.
>> 
>> Is  anyone experiencing this  type  error   or is there a PTF out
>> there?
>> 
>> I  checked the  connections between the CPU, Console UPS and  outlets.
>>  all are  well seated.
>> 
>> Configuration - a small  [2159]  model 170 & the  larger power supply
>> 
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