UPS and Power Outages - What do we need to make them speak!

Rob,

Just found the UPS device being used on the 400 is some older model
originally used on some PC devices.

What do we need to do to hook up a new one to the 400 so they can
communicate to each other during an outage?

Thanks.

Rr


>From: rob@dekko.com
>Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>Subject: RE: UPS and Power Outages
>Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:33:50 -0500
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>I like to test my ups' to see what the message is.  If you're too nervous
>to pull the plug to your ups it is time to dump your ups and get a
>different one.  I've thrown the master breaker to the computer room a few
>times to test the ups.  I like doing this with the new guys right after
>we've entered the computer room using their pass key.  It controls
>multiple iSeries and W2K servers.  I get a big kick out of watching the
>newbies wet themselves.
>
>CPF1816-System utility power failed at 020412144014.
>CPF1817-System utility power restored at 020412144022.
>
>Doing a DSPMSGD CPF1800 you'll find a plethora of power messages mixed in
>with other messages
>
>Then there is the SCNMSGF utility available at
>http://www.bvstools.com/scnmsgf.html
>
>Scanning for UPS I see:
>Message    Sev Text
>CPI0961     80 Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) no longer attached.
>CPI0962     80 Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) now attached.
>CPI0974     80 UPS has been bypassed.
>CPI0975     80 UPS no longer bypassed.
>CPPA73A      0 UPS Test Failure
>CPPA73B      0 UPS unit part
>CPPA73D      0 UPS Interface Failure
>CPPA740      0 UPS Enable/Disable Failure
>CPPA743      0 UPS CPM Failure
>CPPA744      0 UPS Battery Failure
>CPPA745      0 UPS Unit Failure
>CPP073A     70 UPS Test Failure
>CPP073D     70 UPS Interface Failure
>CPP0730     70 UPS Enable/Disable Failure
>CPP0733     70 UPS CPM Failure
>CPP0734     70 UPS Battery Failure
>CPP0735     70 UPS Unit Failure
>CPP3502      0 UPS reported a battery low condition
>CPP3504      0 UPS battery low condition turned off
>CPP3505      0 UPS reported bypass no longer active
>
>Scanning for power I see:
>...
>CPF1821     90 Power failure. System ending. Restart IPL will be ignored.
>CPF3421     30 Attempting recovery from possible power loss on device &9.
>CPF6A04     30 Device was powered off so open was not attempted.
>CPG0545     20 Power of 10 for tick definition not correct.
>CPIA959      0 Printing power on/off schedule.
>CPI0961     80 Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) no longer attached.
>CPI0962     80 Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) now attached.
>...
>
>Which brings up another good test.  Leave the power plug from your 400
>into your UPS but remove the power warning interface cable from the UPS,
>wait 20 seconds and plug it back in.  You should get CPI0961 and CPI0962
>
>Rob Berendt
>--
>"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>Benjamin Franklin
>
>
>
>
>"Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@attbi.com>
>Sent by: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
>04/29/2002 09:44 AM
>Please respond to midrange-l
>
>
>         To:     <midrange-l@midrange.com>
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>         Subject:        RE: UPS and Power Outages
>
>
>Rick,
>
>Your system should have powered down 200 seconds following the loss of
>power.  However, you should also have received messages in your
>designated queue (and QSYSOPR I believe) related to loss of utility
>power at the moment power was lost.  If you received no messages, it
>sounds as though your UPS and the hardware cable are not configured
>correctly.  This is purely related to the UPS and the cable, there is no
>configuration required on the OS/400 side.
>
>Regards,
>Andy Nolen-Parkhouse
>
>
>
> > Subject: UPS and Power Outages
> >
> > Unfortunately, I was not involved in esatblishing the UPS connection
>to my
> > clients 400. I know the system value QUPSDLYTIM is set to 200
>(seconds).
> > It
> > APPEARS that a power failure occurred during a storm yesterday morning
>and
> > that the 400 went down ABNORMALLY. But if a UPS device is attached to
>the
> > 400, and the system value above is specified, shouldn't the system
>have
> > gone
> > down in a soft, controlled manner?
> >
> > Is there anyway to determine if the UPS actually kicked in? I see no
> > messages in the operator queue (designated UPSMSGQ) that mention UPS.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Rick Rayburn
>
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