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

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Bingo.  And no additional hardware is required on your 400.  Just the
cable that goes from the UPS to plug J14 on the back of your iSeries.  The
UPS company normally supplies this.  For instance if you tell Best you are
buying a particular model of one of their UPS' and hooking up to a
particular model of an iSeries then they'll get you the right cable.  Test
it.  I just did because I couldn't read the J14 with the cable plugged in.
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) no longer attached.
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) now attached.

Rob Berendt
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"Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@attbi.com>
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> Subject: 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

Rick,

The short answer is to get a UPS which is compatible with the AS/400 and
marketed as such.  Many vendors have this feature.  It will come with a
cable (9-pin serial I think) which connects the UPS to the CPU.  This
will then generate the messages to which the OS will react.

If you need information on power draw from your system, check the Info
Center at:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v5r1/ic2924/info/phyplan/s
pecs/sysreq.htm

Don't forget your console.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

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