Re: [Slightly OT Contd...] - UPS Calibration.

["Andy Whitfield" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Something has gone wrong.
47% load (or 37% load you had in previous post) shouldn't take long
to run.  Should be well under an hour.
Maybe load varied and screwed up calibration?
Lets try another calibration method using HyperTerminal.

HYPERTERMINAL INSTRUCTIONS
===========================
Must NOT have any cards plugged in to the smart slot in the UPS.
Must close all other programs using comms ports
Use Ctrl Alt Del and close pwrchute.exe, ups.exe and iconclnt.exe (if
had powerchute running.  Program names might vary)
Start HyperTerminal.
Configure it for Com port 1 or 2, 2400 baud and Xon/Xoff
* Do not press any other keys than those listed below as it's
possible to have an adverse effect on the UPS *
Shift Y   UPS replies SM
Press 1, wait 5 secs and press 1 again.   UPS replies PROG
Press 0   UPS replies with 2 digit hex number
Use + and - key to adjust to 9A (for run time for new batteries)
Shift R   UPS replies BYE

Close HyperTerminal and (from explorer) run ups.exe and iconclnt.exe
(or restart PC).  Powerchute icon should appear, click on it and
powerchute should start.  Run time for a smart UPS is 350 mins
without any load.

Let me know if that has worked?
Regards
Andy

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@a...> wrote:
>
> Hopefully Andy "UPSMan" Whitfield will be able to shed some
light
on this...
> :-)
>
> Tried doing a recalibrate on this APC2200 at about 9:30 last night
using a
> 47%(ish) load (according to PowerChute) as I was still getting the
right
> hand side battery display flashing when I came back to it after
> recalibrating the evening before.
>
> Anyway - it was still going at 1am this morning so I left it to
itself and
> PowerChute says it's *STILL* calibrating (Blue "Calibrating"
message on
> yellow background in the "Status" field on PowerChute) this
morning! Still
> have the flashing right hand battery meter and when I set the
calibration
> off last night the "Battery Capacity" bargraph on PowerChute
dropped to zero
> then slowly counted up, reaching 100% at about 12:45 this morning.
>
> Last two events in the event log are:
>
> 20:32:04 - UPS Battery is discharged: 070.0
> 21:26:19 - UPS runtime calibration initiated
>
> ...there's nothing about it ever completing the calibration and -
according
> to the status message on Powerchute - it seems to think it still is
> calibrating.
>
> How long should it take and does the above sound like what I should
be
> getting or not? Any thoughts? Could the UPS being laid up (without
batteries
> installed) for a couple of years have toasted it?
>
> Phil