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Alpha Technologies Micro Secure UPS User Manual

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6.4.5 Programming the Dry Contacts and the Clock

On the Alpha Micro Secure front panel. contacts (C1 to C6) can be programmed to meet your specifications with

RS–232 communications. You can also adjust the Alpha Micro Secure date and time.

Programming the Dry Contacts

The functions of dry contacts C1 to C5 (and if factory configured, dry contact C6) can be changed with RS-232

communications.
For example, to change contact C1:

1. To see how it is currently programmed, type c1 (all lower case) and press Enter.

2. The Alpha Micro Secure responds with *c1=1 where the * shows the unit responded to your command.

For example: a "1" shows it is programmed to be the On Battery indicator as shown in the Dry Contact

Configuration table below.

Table I —

Dry Contact Configuration

1= On Battery

4= Alarm

7= Timer 2

2= Low Battery

5= Fault

8= Timer 3

3= Timer 1

6= Disabled

3. To change the contact, type c1=X where X is 1 to 8 and press Enter.

The Alpha Micro Secure responds with *c1=(1 to 8). The programming is done for that contact. Repeat as

necessary for the other contacts.

Each contact can only be programmed for one function at a time and cannot show multiple conditions.

4. To reset the contacts to the factory default, type default and press Enter. The Alpha Micro Secure responds

with *default, showing it is reset. This command also resets the timer setting to the 2 hours factory default.

See “Setting the Timer Contact”. See "9. Specifications" on page 68 for the factory default settings of dry

contacts C1 to C6.