APC AP9608 - Manual (Page 5)

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1 Introduction
1.1 Overview
American Power Conversion’s Call- UPS II is a remote UPS management
device that allows you to monitor and control your APC UPS by modem.
It provides the following features:
• Remote UPS status display
• Remote UPS control (e.g., safe reboot during power
outage or when the server is down)
• Data and event logging
• Operator paging in case of trouble
Call-UPS II works with any APC Smart- UPS TM , Matrix- UPS TM or
Symmetra TM Power Array TM . It draws power from the UPS , and can be
used with the APC Measure- UPS TM Environmental Monitor and the APC
PowerNet TM SNMP Adapter TM .
Call- UPS II comes in two versions: as an external device ( AP9208 ) and
as a SmartSlot TM card ( AP9608 ). SmartSlot Call- UPS II mounts in all APC
devices equipped with a SmartSlot. The external Call- UPS II connects to
the UPS communications port.
1.2 Hardware Requirements
Call- UPS II requires an APC Smart- UPS , Matrix- UPS , Symmetra Power
Array or other APC device equipped with a SmartSlot. For paging or re-
mote management, Call- UPS II requires both a modem that understands
industry standard AT commands, and a telephone line. For configuration,
Call- UPS II requires local DTE equipment — either a dumb terminal or a
computer running terminal emulation software (e.g., HyperTerminal). A
remote management site requires its own computer with modem and ter-
minal emulation software. The communications rate for Call-
UPS II can
be configured to 1200, 2400, 9600, and 19,200 baud. The default is 9600 .