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Panamax M1500-UPS Owner's Manual

Manual is about: MAX Home Cinema UPS

Summary of M1500-UPS

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    Max ® home cinema ups owner’s manual power test max ® home cinema ups pure sine wave intelligent critical load control unsafe voltage line fault power on avr mode battery mode battery level load level 1690 corporate circle, petaluma, ca 94954 • www.Panamax.Com m1500-ups.

  • Page 2: Table of Contents

    © 2005 panamax corp. All rights reserved. Panamax, the panamax logo and max are registered us trademarks of panamax. Protect or disconnect, and signalperfect are trademarks of panamax. Sidactor is a registered us trademark of teccor electronics, inc. Tivo is a trademark of tivo, inc. Important safet...

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    Power test max ® home cinema ups pure sine wave intelligent critical load control unsafe voltage line fault power on avr mode battery mode battery level load level model # m1500-ups this manual contains important instructions that should be followed during installation and maintenance of the ups and...

  • Page 4: Installing Your Ups

    Installing your ups hardware installation guide 1. Your new ups may be used immediately upon receipt. However, recharging the battery for at least four hours is rec- ommended to insure that the battery’s maximum charge capacity is achieved. Charge loss may occur during shipping and storage. To recha...

  • Page 5: Basic Operation

    Unsafe voltage line fault power on avr mode battery mode battery level load level 1 2 3 4 rs232 control critical load outlet bank non critical load outlet bank ac input ir1 ir output program / test 30 sec. 5 min. In out output delay ir detector ir2 main 3 2 1 basic operation (continued) power on ind...

  • Page 6: Advanced Operation

    4 usa & canada (800) 472-5555 • (707) 283-5900 • fax (707) 283-5901 advanced operation audio/video components such as digital video recorders, dlp projectors and any component with volatile memory can benefit from connection to a ups. The panamax m1500-ups takes this to the next level with a number ...

  • Page 7: Advanced Operation

    5 usa & canada (800) 472-5555 • (707) 283-5900 • fax (707) 283-5901 5. If the learning process was successful, the controlled equip- ment should accept the ir command and turn off or go into standby mode. 6. Reprogram the ir command if the controlled equipment does not respond. A . Be sure that the ...

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    6 usa & canada (800) 472-5555 • (707) 283-5900 • fax (707) 283-5901 5. Windows will recognize your ups as “new hardware”. 6. Insert the software disk into the computer’s drive. The instal- lation program should start automatically. If the installation pro- gram does not start automatically, open it ...

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    7 usa & canada (800) 472-5555 • (707) 283-5900 • fax (707) 283-5901 home cinema power control software instructions overview panamax’s home cinema power control software is designed for use with windows 95, windows 98, windows me, windows nt, windows 2000 and windows xp. It works in conjunction with...

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    8 usa & canada (800) 472-5555 • (707) 283-5900 • fax (707) 283-5901 home cinema power control software instructions (continued) main window descriptions setup menu 2. Input voltage: shows the current input voltage. The input normally appears in green, but will turn red if the input voltage is lower ...

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    9 usa & canada (800) 472-5555 • (707) 283-5900 • fax (707) 283-5901 home cinema power control software instructions (continued) advanced setup menu schedule menu - special 1. Low battery htpc shutoff: for use with a home theater pc. Sets the low battery cutoff level. The user can slightly extend the...

  • Page 12: Battery Features

    2. Event: when this option is selected, the log will display a list of events such as power failure, program start, and program end. 3. Closed application information: when this option is selected, the log will display the names and location of any files that were auto-saved by the software. 1. Log ...

  • Page 13: Diagnostics

    Diagnostics unsafe voltage line fault power on avr mode battery mode battery level load level max ® home cinema ups pure sine w ave intelligent critical load control 11 usa & canada (800) 472-5555 • (707) 283-5900 • fax (707) 283-5901 battery features (continued) battery replacement procedure 2. Rem...

  • Page 14: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting technical specifications 12 usa & canada (800) 472-5555 • (707) 283-5900 • fax (707) 283-5901 ac specifications capacity (va)__________________________________________________________1500va (watts)________________________________________________________1000w input voltage range______...

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    Rs232 communications protocol & command set 13 usa & canada (800) 472-5555 • (707) 283-5900 • fax (707) 283-5901 communications protocol controller commands commands and responses are in the form of ascii character strings terminated with a carriage return ascii character 13 (hex). It is important t...

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    Rs232 communications protocol & command set (continued) 14 usa & canada (800) 472-5555 • (707) 283-5900 • fax (707) 283-5901 non critical load outlets on this command controls the relay that feeds power to the ncl outlets. Note that if the main relay is off, the outlets will still be un-energized. S...

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    15 usa & canada (800) 472-5555 • (707) 283-5900 • fax (707) 283-5901 rs232 communications protocol & command set (continued) request input voltage level transmit the input ac voltage status send to ups: ?Inputvolts response from ups: xxxvacin xxx is the input ac voltage represented in ascii. Request...

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    16 usa & canada (800) 472-5555 • (707) 283-5900 • fax (707) 283-5901 rs232 communications protocol & command set (continued) condition cl outlet bank switches on cl outlet bank switches off ncl outlet bank switches on ncl outlet bank switches off response from ups cl_outlets_on cl_outlets_off ncl_ou...

  • Page 19: Fcc Notice and Warranties

    Fcc notice this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reason- able protection against harmful interference in residential installation. This equipment gener- ates, uses, a...

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    1690 corporate circle, petaluma, ca 94954 tel: (707) 283-5900 fax:: (707) 283-5901 email: sales@panamax.Com web: www.Panamax.Com © 2005 panamax ins0763 rev. B 7/05.