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TROUBLESHOOTINGEaton FERRUPS Rack Mount UPS (850 VA–7 kVA) User's Guide 164201424 Rev 1www.eaton.com/powerquality64Alarm and Inverter LogsYour FERRUPS Rack Mount UPS makes an entry in its logs every time itsounds an alarm or switches to inverter (battery power). This informationcan be helpful in diagnosing problems.You can view the Alarm and Inverter Logs from either the UPS controlpanel or a terminal or computer that you have connected to the RS-232port (see “Connecting a Terminal or Computer to the RS-232 Port” onpage 43).Reading the Alarm Log from a Control PanelThe Alarm Log is parameter 25. To display the Alarm Log from a controlpanel, follow these steps:Press this key: Display shows:[DISPLAY] Display:[2][5] Display: 25[ENTER] 25 Alarm LogThe display scrolls through the 20 most recent entries in the Alarm Log.If you have not had 20 alarm conditions, the display scrolls through theentries FERRUPS Rack Mount has recorded. You can use the numberkeys as you view this scrolling display:Use this key: To do this:[0] Pause the scrolling and start it again.[1] through [9] Go to the next log entry.Each log entry consists of four pieces of information: the alarm code,the date (month/day) of the alarm, the time (in 24-hour time) and theduration (in hours and minutes).For instance, one entry might look like this:B 0205 1017 0005In this example, “B” means the alarm was “Near Low Battery” (seeTable 17 on page 62); if alarm B was active, there would be anasterisk (*) after “B.” “0205” means the alarm occurred onFebruary 5 (2/5). “1017” means the alarm occurred at 10:17 a.m.“0005” means the alarm condition lasted for 0 hours and 5 minutes.