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I have a UPS attached to my computer to keep it going for a little while when the power goes out. It works OK, but there's one thing that annoys me- It beeps every 30 seconds when it's on battery power, with no way to stop it short of turning off the UPS. Mine can be turned back on with the batteries
as long as they're still charged, but it's really annoying to have to listen to that beep when the batteries aren't even running low!!!!!!! And when the batteries DO run low, oh my god, get some earplugs, because it emits a CONTINOUS "Beeeeeeeeeeeep" until you shut it off or it goes dead!!!!!
There really should be a switch somewhere that dictates when the UPS beeps. A good solution would be a 3-position switch
Pos 1- Alarm sounds when on batteries
pos 2- Alarm sounds when batteries are low
pos 3- alarm disabled
This may in fact be baked on more expensive equipment in some way or another- so forgive me if I posted an already-baked idea.
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Many, if not most, UPSes have a "silence" button. Many of the rest can be programmed via their USB or serial ports. |
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Have you RTFM (Read The Fine Manual) ? Even your UPS might have one. |
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The absolute ONLY button on my ups is the POWER button- and no, you don't hold it down to turn it off-it shuts off/turns on immediatly whether you hold it or just press and immediatly release it, which rules out the possibility that you press it in some weird sort of sequence or hold it down to silence it |
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Mine has a silence button. However, you have to silence it for each and every individual outage. Or blip. |
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And software management doesn't help me any because the UPS, during my off hours, is only driving my alarm clock. |
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Break into it, and put a switch in series with one of the leads to the buzzer. |
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What [neelandan] said. Actually, I came here to give
the same annotation, but [neelandan] reached first :) |
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I could probably wire in a switch to the speaker or just disable the speaker, but I'd be worried that I'd mess something else up trying to get to it. I wonder if the MFR would just do it for you? They'd likely charge an arm and a leg just to disable the speaker, though :) |
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So, not an optionally optional Ninja parcel delivery service
option, then? |
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A package thrust under my nose, and the man hisses in my ear: <whisper> "sign here". |
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