Software

If the Sanyo Denki A11H UPS is connected directly to a workstation via a serial cable, the included SANUPS Software can monitor the UPS and provide system status and power down the workstation as needed. The manual shows a serial cable should be included with the A11H. However, I did not receive one. Since I did not have a serial cable to connect the UPS, I received an error upon loading the software stating that there was no connection available.


JT from Sanyo Denki made sure to send me the cable as soon as the error was noticed. When the connection is made, the battery condition can be seen, and charge percentage and available backup time are shown. When the input power is turned off, the display changes, showing that the output power is coming straight from the battery.


When paired with the optional LAN interface card, the UPS can be configured by going to the IP address of the interface card and logging in. The A11H LAN interface card defaults to an IP address of 192.168.1.1. Unfortunately, this is a address often associated with a gateway in a SOHO network, and needed to be reconfigured to avoid conflicts. But before that can be done, any other device on the network with the IP address of 192.168.1.1 needs to be given a new address. It would have been easier to have the default setting be set to DHCP, especially if the default IP address would be outside the network range.


The above images are most of the pages available in the settings for the LAN card, with all of the settings at default. There are options to set up the UPS, Services (like HTTP, FTP, Telnet and SNMP), email and event logs, as well as get real-time information about the UPS.