APC NMC2 - AP9631 Configuration Howto

I have been scouting the Internet to find a more friendly understanding of how to configure my giant APC Schneider UPS. I came across a video, but it requires a little decoding to grasp. This post is going to be in detail just as I would have wanted it. Enjoy!

Requirements:

1) The problem ---> Network Management Card 2 (I have an AP9631, but I am positive that this process would work with AP9630/30CH, AP9631/31CH, AP9635/35CH as well.

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2) A Ring Sleeve (TRS) to DB9 cable. It comes with UPS, see below:

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3) Computer with a COM port, see below:

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4) Terminal Emulator software (for this exercise, Hyper Terminal)... download from here.





Process:

Setup COM port 1:

1. Go to Device Manager and configure comport as shown below:
.....right-click on Communications Port and select Propriety
............ select the Port Settings tab and make sure you set yours just as seen
{Bits per second: 9600||||||||Data bits:8||||||||Parity:None||||||||Stop bits:1||||||||Flow control:None}
..................OK (close Device Manager)

2. Now connect the Ring Sleeve (TRS) to DB9 cable to the computer COM 1 port and the Console port of the AP9631.



Setup HyperTerminal port:

1. Extract downloaded zip file (Hyper Terminal) and run hypertrm.exe.

2. Enter new connection and configure, or
..... cancel the Connection Description Window
..... and go to File - > Propriety to configure new Connection.

3. New connection configuration:
..... Connect using: Select COM1

4. Configure 
..... {Bits per second: 9600||||||||Data bits:8||||||||Parity:None||||||||Stop bits:1||||||||Flow control:None}
......... OK (and apply)

Execution (easy part)


1. Enter on the HyperTerminal screen 3 or more time to get the login prompt. See default login credential below:
...... Username is: apc
...... Password is: apc

........ at the apc prompt, enter the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway using the tcpip command as shown above and enter.

.......SUCCESS should be displayed, and you will be prompted to REBOOT the device (only the network card will reboot, not the entire UPS).


You can now add UPS to network and access it with the IP you've assigned or
.... connect your computer directly to UPS (NMC Card) by manually configuring the computer's LAN card to access UPS via a web browser.


If this post is too complicated for you, then try these:

1) Video

2) APC office website

HP Color LaserJet Enterprise CP5525n '49.38.07 error (4a04)' and 'PCL XL error'

CP5525 error

PCL XL error

      Subsystem: USERSTREAM

      Error:     MissingData

      Operator:  RectanglePath

      Position:  20626

49.38.07 error (4a04)

I started having the above errors and decided to do a firmware update. The process was not as easy as I thought but it was simple:

1. Download the firmware from here

2. Extract and save firmware file (eg: cljCP5525fw_2304070_439646.bdl) to USB thumb drive

3. The technical part: remove the two screws at the back of the printer as shown below:

4. Pull out the formatter (towards you)

5. Insert USB drive on formatter (board)

6. After inserting USB drive on board, replace formatter and turn on printer

7. Go to the printer's Control Panel display 

8. Now hit the HOME button and scroll to DEVICE MAINTENANCE -> USB Firmware Upgrade

9. Select the firmware and hit OK... DO NOT UNPLUG the printer while it is upgrading.

After the process completes, the device will restart and initialize.... after that, the error will go away.

Hope this was helpful....

and 10... do not forget to remove USB thumb drive before closing formatter.

HP Color LaserJet CM2320 MFP 'PCL XL error'

CM2320 PCL XL error

Of late, my office HP Color LaserJet CM2320 started an error:

PCL XL error
     Subsystem:  TEXT
     Error:      InternalError 0x50
     Operator:   BeginChar
     Position:   32

I was, from the beginning, able to solve the problem by resetting the printer. I power off the printer. Press and held down the right button and X (cancel) until 'permanent storage init' displayed. This resets all the setting to original settings, and if you had it configured to manual network setting, you might consider reconfiguring the printer manually again.

It was ok for a day or two, and then restarted again. But this time the above solution did not even last for an hour. I had to keep repeating same procedure.

I then visited the HP website (my OS is Windows 7 64-bit) and downloaded the firmware...after a successful update of the firmware, all was kicking as new.

Hope this helps....