UPS
On line or on battery, battery state and the load it’s carrying — for the UPS behind each rack.
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UPS, generators & site power
When the power goes, you hear about it first.
Utility drops at the transmitter site, the UPS takes the load, the generator has to start. BNM watches every step — the UPS on line or on battery, AC power and generator status off the site’s remote control — and calls you while the batteries are still holding.
Illustration: utility power fails at a transmitter site. BNM sees AC power lost on the remote control, the UPS go to battery, and calls the on-call list; the generator starts and the UPS returns to line power.
What it reads
Every source of power at the site, on one screen.
PDUs & transfer switches
Power distribution units and transfer switches that answer SNMP, on the same screen as the UPS behind them.
AC power & generator
The site’s remote control reads utility power and generator status on its status channels, so BNM knows when the site is running on the generator.
How BNM reads a remote controlTemperature & humidity
Building, outside and transmitter-exhaust temperatures and humidity, from probes or the remote control’s own channels.
What it raises
Loud when the power fails. Quiet while it holds.
Every condition carries a severity you choose: logged, emailed and texted, or a phone call that walks your call-down list until someone answers.
Can call you
Your choice of which ones
- The UPS going to battery — and coming back on line
- AC power or generator status changing on the remote control
- A temperature outside the range you set
- A UPS, PDU or remote control that stops answering
Always written down
In the alert feed and the device history
- When it started, when it cleared and how long it lasted
- Who was called, who answered, and when it was acknowledged
So the morning after a storm, you can see exactly how long each site ran on battery and on the generator.
Before it fails
The generator gets exercised because BNM said so.
Generator run and load tests, fuel polish, UPS batteries — set the interval once and BNM opens the work order on schedule, assigned to whoever has to do it.
Generator run & load test
Scheduled at the interval you set, tied to the site, closed with notes.
Fuel polish
On the calendar before it’s a problem, not after the generator won’t start.
UPS batteries
Replacement scheduled ahead of end of life, with the work logged against the site.
See work ordersGet started
Know the minute your site goes to battery.
Tell us what feeds your racks. We’ll point a demo at your UPSs and remote controls and wire a test call to your phone.