Step 1

Unpack it in the right place

Move rack and battery equipment to its final position while still boxed, and unpack with two people. A Symphony 10kVA battery module is over 60 kg, an Echo 3kVA with internal batteries is 27 kg, and a Tempo 2200 is 10.4 kg. Keep the packaging until you have checked for damage.

Step 2

Let a cold unit warm up

Equipment brought in from the cold carries condensation, which is a shock hazard. Echo systems ask for two hours to acclimatise. Symphony manuals say to wait until the unit is completely dry inside and out. Do not power anything before then.

Step 3

Give it room to breathe

Echo needs 200 mm behind and 250 mm each side. Symphony needs 200 mm behind on 1.5 and 3kVA, and 500 mm on 6 and 10kVA. A Tempo tower wants clear airflow and at least 200 mm from a monitor to avoid interference. Never block the vents, and keep all of them out of sunlight and damp.

Step 4

Get the supply right

Tempo plugs into a two-pole, three-wire earthed socket and is for TN systems only. Echo ships with a cord and plug, but an external switchable breaker should still be fitted upstream, and it supports TN, IT and TT. Symphony 6 and 10kVA are hard wired: earth first, D-curve breaker at 63 A or 80 A, 10 mm² protective earth, upstream breaker open before you start. Every range must be properly earthed.

Step 5

Connect battery modules with the unit off

Tempo has internal batteries only, so there is nothing to add. Echo takes up to four external battery cabinets, daisy-chained. Symphony takes four modules, or six on 6 and 10kVA, with runs under 10 m. On both, the UPS must be completely off, the module cable comes off the module first, and polarity must not be reversed. A small arc on connection is normal.

Step 6

Check the plate, connect the load, power on

Confirm the name plate matches your supply and total load. On Tempo, press the power switch; it starts on battery the same way if there is no mains. On Echo and Symphony, hold the button for more than three seconds until the buzzer sounds and the self-test runs. A Symphony cold start is a short press between 100 ms and one second, and only works if the unit has run from utility at least once.

Step 7

Charge before you rely on the runtime

Tempo needs at least eight hours plugged in with no load for full rated backup. Echo reaches 90% in about five hours on standard models. A new Symphony 1.5 or 3kVA needs 72 hours. Any system that has been in storage needs a full charge, and batteries should be recharged at least every six months.

Step 8

Set it up for the site

Tempo has no settings menu, it simply works. Echo and Symphony both default to 230 V output, with ECO and bypass disabled until you enable them. On Echo, settings are only saved once the unit has shut down completely on battery, so cut the mains, wait a minute and restart before assuming a change has stuck.

Step 9

Keep the wrong things off the output

Do not run power strips or surge suppressors from a UPS output, and do not protect laser printers or scanners with a Tempo. Keep output cable runs under 10 m on Echo and Symphony to avoid radio interference, and communication leads under 3 m on Echo.

Then

Connect it to your monitoring

Tempo connects over USB. Echo and Symphony take a UPNETG2 card for network monitoring, or connect over USB or RS232 to a host running WinPower G2. SPS G2 handles clean shutdown on the machines that need it, and the Uniti Power IoT app puts status and alerts on a phone.