Part 4: What To Do In Case Of; Power Failure - Activant Dimensions Getting Started

Part 4: What to Do in Case of ...

Power Failure

All systems come equipped with an uninterruptible power source (UPS)
which serves as a battery backup and power conditioner for the CPU. If the
power to your system were to fail all of a sudden, the CPU would draw its
power from the UPS. Depending on the model of UPS, it could supply power
from 10-20 minutes. However, the power to all peripherals would be lost.
1 After power goes off, wait 5-10 minutes to see if it will come on again
momentarily. Most power failures are corrected in a matter of minutes. If it
looks as if you are in for a long-term wait, BYE or log off all terminals (from
the system monitor on SuperDOS systems, use MMI -- see Appendix A,
SuperDOS Utilities Used Most Often, MMI). BYE or log off the system
monitor too.
2 Turn off the computer (CPU) and wait until the power is restored. If desired,
you can write sales tickets by hand and enter them into the computer once
the power is restored.
3 When the power comes on, turn on the computer (CPU). The system monitor
will be at the
probably return to the screen or previous menu where they were working
when the power failed. Any terminals which had been working in
Transaction Entry (POS) or Purchasing and Receiving may receive the option
of recovering the previous transaction when they go back in to start
processing. They can answer Y and finish the transaction or N to cancel the
previous transaction and not work on it.
4 Enter any hand-written sales tickets to record the transactions, which
occurred during the power failure. You can return to normal processing.
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or login screen but the other terminal ports will
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