SentryPlus User`s Manual
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1. Power Technologies From Para Systems Inc SentryPlus Shutdown Management Software for UNIX User s Manual Table of Contents uge Ee In D 3 S ntryPlus instalation eee vec neces eecedccerecceseevecerccevecueseevecceccseeeuceusveceecceveceeeeeveceeccexeeseeeeveceee 4 SentryPIUS SOIC Eege E E cece ecm 5 SST UUM IECH IMU E 5 K NN le E 6 Remote Monitor and COMM EE 7 SentryPlus Monitor Operator E 8 Top Layers e ees ceeciecececccnedecs ccvedee ccevdec cen veces cee cer ccu dew cee sirae dee eccueder naeia nEn pE ERIRE 9 System E E 10 CGontguration VW OY csc ec ccc rece vec eecueceevecexecevecueccececerecevecueecsveceeeceveceeeeeveceeecevecneeeeeeenuc 11 Devices EE 12 Notification Users Pager LIS b rjciccseite sede 12 Nottication Edel 13 Notification Users Network Broadcast teen eee eeee eee eee 13 TT E 14 EE eege deed eege 15 ENEE eege eege 15 External ee PACK eege 17 Advanced UPS Proven c626 ee oe ee oe 17 Network TE E 18 SNMP eeh ene 19 RL 20 eiis EE 21 View POT E 22 B ttom Layer UCN eege eege sees ee 23 Obtaining BR Ein ee 29 Copyright 2007 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of SentryPlus Shutdown Management Software to manage your Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS The goal of SentryPlus is to monitor your UPS and take care of all your power management needs SentryPlus has the ability to properly shutdown your computer when an extended power outage occurs SentryPlus provides th2. Daily This set schedule is applicable for every day c Weekly This set schedule is applicable for once a week period d Monthly This set schedule is applicable for once a month period Action The action menu provides you with a list of events to choose from The event and or any combination of these actions can be selected from the Choose Event list box Actions that are al ready enabled will show a check mark To delay the actions set the desired time for delay in the Delay combo box v Choose Event Set Default Action Delay 5 a Seconds ower Failed Power Restored Low Battery Load Warning No Longer Load Warning Load Severity No Longer Load Severity Bypass Active No Longer Bypass Active UPS Fault Scheduled Shutdown UPS Disconnected Battery Need Replace Test Failed Overload UPS Connection Established a v Shutdown wi Logging y Broadcasting x Paging x E Mail x Command v Alarm X SNMP Trap z X Receptacle Control Exit 15 a Choose Event When you select one item in the list the action buttons will display current setting Press button to do further configuration b Set Default Set all the actions to default values c Delay The power event must stay the delay time to trigger actions All the actions are described as follows Action Shutdown Shutdown Hibernate Suspend the operating system or shutdown the UPS Both Hi
3. Exit TI ri z 9 10 30 9 11 00 9 11 30 9 12 00 9 12 30 9 13 00 9 13 30 9 14 00 93 14 30 9 15 00 k A History Data Clicking on the History Data opens a dialog box that contains information about UPS data in list form This information is available only if there is an accumulation of data You can select the month and year you want to view a Select Month The UPS data in the month that you want to see b Update Update the list c Exit Close the history data dialog box 22 Remote Hosts Detect the hosts which running the SentryPlus Service in the LAN You can also type in the IP address and connect to the WAN a Search Result The hosts will be listed in the Search Result list box Select the host you want to con nect and press the Connect button to establish the connection b Connect to this IP address SentryPlus will connect to the IP address that you type in c Connect Establish the network connection Content This is online help About SentryPlus version and copyright Bottom Layer Buttons E B Ra N nia ea Each button shows the respective information in the Information Area Main General Information about the UPS Tree There are 2 sub trees in the SentryPlus tree System and UPS System tree for host information and the status of Master Slave connection the UPS tree for all of the UPS information Time Display the time of the schedule battery replacement date and countdow
4. Name fedora3 UI Rating VA 1000VA Loading Level 22 0 On Line MCP1000RM2U Rating Output Volt 120V Rating Battery Volt input rete i ae 135 een O_ 113 2v_ 180 O27 EV 500 Rating Input Freq 60Hz Connection Indicator Host Selection Press the combo box to select hosts that runs SentryPlus Service in the LAN Users can monitor or control need password remote UPS Connection Indication The sine wave will appear while the communication between SentryPlus Monitor and SentryPlus Service is established Information Display Press Bottom Layer Buttons to change the information that is displayed in this area Recent Event Log Shows the last 10 event logs in the combo box click on the combo box to pull down and see the logs Top Layer Buttons Top Layer Buttons Use these buttons to speed up your operation Refer to the dialog boxes in the menu Configuration Same as the System gt Configuration in the menu Meters Same as the View gt Meters in the menu Event Log Same as the View gt Event Log in the menu History Graph Same as the View gt History Graph in the menu SentryPlus Monitor Main Menu The Main Screen has a menu bar at the top with 4 main options System This menu allows you to set the SentryPlus and computer parameters Control This menu allows you to set UPS buzzer outlet and test View The Vi
5. System gt Configuration UPS gt Schedule Next Deep Test Time System gt Configuration UPS gt Schedule Next Shutdown UPS Time system gt Configuration UPS gt Schedule Next Restart UPS Time System gt Configuration UPS gt Schedule Status Show all of the UPS status red light indicates this event happened Diagram Input and output power flow of UPS Scroll Record the recent UPS data information you can change the display item from System gt Main Screen Network Display all the SentryPlus Service searched in the LAN Outlet Display the UPS outlet status If your UPS cannot control outlet this button disappeared Status Identify the current outlet status Normal or off Next Turn Off Time System gt Configuration gt UPS gt Schedule Next Turn On Time System gt Configuration gt UPS gt Schedule 24 Obtaining Technical Assistance For Technical Support on the Web please visit the Support section of our Web site or visit our online Discussion Forum at www minutemanups com Please have the information listed below ready when you contact us You can reach us by calling Phone 1 972 446 7363 Fax 1 972 446 9011 In order to diagnose the problem you are having our technicians need the following information from you Installation Site Company Name Address City Contact Person s Name Phone Number If you are a consultant Consultant Name Phone Number Computer System Operating System an
6. dialog boxes It also allows you to monitor the UPS through the Main Screen SentryPlus Service SentryPlus Service which runs in the background is a daemon process when the system starts up You can also run SentryPlus Service manually by typing the command usr local smart upsd To stop SentryPlus Service type the command usr local smart upsd stop SentryPlus Monitor SentryPlus Monitor enables you to control and configure SentryPlus through the drop down menu and dialog boxes It also allows you to monitor the UPS through the Main Screen SentryPlus Moni tor does not need to reside in the memory the execution depends on the user s requirement This can save precious system resources for you After finishing the SentryPlus installation SentryPlus Service automatic loads into memory and runs once the operating system starts up To run the SentryPlus Monitor change your working directory to usr local smart and type the com mand usr local smart monitor SentryPlus Monitor Main Screen SentryPlus System Control View Help 9 3 ilh GE E E i Host Selection Host wilson wh huang 172 16 186 133 Model Unknown OS Windows 2000 Service F UPS Health Test Result Test Passed UPS Type On Line AC Source Normal UPS Model MCP1000RM2U Battery Bami Normal Firmware Version 00_0308_0 Battery Level 100 0 Host Name fedora3 UI Loading Level 22 0 Rating VA 1000VA Rating Output Volt 120V Rating
7. share one control relay these outlets are called the outlet group If you turn off outlet group1 for example outlet1 and outlet2 then the UPS will stop power output to outlet1 and out let2 b Device Name Assign the attached device names for example Outlet Group is for printer Outlet Group2 is for computer These records can improve the efficiency of your management Don t forget to press the Update button c Update Update your change Log Management Please consider the free space in your hard disk a Maximun Event Log Entries SentryPlus saves less than the assigned entries of the event log b Data Log Interval Time to save a record of UPS data c Maximun Data Log Storage It allows you to save how many months of UPS data files Schedule This function allows you to shutdown restart test and turn on off outlet You can sched ule up to 6 events Setting is based on day week or month and up to a period of 2 years Choose the applicable schedule to set whether it is for Sun Mon Tue 4 5 6 11 12 13 18 19 20 25 26 27 Restart UPS 10 Sec Test Shutdown UPS P None None None al Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 Select Year 2006 am a Select Month 14 15 16 17 Tune 21 22 23 24 One Time 12 A4 00 18 00 1 Daily 00 00 Weekly 00 DI 4 Monthly 00 00 Apply Setting to Exit a One Time This set schedule is applicable for a single day b
8. 0 INFORMATION The UPS load on reserve dupsNoLongerLoadOnReserve 31 INFORMATION The UPS no longer load on reserve dupsEnvOverTemperature 32 WARNING The environment over temperature DupsNoLongerEnvOverTemperature 33 INFORMATION The environment recovered from over temperature DupsEnvOverHumidity 34 _ WARNING The environment over humidity DupsNoLongerEnvOverHumidity 35 INFORMATION The environment recovered from over humidity HTTP SentryPlus supports WEB Server for remote manager to get UPS information User can use IE or the Communicator to connect to SentryPlus Service Even if your computer does not install Sentry Plus you can monitor and control your UPS via the network a HTTP Root The HTTP root path All the html and gif files will be located here b Port Number Default port number is 80 but if there is already one WEB server running you can change SentryPlus Service HTTP port number to a different number At the Internet Browser you can input http 172 16 176 141 2000 in the URL where 2000 is the assigned port number 20 Control Menu Shutdown Now This command will execute the shutdown procedure at once a Restart This function lets you restart the OS and UPS automatically after being shutdown To start the OS and UPS for the next schedule mark the Restart check box b Shutdown OS and UPS Use this function to shutdown both OS and UPS c SHUTDOWN OS Only Use this function to shutdown OS only d SUS
9. Battery Volt Rating Input Freq 60Hz 06 09 2006 10334323 Met 1 127 0 0 1 Connection Established gt SentryPlus software is comprised of two modules SentryPlus Service and SentryPlus Monitor You may run both the programs to monitor your localized UPS or run the programs on two different com puters Multi Computer Shutdown SentryPlus Service with 2 modes Master and Slave SentryPlus Master SentryPlus Networking Slave UPS Network Line SentryPlus Serial Slave Serial Line If there is a communication cable between the computer and a UPS this computer called Master The Master can monitor and control the connected UPS directly as it also transmits the UPS infor mation to the Slave s If a computer does not connect to the UPS directly but is powered by the same UPS this computer called the Slave Master communicates to Slave via a TCP IP network i d SentryPlus Monitor SentryPlus Monitor SentryPlus Monitor SentryPlus Service SentryPlus Service i D Local Monitor Remote Monitor When a power event occurs Master SentryPlus Service gets the information and then transmits it to the Slave s SentryPlus Service Each SentryPlus Service executes different Actions FlexEvent such that the system manager can configure a different strategy to a different computer For exam
10. Broadcast List F Domain root user user a Domain Enable this item to broadcast all the users in the domain otherwise SentryPlus will send messages to the hosts that user assigned b Add Add a new machine name c Modify Modify the selected machine name d Delete Delete the selected name 13 UPS Property This dialog box allows you to configure the UPS COM port battery replacement date etc Load Warning and Load Severity are used to prevent UPS overload see the UPS hardware user s manual Load Warning will notify the user to reduce the load of the UPS Load Severity will shutdown the computer to prevent overload UPS Property a COM Port COM1 COM4 b Load Warning Load warning c Load Severity User must reduce UPS loading d Last Battery Replacement Date Record last COM Port Dev fi S0 Load Warning BO U Load Severity 90 4 battery replacement date Last Battery Replacement Date May DE r 2006 e Next Battery Replacement Date The date of EE ee Ir eg next battery replacement SentryPlus will notify ey gener ae NSS au user to replace the battery Host Name fedora3 f Host Name Local host name Attached Devices Assign the attached device name When you are controlling the outlet Sentry Plus will let you know which devices you are controlling a Select an Outlet Group Assign an outlet group Please see the back panel for some outlets may
11. PEND OS Only Use this function to suspend your operating system e HIBERNATE OS Only Use this function to hibernate your operating system Cancel Shutdown This menu enables you to terminate the current shutdown procedure Turn Receptacle Relay On Turn the selected receptacle relay on Each Receptacle Relay may control more than one outlet please see the rear panel of your UPS or the UPS user s manual a Select a Receptacle Relay Select a receptacle relay b Delay Set the delay time to turn on the receptacle relay c Turn On Execute the turn on command Turn Receptacle Relay Off Turn the receptacle relay off Each Receptacle Relay may control not only one outlet please see the rear panel of your UPS or the UPS user s manual a Select a Receptacle Relay Select a receptacle relay b Delay Set the delay time to turn off the outlet group c Turn Off Execute the turn off command UPS Audible Alarm On Enable the UPS buzzer from the Bottom Layer Buttons Press the Status button to get the UPS buzzer status UPS Audible Alarm Off Mute UPS buzzer alarm 10 Seconds Test UPS switches to backup mode and output power is supplied by battery for 10 seconds Deep Battery Test UPS switches to backup mode and output power is supplied by battery until Low Battery Warning LBW Cancel Test This menu allows you to stop testing the UPS immediately 21 Meters The SentryPlus supports up to 12 meters to be display in real tim
12. bernate Suspend are available only on MS Windows If you select the shutdown item SentryPlus will execute or ignore the Auto Save function depending on your selection in the Action dialog box But if you select suspend or the hibernate item the program will ignore the Auto Save function The functions of shutdown or hibernate or suspend are the same as if you select the Shutdown from Windows Start menu Action Logging Permits you to log event as well as modify the default logging message You can see this message in the Event Log dialog box Action Broadcasting Permits you to broadcast an event based on a set period of time If you want to be notified once set the time period to 0 However if you want to be notified more than once set the time period to a larger number Each number corresponds to the times of notification Action Paging Permits you to set the time period of paging intervals If you want to be notified once set the time period to 0 However if you want to be notified more than once set the time pe riod to a larger number Each number corresponds to the times of notification Action Command Permits you to execute command files and set a period of time to delay its acti vation To enable or disable this action mark the Enable Command check box Action Alarm Permits you to send out audible alarm instead of a broadcast message There is only buzzer alarm for SentryPlus on UNIX If you want to be notified onc
13. cessors RedHat Linux 5 2 Turbo Linux 4 0 SUSE Linux 6 1 Open Linux 2 3 Mandriva Linux FreeBSD 2 2 8 2 SentryPlus Monitor can run on X11R6 or above with 256 or more colors SentryPlus Setup 1 To setup SentryPlus please login to your system as supervisor root 2 Place the SentryPlus CD in your CD ROM drive and mount it 3 Change the working directory to CD Rom Unix YourUnix where CD Rom is the mount point of your CD ROM drive and YouUnix is the name of your Unix System For example cdrom Unix Linux or cdrom Unix Sun 4 Copy the only one file YourUnix tar in your working directory to directory tmp 5 Change your working directory to tmp 6 Tar the file with the command tar xvf YourUnix tar Note that some OS may require before ar guments 7 Run install 8 Follow the instructions from the install program 9 After installation SentryPlus program files will be located in the directory usr local smart Notice Some OS may not activate COM port as default Thus make sure the COM port connects to UPS has been activated before running SentryPlus The SentryPlus software is comprised of two modules A UPS Monitoring Module SentryPlus Service file name upsd that runs in the background as a daemon process on your system and communicates to the UPS A User Interface Module SentryPlus Monitor file name monitor that enables you to control and configure SentryPlus through the drop down menus and
14. d version System Manufacturer System Model Number NMS name and revision number UPS Model Name Number Serial Number What are the symptoms State 25 ZIP code Fax Number PN 34000292_R1 2
15. e set the time period to 0 However if you want to be notified more than once set the time period to a larger number Each number corresponds to the times of notification Action e mail Permits you to send mail If you want to be notified once set the time period to 0 However if you want to be notified more than once set the time period to a larger number Each number corresponds to the times of notification You can edit the user list by clicking the Edit list but ton and add modify or delete any user name in the list To enable or disable this action mark the Enable e mail check box Action SNMP Trap Lets you send a SNMP trap when the relative power event occurs To enable or disable this action mark the Enable SNMP Trap check box You also need to specify the SNMP Trap target hosts and community string please see the SNMP dialog box in the Network menu Action Receptacle Control Permits you to control Receptacle Relay on or off Each Receptacle Relay may control not only one outlet please see the rear panel of your UPS or the UPS hardware user s manual Stop All Action Clicking on this terminates all the actions immediately 16 External Battery Pack External Battery Pack not all UPSs support this function The RS232 port MUST be used when configuring the UPS for External Battery Packs The USB port does NOT support configuring the UPS for External Battery Packs When using an External Battery Pack with the UPS t
16. e most useful information about the UPS and all of your power management inquiries We added the most popular network management protocol SNMP into SentryPlus Sen tryPlus will translate UPS information into SNMP MIB to the appropriate Network Management Station NMS such as HP OpenView To make use of resources on the Internet SentryPlus also supports HTTP protocol That means you can monitor your UPS anywhere anytime just using the Internet browser SentryPlus runs in the background as a daemon process on UNIX systems and communicates to the UPS to keep your computer and equipment protected from any power problems Furthermore it gives you the most useful information about your UPS and computer SentryPlus features 1 Graceful operating system shutdown 2 Schedule test shutdown restart UPS turn on off receptacles 3 Flexible events 4 Notification Pager e mail and audible alarm network broadcasting and SNMP 5 Real time values of voltage current frequency and loading 6 History data amp graph 7 Network monitor 8 Multi computer shutdown restart 9 Support Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP 10 Support HTTP remote monitor and control using Internet browser SentryPlus Installation System Requirements 1 To use SentryPlus your system must be running one of the following operating systems Hewlett Packard HP UX 10 0 SentryPlus Service Only IBM AIX 4 3 SCO OpenServer 5 0 SunSoft Solaris 2 5 1 for SPARC pro
17. e values Each meter has the ability to display all of the UPS values Selecting different items from the Selection dialog box will display the selected item value ae 2 2 4 6 8 12 Displayed meter number Meter b Selection Assign each meter to differ Battery Voltage Battery Level Input Frequency1 Input Voltage1 ent UPS item value 30 250 60 50 H ES ay zs am si i gt 25 7 e a c Close Close the meter window gem 500 D 68 0 0h _59 9Hz_ 100 O 114 47 180 Output Frequency Output Voltage Output Load1 Temperature 50 30 75 30 U U H as Z 135 E 0 180 Event Log This menu offers you the possibility of viewing past events a Exit Close event log dialog box History Graph Clicking on the History Graph opens a dialog box that contains information about UPS data in graph form This information is available only if there is an accumulation of data You can select the month and year you want to view iv History si wll SentryPlus History Graph a Horizontal Scale Select the time scale b Vertical Scale Select the value scale c Select Month The UPS data in the month you want to see E O d Draw Wem Blue Draw the UPS item value by blue line e Draw Item2 Red Draw the UPS item value by red line f Update Update the graph g Exit Close the history graph dialog box Horizontal Scale 30 min Select Month 2005 June A Vertical Scale 50 Update
18. eters Press the Main button in the Bottom Layer Buttons there ee Gees are two meters in the information area You can change the display eee items of the two meters lO Frequency b Scroll Window Press the Scroll button in the Bottom Layer But ee tons the scroll window display in the information area This item allows you to change the display step and items Step 1 Sec ok Cancel Window This menu allows you to change the display items in the Information Display Area The items in the menu refer to each button in the Bottom Layer Buttons Close Monitor Close SentryPlus Monitor and leave SentryPlus Service running 10 Configuration Window The Configuration Screen has a menu bar at the top with three main options Devices This menu allows you to configure modem pager and e mail UPS The UPS menu allows you to plan the UPS schedule or do the Action Network This menu allows you to choose Master Slave or configure SNMP HTTP functions Fe Sf RRCMMMMM M AATA Device UPS Network E UPS Communication Port dev ttySO Q Next UPS Test Date Time 06 09 2006 12 00 gt SL Next UPS Shutdown Date Time 06 09 2006 16 00 e SL Next UPS Restart Date Time 06 10 2006 08 00 A Local Host IP 127 0 0 1 m Ja SentryPlus Service Mode Master E Remote Host IP 127 0 0 1 Configuration Window UPS Communication Port COM1 COM4 Port names are different fr
19. ew menu allows you to see the real time values and history event or history data Help The Help menu allows you to access the online help system System Menu The system menu allows you to configure the UPS and monitor screen parameters When you select the System menu from Main Menu bar a drop down menu appears offering you the following menu options Login Used for Remote Monitor User must pass the password verification before they can control or configure the UPS Configuration The Configuration menu allows you to tailor various SentryPlus parameters Monitor Screen Allows you to change display items in the Scroll screen of Information Display Area Window This menu allows you to change the display items in the Information Display Area The items in the menu refer to each button in the Bottom Layer Buttons Close Monitor Stop SentryPlus Monitor Login When SentryPlus Monitor becomes a Remote Monitor connect to different host you have to pass the password verification if you want to do configuration or control the UPS otherwise you can only view the UPS information If the user runs SentryPlus Service and SentryPlus Monitor in the same computer you can do your configuration or control the UPS without a password To change your password please choose the Set Password from the Configure Network menu Monitor Screen This dialog box allows you to change display item in the Scroll screen of Information Display Area a M
20. he UPS must be configured to report the correct Estimated Runtime and so that the Battery Capacity Bar Graph LEDs on the front panel will work properly during the battery mode operation Simply click on Con figure UPS and then External Battery Pack Then select the number of External Battery Packs that are connected to the UPS Advanced UPS Property If your UPS does not support this function the item will display a grayed area and the user cannot select this item Ss Enable Wakeup Computer If your computers architecture is com EENE Canney patible to ATX and the BIOS supports RS 232 RI Wakeup function You should enable this item to make the Schedule work correctly a Enable Resume Computer Be sure the BIOS supports RS 232 RI Wakeup function When SentryPlus suspends the computer and the e EES UPS detects the change of power status UPS will resume the com puter and let SentryPlus notify the users UPS Periodic Auto Test None Set Default OK Cancel Enable Power Fail Auto Reboot The time line is described below Power Restore Input Power Countdown to Shutdown PC Computer i Shutdown PC Countdown to UPS i Shutdown UPS xpKUPS Restart to Tum PC on If you enable this function the UPS will reboot to restart the computer Otherwise it will return back to normal state Enable Economic Mode Switch to UPS economic mode UPS Periodic Auto Test Daily weekly biweekly and month
21. ly UPS starts the test procedure auto matically when it reaches the test time Set Password Set the SentryPlus Service password Choose Master Slave Set SentryPlus Service mode If the computer is connected to the UPS di rectly with RS 232 cable or USB cable then the SentryPlus Service acts as a Master otherwise it is a Slave When SentryPlus Service is a Slave you must assign the Master IP address such that the Slave can connect to the Master host and get the UPS information a Master Configure the SentryPlus Service to be a Master The Master will forward the UPS in formation to a connected Slave s b Slave Configure the SentryPlus Service be a Slave c Master IP Address When SentryPlus Service becomes a Slave you must assign the Master IP address such that the Slave can connect to the Master host and get the UPS information If you leave the item empty or type a wrong address SentryPlus will show a disconnect message Remote Wakeup To wake up the remote host SentryPlus sends a Magic Packet through the net work You must give the IP address and the network hardware address MAC address of the remote host In Windows98 you can execute the ipconfig All command under MS DOS prompt to get the network card physical address of the local host Or input the arp a command to see the remote host s physical address Your network card must support the remote wakeup feature and this func tion should be enabled a SentryPlus Resu
22. me The Computer From Suspend Mode SentryPlus may force the com puter into suspend mode input power failed or other power events program will wake up the remote hosts that enable this item when the local host is woken b Each Time SentryPlus Startup Program will wake up the remote hosts that enable this item when SentryPlus starts up and connects to the UPS Select the Accept SNMP packet from any hosts SentryPlus will accept all the request commands and set commands When you select the Accept SNMP packet from the following hosts SentryPlus receives only the hosts that you assigned Once the power event occurs and the user enables the SNMP Trap in the Action dialog box SentryPlus will send the SNMP trap to the hosts that are listed in the Trap Target list box To add modify or delete the host click on its respective command button If the SentryPlus Service you are connecting is running on UNIX series and Windows 95 98 operating system you can configure the SNMP parameters directly from the SentryPlus Select the Accept SNMP packet from any hosts SentryPlus will accept all the request commands and set commands When you select the Accept SNMP packet from the following hosts SentryPlus receives only the hosts that you assigned Once the power event occurred and user enables the SNMP Trap in the Action dialog box SentryPlus will send the SNMP trap to the hosts that listed in the Trap Target list box To add modify or delete the host click
23. n time Status UPS status Diagram Indicate the UPS current flow Scroll UPS data graph Outlet Display outlet status If your UPS cannot control outlet then this button disappears Network Indicate the connection of Master Slave SentryPlus Monitor and SentryPlus Service Main UPS Health 3 levels Green yellow and red UPS Type On line off line line interactive or 3 phase on line UPS Model The UPS model which is being monitored by SentryPlus Firmware Version Indicating the firmware version of the UPS Host Name The host which runs SentryPlus Rating VA The UPS VA rating Rating Input Voltage The UPS rated input voltage Rating Current The UPS rated current Rating Battery Voltage The UPS rated battery voltage Rating Input Frequency The UPS rated input frequency Test Result The results of the last self test performed by the UPS AC Source Normal battery or bypass Battery Status The status of battery Battery Level Percentage of the battery level Loading Percentage of the output load SentryPlus has the ability to change the display item of the meters the referred menu item System gt Main Screen 23 Time Last Battery Replacement Date To change the date of last battery replacement in the System gt Configuration UPS gt UPS Property Next Battery Replacement Date To change the date of next battery replacement in the System gt Configuration UPS gt UPS Property Next 10 seconds Test Time
24. nux 2 6 9 ei wv Connect to this IP address Exit Remote Monitor and Control Internet Browser Another way to remote monitor SentryPlus Service is by using the Internet Browser Launch the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator type the IP address in the URL and press enter you will get the UPS information You can change the network port number to prevent conflict with other WEB server pro grams If the port number is not 80 you have to type URL like this http 172 16 176 141 2000 where 2000 is the port number you assigned The default User Name and Password is admin Utility View Configure Control Normal Property Time Outlet UPS gt gt gt Property Display the UPS rating information SentryPlus Monitor Operation The Main Screen has 7 areas that present information on the operating status of your UPS These areas are discussed in the following sections Top Layer Buttons Host Selection Host Selection Host wilson wh huang 172 16 186 133 Model Unknown OS Windows 2000 Service P Information Display Dig B a N 8 8 jain Time Status Diagram Scroll Network Receptacle eee Bottom Layer Buttons E SentryPlus Main Menu System Control View Help D x E ure P GE SE UPS Health Test Result Test Passed UPS Type AC Source Nomal UPS Model Battery ZK Normal Firmware Version 00_0308_0 Battery Level 100 0 Host
25. om systems Next UPS Test Date Time The date of the next user initiated UPS self test Setting from System gt Configuration gt UPS gt Schedule Next UPS Shutdown Date Time This field display the date of the next shutdown for the computer and UPS Setting from System gt Configuration gt UPS gt Schedule Next UPS Restart Date Time The date of the next restart UPS Setting from System gt Configuration gt UPS gt Schedule Local Host IP IP address of a computer that runs SentryPlus Monitor SentryPlus Service Mode SentryPlus Service acts as a Master or Slave Remote Host IP The host that runs SentryPlus Service If SentryPlus Monitor and SentryPlus Ser vice run on the same computer this field will be empty Devices Menu Devices Modem To let SentryPlus notify you via pager you must setup the modem device SentryPlus will control the modem device using AT Command as default gt a COM Port The communication port COM1 COM4 ats Baud Rate 2400 b Baud Rate Define the data transmitting speed Initialize String ATZ c Initialize String The string that is sent to the modem be fore paging is attempted Oo d Dial Prefix The string that added to the beginning of each of the Pager Number before they are sent to the modem Notification Users Pager List Notification Users Pager List The program will dial the modem to notify all of the pager number that are listed on
26. on its respective command button If the SentryPlus Service you are connecting is running on Windows NT or Windows 2000 op erating system you must install the SNMP Service and configure the SNMP parameters from your operating system SentryPlus will ignore the values that were set in the SNMP dialog box To change the parameters of SNMP function you should install the SNMP Service in the Network option Select the SNMP Ser vice from the Network option in the Control Panel and click the Property button to do your changes If the SentryPlus Service you are connecting is running on Novell NetWare operating system all setting in this SNMP configuring dialog will not take any effect Please edit the file SYS etc Traptarg cfg directly SNMP Trap Number Variable Trap Description No dupsCommunicationLost 1 SEVER Communication with the UPS failed dupsCommunicationEstablished 2 INFORMATION Communication with the UPS reestablished dupsPowerFail 3 WARNING Power failed The UPS is operating on battery power dupsPowerRestored 4 INFORMATION Power restored The utility power restored dupsLowBattery 5 SEVER The UPS batteries are low and will soon be exhausted dupsReturnFromLowBattery 6 INFORMATION The UPS has returned from a low battery condition dupsLoadWarning 7 INFORMATION Loading percent of the UPS over the Load Warning value dupsNoLongerLoadWarning 8 INFORMATION Returned from Load Warning condition dup
27. ple When power fails file server and mail server will not shutdown until the UPS battery is low but some unimportant workstations execute shutdown OS after 5 minutes and the other worksta tions shutdown after 10 minutes Shutdown workstations preserve more battery power for network servers Remote Monitor And Control Remote Monitor and Control SentryPlus Monitor SentryPlus Monitor has the ability to monitor Local host and Remote host x SentryPlus Esseg el w el ot Host Selection Host wilson wh huang 172 16 186 133 Model Unknown OS Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Host upsweb 172 16 186 119 Model Unknown OS Linux 2 4 18 3 a Host fedora3 172 16 186 94 Model MCP1000RM2U OS Linux 2 6 9 1 667 UPS Type On Line e You can run SentryPlus Monitor without running SentryPlus Service SentryPlus Monitor will search hosts in the LAN Local Area Network that runs SentryPlus Service in the combo box Click on the Host Selection combo box and it will provide a list of the searched hosts in the LAN Select one then SentryPlus Monitor will connect to the selected host The host is located on the Internet so you can also input the remote host IP ad dress from the View Remote Hosts menu to establish the connection k Remote Hosts x gt Search Result Host wilson wh huang 172 16 186 133 Model Unknown OS Windows 2000 Host upsweb 172 16 186 119 Model Unknown OS Linux 2 4 18 3 Host fedora3 172 16 186 94 Model MCPLOOORM2U OS Li
28. sLoadSeverity 9 Warning Loading percent of the UPS over the Load Severity value dupsNoLongerLoadSeverity 10 INFORMATION Returned from Load Severity condition dupsLoadOnBypass 11 WARNING The UPS loads on bypass dupsNoLongerLoadOnBypass INFORMATION The UPS is not on bypass mode dupsUPSFault SEVER A general fault caused in the UPS dupsBatteryGroundFault SEVER The UPS battery ground fault dupsNoLongerBatteryFault INFORMATION The UPS recovered from battery ground fault dupsTestInProgress INFORMATION The UPS test in progress dupsBatteryTestFail 17 _ SEVER The UPS test in progress dupsFuseFailure 18 SEVER The UPS fuse failed dupsFuseRecovered 19 INFORMATION The UPS fuse recovered dupsOutputOverload 20 SEVER The UPS overload dupsNoLongerOverload 21 INFORMATION Recovered from UPS overload dupsOutputOverCurrent SEVER The UPS output over current dupsNoLongerOutputOverCurrent INFORMATION Recovered from UPS over current dupsInverterAbnormal SEVER The UPS inverter abnormal dupsInverterRecovered SEVER Recovered from UPS inverter abnormal dupsRectifierAbnormal 26 SEVER The UPS rectifier abnormal dupsRectifierRecovered 27 INFORMATION The UPS recovered from rectifier abnormal dupsReserveAbnormal 28 SEVER The UPS rectifier abnormal dupsReserveRecovered 29 INFORMATION The UPS rectifier abnormal dupsLoadOnReserve 3
29. the pager list You can input your pager number by yourself For example if 060123456 is your pager number each tells modem to delay 2 seconds the delay time is for wait ing the response signal from switching then transmit the display number 119 119 will appear on your pager LCD To trigger the pager notification you must enable the Pager Action in the Action dialog box Pager List a Add Add a new pager number 09123765 0001 b Modify Modify the selected pager number c Delete Delete the selected pager number LG 0927635213 0002 OK Cancel Notification Users E Mail Notification Users E Mail You can also e mail information to users through SMTP when power event occurs The program calls the send mail command to transmit information to the assigned e mail users To trigger the e mail notification you must enable the e mail Action in the Action dialog box P y E Mail List name hotmail com Add a Add Add a new user b Modify Modify the selected user name c Delete Delete the selected user d SMTP Configure your SMTP server to send the e mail Notification Users Network Broadcast Notification Users Network Broadcast You can also broadcast information to users when power event occurs To trigger the broadcasting notification you must enable the Broadcast Action in the Action dialog box e ka Network
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