Chap4. Setting Up Your PowerAssistant

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4.1 Become Eligible to set up the parameters

Before you set to do the configuration work, you must cater the prerequisite for it.

To set up an agent's parameters, the only prerequisite is to become this agent's administrator. When you selecte in the netsearch window to display the detail working status of this UPS, you will be told to key in your user name and password. If you enter a common user's name and password, you only gain the permission to view the UPS's working data and current parameters settings and its log files. You have no permission to change any of the values. To become this agent's administrator, you should select the 'Login As Administrator' item from the Monitor window's 'System' menu and key in the root user name and the password in the displayed dialog box. After the 'OK' button be pressed, you gain the permission to set up this agent's parameters.

4.2 Set Up the Communication Options

Select the "Communication" item from the "Configuration" menu in PowerAssistant for Linux's menu bar to set up the communication options. Figure 4.1 shows the "Communication Options" window:

4.3 Set Up the Shutdown Options

The 'Shutdown Options' window allows users to adjust the UPS's shutdown parameters to cater their environment, see figure 4.2.

4.4 Set Up the Schedule Options

The 'Schedule Options' window(see figure 4.3) allows user to arrange the shutdown or self-test schedule of the connected UPS. The schedule can be weekly, monthly or a specified day. See Chap5 for detailed descriptions.

4.5 Set Up the Logging Options

The 'Logging Options' window(figure 4.4) allows user to set up the log options.

  1. Events Log Configuration

    The 'Events Log Configuration' section allows user to set up the events log options:

    • Enable Events Log: If user checks(enables) this box, PowerAssistant wii record the events user specified to record in the 'Events Actions Options' window. The default value of this item is 'Enabled'.

    • Events Log File Name: Displays the PowerAssistant's events log filename. This value cannot be changed.

    • Events Log File Size: Allows user to specify the events log files size in records. The range of this value is 10~20000 records. The default value is 200 records. If user did not check the "Enable Events Log' box, this item will be grey and can not be set by user.

  2. Data Log Configuration

    The 'Data Log Configuration' section allows user to set up PowerAssistant's data log options.

    • Enable Data Log: If select to enable data log, PowerAssistant will record the UPS's working data at an user specified time interval. The default value of this item is 'Disabled'.

    • Data Log File Name: Displays the PowerAssistant's data log filename. This value cannot be changed.

    • Data Log File Size: Allows user to change the value of the data log file size. The default size is 200 records. The range is 10~20000 records. If user disable the data log, this item will be grey.

    • Record Data Interval: Allows user to change the data log record interval. The default time interval is 60 seconds. The range is 5~30000 seconds. If user disabled the data log, this item will be grey.

4.6 Set Up the Event Actions

The 'Events Actions Options'window(figure 4.5) allows user to tailor each power event to cater their requirements.For each power event, there are five actions named 'Log', 'Shutdown', 'Notify','Mail', and 'Execute'. After you made the modification, you can press the "OK" button to save your settings and exit the "Events Actions Options" window, or press the "Apply" button to let PowerAssistant to apply your change immediately and remain the current window to continue your setting. If you want to discard your modification, you can select the "Cancel" button. Select the "Reset this section to default value" button will change all the settings in this section into their default values.

4.7 Set Up the Event Users

The 'Event Users Options' window(figure 4.6) allows user to add new users, delete existed users or modify users' information:

After the user information be changed, select the "OK" button to save the change and exit the "Event Users Options" window, or select the "Apply" button to make your change valid and remain in the window to continue your setting. If you want to discard your modification, select the "Cancel" button and the settings will keep unchanged.

 


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