Events Menu

The events settings page allows the user to customize how PowerAlert will react to power events or abnormal conditions on the device.

Below is a sample list of events.  Note: Available events varies by device.

To select an event click on an individual event, use the category buttons on the bottom of screen to highlight all events in a particular category if you wish all events in a certain category to take the same action. You can also select multiple events by holding down the shift button and click the individual events that you wish to configure.  Selecting an event will then display the available action options on the right side of the screen.  An action with no check in the checkbox indicates that the action is turned off click on box to enable the action and then click on the settings button to configure the settings for the action.

Available actions in Business Scheme:

Broadcasting

Shutdown-Note for operating system shutdowns on Microsoft® based computer systems PowerAlert utilizes a traditional complete power down shutdown.  To enable hibernation shutdown you must enable that through the Settings-System menu. By default PowerAlert is configured to shutdown the operating system two minutes after the UPS begins running off of its batteries and turn off the UPS after it has been on battery for six minutes.

Notification-Send an email message to a person in your contact list. To enable email notification double click on the notification action to bring up the configuration screen. Highlight a contact or contacts and set the timer delay to define how long to wait before an email is sent. Add email contacts may be added from the Settings-Contacts menu on the email tab.

SNMP- Send an SNMP trap to an IP address. Available when setup as business power scheme. To enable SNMP traps  double click on the SNMP action to bring up the configuration screen. Highlight a trap destination(s) and set the timer delay to define how long to wait before a trap is sent. Add SNMP trap destinations from the Settings-Contacts menu and click on the SNMP tab and then click add.

Execute command-execute a script to run specialized procedures when an event occurs. Available when setup in business power scheme.

Set SNMP OID - Perform a SNMP set action on a SNMP capable device on the network.  This feature may be used to notify a device on the network that a power event has occurred allowing that device to be take whatever action it needs to.  An example of how this could be used is to notify a Cisco Unity Express system to that the UPS is on battery allowing the system to gracefully shutdown the system

Logging-Logs the events to the PowerAlert event log.

Available actions in Home Scheme:

Do not shutdown my system - Takes no action

Shutdown my system after UPS has been on battery for a defined period of time on battery - Shuts down the OS after the configured period of time and then will shut the UPS 2 minutes later.

Shutdown when battery capacity reaches a certain percentage - Not all UPS support this variable. If the UPS does support this variable then  the default shutdown point is 50%. This is settable on the Settings-Menu.

Shutdown when the UPS reaches low battery - Shuts down the OS when the UPS reports a low battery condition.