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® PowerPanel Business Edition provides power management Services. PowerPanel Business Edition consists of Agent and Slave. Agent provides a service to monitor status and configure the Battery Backup. It records status of the Battery Backup and power events, and generates actions in response to events.
MONITOR THE BATTERY BACKUP STATUS AND VIEW THE BATTERY BACKUP INFORMATION Battery Backup status monitoring...4 Input...4 Output ...4 Battery ...5 System ...5 View Battery Backup Information...6 Information ...6 VIEW THE POWER SYSTEM INFORMATION AND CONFIGURE POWER SYSTEM LOCATION [SLAVE ONLY] Introduction to Power System...7 View Power System information ...7 Configure Power System address ...7...
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Configure Settings of Event Actions for the Selected Event ... 21 Configure Overall Action Settings ... 23 VIEW THE LOGS AND CONFIGURE LOGGING OPTIONS ...26 Event Log... 26 Status Record [Agent only] Log Options ... 27 MANAGE SCHEDULED SHUTDOWN AND RESTART SETTINGS Add, Modify and Remove a schedule...
MONITOR THE BATTERY BACKUP STATUS AND VIEW THE BATTERY BACKUP INFORMATION Battery Backup status monitoring • View Battery Backup information • Battery Backup status monitoring The Battery Backup Status page displays the Battery Backup status. The Status page is the default logon page of PowerPanel Business Edition Agent. The Battery Backup Status page displays four types of data about the Battery Backup as follows: Utility, see Input.
*Buck: The present input voltage of utility power is too high. The Battery Backup will decrease output voltage to normal range. Overload: The present load exceeds the maximum load the Battery Backup can support. Unknown: This is an abnormal status. Voltage: The present power voltage the Battery Backup is supplying to the •...
Status: Displays the present operating status of the Battery Backup. • Normal: The system status is normal. *Fault: The system is in fault state due to an internal malfunction. *Overheat: The temperature exceeds the normal temperature threshold. Unknown: This is an abnormal status. *Temperature: The present internal operating temperature of the Battery •...
VIEW THE POWER SYSTEM INFORMATION AND CONFIGURE POWER SYSTEM LOCATION Introduction to Power System • View Power System information • Configure Power System address • Introduction to Power System A Power System is the system that manages and controls the Battery Backup. The Power System supplies the power you need and other equipment need.
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The Power System Location page lets you configure the power system address and view the connection state of Power System. According to your Power System type, you may need to type Agent's address or PMU's address in the Address field. When the address is configured, you will see the connection state of Power System.
CONFIGURE THE BATTERY BACKUP SETTINGS AND PERFORM DIAGNOSTICS Configure the Battery Backup • Run Diagnostics on the Battery Backup • Configure the Battery Backup The Battery Backup Configuration page allows you to configure Input, Output, Battery, and System for the Battery Backup. Input *Conditions to use battery power: Sets the thresholds to use battery •...
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Turn off when utility power fails for minutes: Sets how long the utility power is off before turning off this outlet. The valid value is 0- 120. Turn on when utility power restores for minutes: Sets how long the utility power has restored before turning on this outlet. The valid value is 0-120.
*Restore power when the batteries have been charged to a • percentage of battery capacity: Sets how much battery capacity must be present for the Battery Backup to restore power. 0% means the Battery Backup will restore power immediately. Note: This setting is available only if Wake up the Battery Backup when utility power is restored is enabled.
The Battery Backup alarm is: If you enable this option, the Battery • Backup alarm will sound when it switches to battery mode. Configuration options: [enabled][disabled] *Overloaded warning when the load exceeds a percentage: Sets the • threshold for the overload warning. When the load exceeds the threshold, the Battery Backup will issue a warning and event output is overload will occur.
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The runtime calibration synchronizes the runtime estimate with the current load and battery capacity. When a runtime calibration initiates, Calibration is initiated event occurs. A runtime calibration will discharge the batteries. The batteries will be completely discharged after the calibration. The batteries will be recharged automatically following a calibration.
CONFIGURE PROTECTED SYSTEM AND VIEW THE SUMMARY Configure protected system identification • Configure protected system connected equipment • View the system summary • Configure protected system identification The Protected System Identification page allows you to set the system information and security. Information Name: The description or name of the system.
SNMP-TRAP community key: Find this setting on Network- >Trap Notification page. Add a TrapReceiver and type Slave IP and community key to fill the fields. SNMP-Request community key: Find this setting on Network->Access • Control page. Set the access control community key and it should have at least read permission.
2. The details of the equipment will be shown in the text field of name, location, contact, and powered by which outlet. 3. Modify the details of the equipment in those text fields. 4. Click the Modify button. 5. The equipment information will be updated to equipment list below. 6.
CONFIGURE ACTION SETTINGS FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS Configure Settings of Event Actions for Selected Events from the Event List. • Configure Settings of Event Actions in the Event List in Quick Setting Mode. • Configure Overall Action Settings. • Configure Settings of Event Actions for Selected Events The Event Settings page displays a table listing all power events and separates them into three categories Information, Warning and Severe.
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The Battery Backup support standalone outlet • control and the schedule setup controlled outlet to Outlet#1 or Outlet2 and enable Shutdown OS. Enters bypass mode for power supply, battery power will no longer be provided. ® PowerPanel Business Edition...
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Leaves bypass mode Battery-test is successful Battery-test initiated Battery is charging Battery stopped charging Battery is discharging Battery stopped discharging Calibration initiated Calibration finished Calibration canceled Output voltage is boosted Output voltage is no longer be boosted Output voltage is bucked Output voltage is no longer be bucked...
Output is no longer overloaded Bypass is no longer overloaded Batteries have installed Remaining runtime is sufficient Communication resume Communication established Battery Backup monitored Battery Backup monitoring stopped Overview event list Name Severe Shutdown asked by Agent Warning Communication can't establish with Agent Communication lost with Agent in power problem...
You can configure the actions enabled or disabled in event list. There is only one step to do. Click the top-right Quick Setting Mode icon. Then you can enable or disable each setting of event actions by checking or unchecking the check box.
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receivers which are not belong to local users, those notification receivers will not receive the notification. E-mail: • Send an e-mail when this event occurs: If you enable this option, users configured as E-mail Receivers will receive an e-mail when the event occurs.
Shutdown Sequence: • Initiate a shutdown sequence for this event: If you enable this option, the Battery Backup will initiate a shutdown sequence when the event occurs. Initiate a shutdown sequence when this event occurs for a specific time: Sets the delay time to initiate the shutdown sequence.
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SMTP server requires validation: If you enable this option, the e- mail will be sent using the credentials you supply. If you enable this option, complete the account and password field. Please verify whether or not your SMTP server requires validation. Account: Sets the account to access the SMTP server.
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4. Click the Cancel button to cancel adding an e-mail receiver. Remove an e-mail receiver 1. Select the e-mail receiver from the e-mail receivers list and click it. 2. The details of that e-mail receiver will be shown in the text field of name and address.
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Runtime: The remaining runtime of the Battery Backup (minutes). • DISPLAY OPTION The display option let you to decide the status records you want to view. Period: Which period you want to view the status records. • Configuration options: [All][A day][A week][A month][A year] Coverage: The coverage depends on the day you click on Calendar icon •...
MANAGE SCHEDULED SHUTDOWN AND RESTART SETTINGS [AGENT ONLY] The Schedule page lets you manage your shutdown schedules. An active (enabled) schedule will cause your system to shutdown or hibernate and then the Battery Backup will turn off for an amount of time. After the schedule expires, the Battery Backup will power on and cause your system to reboot or wake from hibernation.
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SHUTDOWN SCHEDULE MESSAGES Messages The maximum duration is 30 days. Reboot time can't occur before the shutdown time. The schedule will become shutdown-only. The schedule can't be configured before the current date and time. The deactivate schedule won't perform any shutdown. This schedule overlaps an existing schedule.
CHANGE THE AUTHENTICATION USERNAME AND PASSWORD The Authentication page allows you to change the username or the password. The default username and password are "admin". You can change the username and the password at the same time or just change only the username or the password.
CONNECT TO THE SYSTEM FROM REMOTE COMPUTER You can connect to the administrator system from remote computer as following steps. You need to know the administrator system host IP. • Enter the host IP with port (3052) in the web explorer as the format: •...
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