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- Page 1 Belkin Bulldog Plus Shutdown Management Software for Windows User’ s Manual...
- Page 2 Bulldog Plus provides detailed information about the UPS and its protected equipment. It is easy to install and program, yet has the necessary features to handle all of one’s power requirements.
- Page 3 Bulldog Plus Installation USB(Universal Serial Bus) Setup: HID(Human Interface Device) setup procedure When the USB cable is first connected to the USB port on your computer, the Windows 98 dialog called “Add New Hardware Wizard” will appear automatically. (To display this dialog manually, you can choose the Start button and then Settings to access the Control Panel, and then double click on Add New Hardware.
- Page 4 It also allows you to monitor the UPS through the Main Screen. Setup: To modify, repair or remove Bulldog Plus from your hard disk. Help: Bulldog Plus on-line help. Bulldog Monitor: User interface, used to monitor and configure your UPS.
- Page 5 3. Power Failed! The UPS is operating on battery power. 4. UPS Bypass Active! Moving your mouse over the Bulldog Plus icon in the system tray and click the right button to pop up the following menu Show Countdown: Belkin Bulldog displays the countdown time (time to shutdown/suspend the operating system) window to remind the user that the operating system will shutdown or suspend in the displayed time.
- Page 6 Program Stop: If this item marked Bulldog Plus stopped. Unmark it and the program will resume. Once a power event has occurred, Bulldog Plus will pop up a broadcast dialog box to inform user what happened to UPS. Belkin Components...
- Page 7 After finishing the Bulldog Plus installation, Bulldog Service automatically loads into memory and runs once the Windows operating system starts up. There is a Bulldog Plus icon that lies in the system tray to indicate current UPS status. To run the Bulldog Monitor, moves the mouse cursor over the Bulldog Plus...
- Page 8 Bulldog Monitor Main Screen: Belkin Components...
- Page 9 Networking BULLDOG Plus software is comprised of two modules: BULLDOG Service and BULLDOG Monitor. You may run both the programs in a computer to monitor your localized UPS or run the programs in two different computers. 1. Operation Mode: BULLDOG Service can operate in "Master" Mode (which allows BULLDOG to send commands to its connected UPS) in "Serial Slave"...
- Page 10 View Menu- Remote Hosts menu shows the hosts you can establish connections with. 3. Remote Monitoring and Control: Internet Browser. Another way to remote monitor Bulldog Service is by using the Internet Browser. Launch the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Belkin Components...
- Page 11 UPS information. You can change the network port number to prevent conflict with other WEB server programs. If the port number isn't 80 you have to type URL like this: http://172.16.176.141:2000 where 2000 is the port number you assigned. Belkin Components...
- Page 12 The Main Screen has 7 areas that present information on the operating status of your UPS. These areas are discussed in the following sections. Host Selection: Press the combo box to select hosts that runs Bulldog Plus in the LAN. Users can monitor or control the UPS remotely (password is needed).
- Page 13 Bulldog Monitor Main Menu The Main Screen has a menu bar at the top with 5 main options: 1. System: This menu allows you to set the Bulldog Plus and computer parameters. 2. Control: This menu allows you to set UPS buzzer, outlet, and test.
- Page 14 Monitor Screen: Allows you to change displayed item in the Scroll Screen of Information Display Area. Font: Sets the font size. Bulldog Plus will resize the window automatically. Window: This menu allows you to change the displayed items in the Information Display Area.
- Page 15 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 Bulldog Monitor and leave Bulldog Service running. Belkin Components...
- Page 16 Local Host IP: IP address of a computer, which runs Bulldog Monitor. Bulldog Service Mode: Bulldog Service acts as a Master or Slave. Remote Host IP: The host, which runs Bulldog Service. If Bulldog Monitor and Bulldog Service runs on the same computer and this field will be empty. Belkin Components...
- Page 17 Devices Modem To let Bulldog Plus notify you via pager you must setup the modem device. If you select the TAPI (Windows Telephony Application Programming Interface) then Windows will handle the modem device, otherwise, Bulldog Plus will control the modem device directly (AT Command).
- Page 18 Action in the Action dialog box. a. Domain: Enable this item to broadcast to all the users in the domain, otherwise Bulldog Plus will send messages to the hosts that users assign. b. Add: Add a new machine name. c. Modify: Modify the selected machine name.
- Page 19 Default: Default setting. d. Exit: Close the dialog box. Close Close the Configuration window. Belkin Components...
- Page 20 Attached Devices Allows the user to assign the attached device a name. When you're controlling the outlet, Bulldog Plus will let you know which devices you are controlling. a. Select an Outlet Group: Assigns an outlet group. Please look at the back panel carefully, some outlets may share one control relay, these outlets are called an outlet group.
- Page 21 Update: Updates your change. Log Management: (Please consider the free space in your hard disk) a. Maximum Event Log Entries: Always Bulldog Plus to preserve less than the assigned entries of event log. b. Data Log Interval: Time designated for automatic saving of a record of UPS data.
- Page 22 Action - Shutdown: Shutdown/Hibernate/Suspend the operating system or shutdown UPS. If you select the shutdown item Bulldog Plus will execute or ignore the Auto-Save function depending on your selection in the Action dialog box. But if you select the “suspend” or “hibernate” item, the program will ignore the Auto-Save function.
- Page 23 There are two alarms to select from - Buzzer and Audio. If you choose Audio, the Bulldog Plus requires a ".wav" file to emit the alarm. You can browse your system for other ".wav" files by clicking on the Browse button.
- Page 24 UPS will switch to backup mode. The output power is supplied from the battery. b. High Transfer Voltage: When utility power voltage rises higher than the assigned value, the UPS will switch to backup mode. The output power is supplied from the battery. Belkin Components...
- Page 25 Schedule work correctly. Enable Resume Computer: Be sure the BIOS supports RS-232(RI) Wakeup function. When Bulldog Plus suspends the computer and the UPS detects the change of power status, the UPS will resume the computer to its prior operating status and let Bulldog Plus notify users.
- Page 26 Networking Slave: Configures the BULLDOG Service to be a Networking Slave. d. Master IP Address: When BULLDOG Service is a Networking Slave you must assign the Master IP address so that the Slave can connect to the Master host and obtain the UPS information. Belkin Components...
- Page 27 SNMP Trap in the Action dialog box, Bulldog Plus 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.
- Page 28 SNMP Service and configure the SNMP parameters from your operating system: Bulldog Plus 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.
- Page 29 DupsNoLongerEnvOverHumidity INFORMATION: The environment recovered from abnormal humidity HTTP Bulldog Plus supports WEB Server for remote management and to obtain the UPS information. Users can use IE or Communicator to connect with Bulldog Service. Even your computer doesn't have Bulldog Plus installed you can monitor and control your UPS via the network.
- Page 30 Port Number: The default port number is 80 but if there is already one WEB server running you can change Bulldog 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. Belkin Components...
- Page 31 SHUTDOWN OS Only: Use this function to shutdown OS only. d. SUSPEND 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. Belkin Components...
- Page 32 UPS switches to backup mode and the output power is supplied by the battery for 10 seconds. Deep Battery Test UPS switches to backup mode and output power is supplied by the battery until the battery is low. Cancel Test This menu allows you to stop the test immediately. Belkin Components...
- Page 33 View Meters Bulldog Plus supports up to 12 meters of real-time 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. a. 2,4,6,8,12: Displays meter number.
- Page 34 Clicking on the History Graph opens a dialog box that contains information about the UPS data in graphical format. This information is available only if there is an accumulation of data. You can select the month and year you want to view. Belkin Components...
- Page 35 Exit: Closes the history data dialog box. Auto Save When certain power events occur, Bulldog Plus will save open files and close applications before shutting down the operating system. If these saved files are untitled, Bulldog Plus will assign file names for them and Belkin Components...
- Page 36 Select the host you want to connect to and press the Connect button to establish the connection. b. Connects to this IP address: Bulldog Plus will connect to the IP address, which you type in. c. Connect: Establish the network connection.
- Page 37 Each button shows the respective information in the Information Area Main: General Information about the UPS. Tree: There are 2 sub-trees in the Bulldog Plus tree: System and UPS. The system tree is for host information and the status of Master/Slave connection, the UPS tree is for all other UPS information.
- Page 38 Displays the UPS outlet status (If your UPS cannot control the outlet this button disappears). Status: Identifies the current outlet status: Normal or shut. Next Turn Off Time: System->Configuration->UPS->Schedule Next Turn On time: System->Configuration->UPS->Schedule Network Displays all the Bulldog Services searched in the LAN. Belkin Components...
- Page 39 310.898.1100 ext. 2263 800.223.5546 ext. 2263 Fax: 310.604.2089 techsupp@belkin.com belkin.com/support/tech United Kingdom Belkin Components, Ltd. Express Business Park Shipton Way • Rushden • NN10 6GL United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1933 35 2000 Fax: +44 (0) 1933 31 2000 France...
- Page 40 Australia Toll Free 1800 666 040 New Zealand Toll Free 0800 441 913 Singapore Toll Free 800 6161 790 belkin.com/anz China Belkin Shanghai Representative Office Suite 31 • 39/F • Plaza 66 1266 Nanjing West Road Shanghai • 200040 • China Tel: 8621-62881747...
- Page 41 Tech Support: 800-820-5816 Belkin Components...
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