User`s manual

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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of SentryPlus to monitor and manage your Uninterruptible
Power Supply (UPS). SentryPlus is designed to provide end users the ability to take proactive
steps to protect their equipment from power related damages. SentryPlus allows for automatic
shutdowns, scheduled shutdowns and a variety of other features that will help you manage your
system and its peripheral components.
SentryPlus provides detailed information about the UPS and its protected equipment. It is easy
to install and program, yet has the necessary features to manage all of your power requirements.
Included is the capability for network management protocol (SNMP and DMI). SentryPlus will
disseminate UPS information into SNMP protocol and send it to the appropriate Network
Management Station (NMS), such as HP OpenView. To make use of the resources on the
Internet, SentryPlus also supports HTTP protocol. This enables end-users to monitor their
UPS anywhere, anytime, by simply utilizing their web browser.
SentryPlus runs in the background as a Windows service, and communicates with the UPS in
order to ensure that your computer and attached equipment are protected from any power
problems.
SentryPlus features:
1. Graceful operating system shutdown.
2. Scheduled tests, shutdown/restarts of the UPS, turn on/off receptacles.
3. Flexible events.
4. Notification: SMS, Pager, e-mail, network broadcasting, SNMP and audible alarm.
5. Real-time values of voltage, current, frequency and loading.
6. Historical data & graph.
7. Network monitoring.
8. Multi-computer shutdown/restart.
9. Support Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
10. Support Desktop Management Interface (DMI).
11. Support HTTP, remote monitor and control using Internet browser.
12. Support Universal Serial Bus (USB).
13. Multi-lingual menus.