InsightPower Manager - InsightPower Client
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1. If the InsightPower Manager Service program needs to load the UPS map file at system startup please select Auto Load from the File menu and select the UPS map files Connect to Database InsightPower Manager has the ability to connect to a database through ODBC to save UPS event log user operation log and UPS historical values in the database If this function is not being activated all of the data will be saved in the installed directory of InsigntPower Manager Service Database Configuration 1 Here we ll demonstrate to configure the MS SQL 2005 to let you know how to configure the database for InsightPower Manager First of all please add a new database named ups in SQL 2005 and assign an account to manage it admin1 InsightPower Manager will login to the database by using this account ODBC connection 2 Please then create a new account from your Windows operating system with administrative privilege odbc1 3 Login Windows by this account odbc1 4 Open the System Administrative Tools from the Control Panel open the Data Source ODBC and create a new data source input the related information and press Next Step 5 Input the account and password that you have assigned admin1 then press Next Step 6 Set the ups to be the default database then press Next Step and complete the configuration InsightPower Manager Installation 7 Now please proceed to install the InsightPowe2. File menu Object table of PRACTICE Regional Local m maps MA maps World China Los Angeles Sales To create a map file please follow the steps Select New from the File menu to create a map file and name it Main Background Although it s not necessary to have a background for a group object but it is recommended to do so A suitable background would help you to manage your system more quickly and intuitively 1 Copy the image files to the Images subdirectory of InsightPower Manager installed directory 2 Select Background from the Object menu 3 Click on the Browse button to choose a bitmap file then press the OK button Add Group The concept of group is similar to the directory in the file system To add group to a map please follow the steps 1 Select Add Group from the Object menu 2 Input group title then press the OK button Add SNMP Object If the UPS has inserted a SNMP card then you have to add a SNMP object to represent it 1 Select Add SNMP Object from the Object menu 2 Input UPS title IP or host name port and community string 3 Press OK and Connect button Attention The default community string is public It only has Read Only permission to UPS If you want to send control commands like schedule shutdown or battery test then you have to input the community string with Read Write permission to the SNMP card Please lo
3. program and select Database from File menu Users can observe the database connection status here Initial Database 12 After it connects to the database successfully please press the Establish Tables button to build all of the necessary tables in the database 13 The next step is to login InsightPower Manager as an administrator to add the other users account Please select Login from the File menu to open the login dialog box the default administrator s account is admin and the password is password There are 3 privileges level of users 1 System Administrator Only responsible for user account management this level of user is not allowed to manage UPS objects 2 UPS Device Manager Has the ability to manage UPS objects 3 Read Only User Only has the read only privilege Database Backup Plan 14 There are 3 kinds of record can be stored in the database the UPS event log the operation event log and the historical values log Most of device managers would like to remove old data from the database and keep the old data in another drives or burn it in a CD periodically To meet this requirements InsightPower Manager provides an interface to configure its backup plan Press the Backup Plan button in the Database dialog box to open the dialog box You can assign the backup directory for each record table and determine how many months data can be kept in the database then decide to remove the ol
4. InsightPower Manager Centralized UPS Management System for Windows User Manual Table of Contents IntroduelOn ss De ie ee REESE ES NEEDED TEEN ERE E 1 EEaltuteS a 1 OVER 2 Create an UPS Map EE NS SE ED Re ee 3 Connect to Database se Ed EG N IR N EE ke eo RR Geek ee Eie 6 Database Configuration tad 6 ODBC CONMECTION sm ee ee Na 6 InsightPower Manager Installation ee ee ee Re Re ee ee Re ee ee 6 InsightPower Manager Database Configuration 6 Restart SYSIeM AA A ERE ee A 7 Initial Database EER EE Oe ee A T Database Backup Plan sesse see se ee Se Gee renerne Ge Se ee Se SA ee Ge se 8 Remote Monitor ODBC Configuration css cs se ee Re Ge ee Ge Ge Re 8 Fil MENG indent Gis ER EG DE Ee eee 9 Connect To Service uuu ds 9 BRUTOS EE Ee RARA 9 A AE RE N MR EE DA GE DE EG Ee 9 Generale FRED OF sewe ee Eg Di n ei cit 9 Database dt AE O 9 Ladin RE EE Ee dee cae ae Se eae 10 Change Password ji vicars tiated e 10 Access Management ee ee Ge Re Re Re ee AA Re RR Re RA ee ee 10 Object Menu EE ENG a toda tds deco dd 11 Add Grouper a NE aaa eo rer ae 11 Add SNMP Object ss N in ia iia 11 Add Local Objeet ie RR Ge id 11 LOCK Obleet riadas 11 DU EE EL EDE ON EE 11 Past Ee ae a ED GE ene eee audios 2 Management Mental dias 13 Gonheellai sa touch EDS OE einen 13 List Tab Selection ii raid 13 Nofification iii DR ts 13 Ale A EG GE ie 14 Historical Data Management se ee
5. cific hosts then you have to add the host names in this dialog box SMS The UPS event can also be sent through SMS To use the SMS you have to install a GSM modem or mobile phone Nokia is recommended to the PC Messages will be transmitted in English Alarm Management Allows you to manage all of alarm level and reactions There are 3 alarm levels Serious warning and information Each level is associated to a group of reactions such as playing audio files sending e mail Historical Data Management This function is used to manage the event log and historical parameters in the hard drive To manage database please select File gt Database gt Backup Plan Pause Reaction Select this menu will pause all alarm reactions until a new alarm is raised Alarm Management provides an interface to configure all of the alarm level and reactions But if your UPSs are spread in a large area say in a big city and have different device managers response for different group of UPSs Then you may need to notify different contactors by different UPS object or group Using InsightPower Manager can easily configure the contactors and assign the object and or group to different contactors Furthermore to reduce the notification loading in the Service program the Monitor program can also send notification from the remote side Contactor Add delete and modify the contactor s information and saves it in the Service program side Send Notificati
6. d records from the database or not Remote Monitor ODBC Configuration 15 It is allowed to install remote InsightPower Manager Monitor programs to connect to the same Service program for maintenance or monitoring purposes If the historical values are stored in the database then the remote computers need to configure the ODBC connection as the same way as it is in the Service computer Please note that the Data Source ODBC name must be the same File Menu The file menu allows you to handle files generate report configure database connection and load the UMF file at system startup Connect To Service InsightPower Manager Monitor searches all of the InsightPower Manager Service programs in the LAN then list them in the Service IP List if you would like to connect to a remote Service that is not in your domain then please assign the IP address in the IP Address text box You can also setup the InsightPower Manage Monitor to connect to a specific InsightPower Manager Service automatically please select the Enable option in the Auto Connect and input the specific IP address Auto Load This dialog box is used to setup the Service program to load an assigned UMF file at startup Next time when you restart your system the Service program will load the UMF file automatically Rename As The Rename As menu allows you to save current map file to the other file name If you do not enable database option to save records in a database then the e
7. d to the selected UPS or the UPSs in the current group or all of the UPSs If you are controlling the SNMP object then the object should have a permission of Read Write Please login SNMP card via web browser open the SNMP Access Control 15 web page and input the IP address of the workstation which runs the InsightPower Manager The next step is to decide the community string of the SNMP object The community string of the InsightPower Manager SNMP object and the SNMP card must be the same so that the SNMP packet can pass the verification of the SNMP card which is sent from InsightPower Manager Finally select Read Write option of the Access Level field in SNMP Access Control page to give this object Read Write permission SNMP Batch Configuration This function is used to configure all of your SNMP cards quickly and efficiently Before we proceed to do the batch configuration please verify the firmware version of SNMP card is later or equal to v1 14 Please select a SNMP object from the Source SNMP Device List and press the Download System Configuration File button and Download SNMP Configuration File button to get the description files Please read the comments in the description files carefully If the item is not necessary to update or you don t understand what it means please just delete it In general IP address should be unique so you should delete this item After completing the modifica
8. ed For example if you have 100 SNMP UPSs and the value of SNMP polling interval is 1000ms then InsightPower Manager will send 10 SNMP packets in 100ms Each SNMP UPS will receive at least one SNMP get packet in 1000ms Base on this function users can change this value to adjust the network traffic Serial polling interval Because the communication type of SNMP and serial are different The polling interval here means the time that UPS should reply If the response time expires then InsightPower Manager records it but will continue to guery next UPS If InsightPower Manager still doesn t get response from the UPS in the following Serial timeout period then the object will be marked as communication fail SNMP timeout If the SNMP card does not response in the period of SNMP timeout then the SNMP object will be marked as communication fail Serial timeout If the UPS does not response in the period of Serial timeout then the Local object will be marked as communication fail List Tab Selection This dialog box allows you to change the display columns of list view and tab number Notification E Mail InsightPower Manager has ability to send e mail through SMTP protocol To use this function you have to provide the IP address of 13 SMTP server sender account and password Broadcast Enables the Domain Broadcast will let InsightPower Manager to send alarms in the entire Windows domain If you just want to send messages to the spe
9. gin SNMP card via web browser open the SNMP Access Control web page and input the IP address of the workstation which runs the InsightPower Manager The next step is to decide the community string of the SNMP object The community string of the InsightPower Manager SNMP object and the SNMP card must be the same so that the SNMP packet can pass the verification of the SNMP card which is sent from InsightPower Manager Finally select Read Write option of the Access Level field in SNMP Access Control page to give this object Read Write permission Add Local Object Local Object means the UPS is connected to the PC directly through the serial port At the UPS side the connection interface can be RS 232 or RS 485 To add Local UPS to a map please follow the steps 1 Select Add Local Object from the Object menu 2 Input the UPS title and select a PC COM port 3 In general UPS runs at baud rate 2400 4 Ifthe UPSs are cascaded by RS485 to the PC then you have to key in the UPS ID number For a 3phase UPS the UPS ID can be observed and assigned from its LCD panel 5 If InsightPower Manager connects to the UPS RS232 port then you just need to leave the UPS ID to 0 6 Press OK and Connect button Rename As Finally you should save the configuration data in a file Please select Rename As from the File menu then input the file name and press OK to 4 save the data in hard disk
10. on From Service Select a group or object from the Rest Object list then press Add button to add it to the Selected Object list Select a group or object from the Selected Object list then press Remove button to remove from the Selected Object list Press the Save button to save the notification table in Service program side This table is used for InsightPower Manager Service to send notification to the specified contactors Send Notification From Monitor Select a group or object from the Rest Object list then press Add button to add it to the Selected Object list Select a group or object from the Selected Object list then press Remove button to remove from the Selected Object list Press the Save button to save the notification table in Monitor program side This table is used for InsightPower Manager Monitor to send notification to the specified contactors Event Log This menu allows you to observe event log of the selected UPS or event log of all UPSs If the database is enabled then you can also query user operation log too Click on the Export button to save the query data in Excel format Historical Parameters This menu allows you to observe the historical parameters of the selected UPS Click on the Export button to save the query data in Excel format Download UPS Event Log This function allows users to retrieve the 3Phase UPS event log which recorded in the UPS side Control In this dialog box you can issue control comman
11. or all objects to manage their UPSs Add SNMP Object This function is used to add a SNMP object in current map layer this object communicates with the SNMP card in the UPS through network Once you choose this function InsightPower Manager pops up a dialog box You have to fill IP address or host name and community string to connect to the SNMP card Attention If you want to control the UPS through SNMP card then you have to configure the SNMP Access Control page from the SNMP card In this web page add the PC IP address community string and the access level must select the read write option Add Local Object Allows you to add an UPS object in the current map layer Local Object means the PC connects to the UPS directly through RS 232 port of PC For UPS the communication interface can be a RS 232 or RS 485 If the UPSs are cascaded through RS 485 then those UPS should have different ID numbers The Comm Type of RS485 is 3Phase the Comm Type of RS232 is Regular Lock Object Lock the position of all objects in the map interface it is recommended to enable this function if you have finished building the map file Cut Cut the selected object and stores it in the memory You can then paste it in a different map layer to move the object Paste Paste the object that has been cut Management Menu Connection SNMP polling interval InsightPower Manager averages all SNMP packets during the time you have assign
12. r Manager 8 Open the Service from System Administrative Tools in the Control Panel Open the Property of InsightPower Manager and switch to the Login page select Login by this account and input the account odbc1 and password InsightPower Manager Database Configuration 9 Please select database from the File menu Source Name must be the same as it is in the ODBC Login Account and Password must be the database 6 administrative account admin1 Database M Enable Database ODBC Ths system connect the database through ODBC Please setup the database source name from Control Panel gt System Administration Login Account admin Source Name EE Password OK and Connect Database Communication Connection Successful Ifthis is your first time use the database function please press the Establish Tables button after the database connection Establish Tables If you want to clear the historical parameter tables which the system have created please press the Clear Historical Tables Clear Historical Tables Press the Backup Plan button to setup the backup principle Backup Plan Restart System 10 Please restart your operating system InsightPower Manager Service should start up and connect to the database automatically 11 To make sure the InsightPower Manager Service connects to the database at startup please open the InsightPower Manager Monitor
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14. shutdown restarts of the UPS Monitoring and display UPS parameters such as voltage current frequency and loading etc Able to generate all of the UPSs report during the specified period Account and password configuration for multiple users Supports database connection through ODBC Able to save the users operation log UPS event log and historical parameters in database Overview InsightPower Manager is an all around UPS management system The UPS information can be collected through the network SNMP or through the serial port RS485 RS232 The benefit is those UPSs have the same style of graphical user interface and share the same alarm system this would reduce your management cost a mareh o InsightPower Manager Service RS232 485 2 2 RS232 485 i J i j Through the network InsightPower Manager has the ability to communicate with the UPS through SNMP protocol in the network InsightPower Manager Monitor InsightPower Manager Monitor Through the serial port In this case your can cascade all of your 3 phase UPSs by a RS485 cable then connect it to a RS485 to RS232 translation box then connect it to the PC Create an UPS Map Here is an example for you to learn how to create a simple UPS map The sample map file is named PRACTICE UMF It includes a main map and 2 of regional sub maps Each regional sub map contains two or three local sub maps Please load this file by selecting Open from the
15. tion please select the target SNMP device from the Dest SNMP Device List clicking on the Upload System Configuration File button to update the system configuration or press the Upload SNMP Configuration File button to update the SNMP configuration to the target SNMP card Control Password Setup This function is used to verify the privilege of users to open the Control dialog box It works only when InsightPower Manager does not connect to the database
16. vent log and UPS historical parameters in your hard drive will be moved to the new directory automatically Generate Report Used for generating the routine reports You can assign a period of time for InsightPower Manager to do the statistics of UPS historical parameters and analyze the UPS event log The report files will be placed in the Report subdirectory of the InsightPower Manager directory Database Please refer to the Connect to Database chapter Login If you have enabled the database option then it is necessary to login to the InsightPower Manager Monitor There are 3 privilege levels of user and different level of users can have different operation rights in the InsightPower Manager The 3 levels are 1 System Administrator Only responsible for user account management this level of user is not allowed to manage UPS objects 2 UPS Device Manager Has the ability to manage UPS objects 3 Read Only User Only has the read only privilege Change Password Change the password of the current login user Access Management This function will be enabled if you login as an administrator Here you can manage the user accounts of the InsightPower Manager system Object Menu Add Group This menu allows you to add a new group in current map layer The concept of group is similar to the directory in the file system A group can contain some sub groups and objects Base on this rule users can construct a tree structure f
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