| US 7,519,909 B2 | ||
| Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices monitoring system | ||
| Christian L. Kuiawa, Warwick, R.I. (US); David A. Cardimino, Jr., Warwick, R.I. (US); Todd J. Giaquinto, Cranston, R.I. (US); Jeffrey J. Brown, Coventry, R.I. (US); David J. Smith, East Grenwich, R.I. (US); and Elizabeth Schultz, North Kingston, R.I. (US) | ||
| Assigned to American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, R.I. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 10, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/927,822. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0033550 A1, Feb. 13, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—736 [715/853; 715/734] | 20 Claims |
| 1. In a system coupled to a plurality of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices, which are being monitored by the system,
the system including a display, a method of monitoring diagnosed states of the UPS devices comprising:
displaying a single monitoring icon with a normal-indicating appearance in response to each operating characteristic of each
of the plurality of UPS devices being monitored by the system being diagnosed to be in a normal state;
displaying the single monitoring icon with an abnormal-indicating appearance in response to at least one of the UPS operating
characteristics of at least one of the plurality of UPS devices being monitored by the system being diagnosed to be in an
abnormal state;
displaying the single monitoring icon with a first abnormal-indicating appearance associated with a first level of abnormal
priority when a first of the UPS devices is at the first level of abnormal priority and a second of the UPS devices is at
a second level of abnormal priority lower than the first; and
displaying instructions comprising corrective actions in response to at least one of the UPS devices being diagnosed to be
in the abnormal state, wherein the UPS being in the abnormal state comprises the UPS experiencing a power anomaly.
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