WayTech UPSmart for Netware 1.00 standalone:


1. The installation of upsmart 1.00 standalone for netware4.x and 5.1:
 
  the steps of installation:
  (1)at the console of Novell, type " load install.nlm<enter> ".
  (2)pls choice "Product Options" item in the menu"Installation Options", press<enter>.
  (3)pls choice "Install a product not listed" item in the menu"Other Installation Actions", 
     press <enter>.
     then the message will shows: 
       "the Product will be installed from A:\. If you ......
        Press <F3> to specify a different path;
        Press <F4> to specify a remote workstation path;
        Press <enter> to continue."
  (4)if upsmart will be installed from the floppy disk, you should
         copy the (a)upsmart . nlm,  (b) upsmart . ips, (c) upsconf . nlm to the floppy disk, 
         and insert the disk, and then press <enter> immediately.
     if upsmart will be installed from the sys:user, you have to 
         copy the (a)upsmart . nlm,  (b) upsmart . ips, (c) upsconf . nlm to the "sys:user", 
         and press <F3>, and then type "sys:\user<enter>" in the dialog box.
     then the message will shows : 
       [x]Upsmart installation...
  (5)press <F10>. the message will shows:  "Product Upsmart.nlm installation is completed!"
  (6)press<enter>, the message will shows:  "The autoexec.ncf is modified!"
  (7)press<enter>, the upsmart.nlm will be loaded.
  (8)exit the install.nlm, the installation for upsmart will be completed.

  the tasks of installation include:
  (1)copy the upsmart.nlm to sys:system.
  (2)copy the upsconf.nlm to sys:system.
  (3)modify the autoexec.ncf, add the statements "load aiocomx.nlm","load aiocomx.nlm",
     "load upsmart.nlm" to the end of the autoexec.ncf.        
 
  more information:
  the installation is NOT valid for netware 3.x .


2. if you fail in installation of UPSmart, you can install it manually:
  (1) before you load UPSmart.nlm, you should check whether there are AIOCOMX.NLM loaded.
      if not, you can 
      (a)at console,  tpye "LOAD AIOCOMX.NLM"; type "LOAD AIOCOMX.NLM".
      (b)edit the autoexec.ncf, add "LOAD AIOCOMX.NLM",add"LOAD AIOCOMX.NLM", then down the
         server, and restart the Netware again.
  (2) after you ensure the AIOCOMX.NLM have been loaded. you can
      (a)copy the UPSmart.nlm to sys:system, then type "load UPSmart.nlm" immediately at console.
      (b)copy the UPSmart.nlm to sys:user, then have to type "load sys:user\UPSmart.nlm".
      (c)load the upsmart.nlm from the a:, just type "load a:\upsmart.nlm".	

3. you can read the form to know the settings well:

  (1)the form:
   --------- 
 
 recieve "AC FAIL"     "AC FAIL"         "shutdown"      server down     ups down    ups restore		
   message	    warnning occurs    warnning occurs      occurs         occurs       occurs
     |_____________________|___________________|_______________|_______________|___________|
     |                     |	               |               |               |           |
     |---------t1----------|--------t2---------|------t3-------|-------t4------|----t5-----| 
     |      (10 sec)                           |    (60 sec)   |    (30 sec)   |  (1 min)
     |                                                                         |
     |                           recieve "battery low"                         |
     |                                message                                  |
     |                          |--------------------t6------------------------|
     |                          |                 (8 min)                      |
     |                          |                                              | 
     |                     (begin point2 )                                     | 
     |                                                                         |
     |                                                                         |
     |                                                                         | 
     |                                                                         |
     |---------------------------------t7--------------------------------------|
     |	                           (10 min)                                    |
(begin point1 )                                                          (end point)
                
  ----------

  (2)the settings:
     t1: Issue AC Fail Warnning after(Sec)       e.g: 10 seconds   
     t2:
     t3: Issue shutsown warnning before(Sec)     e.g: 60 seconds
     t4: shutdown delay time(Sec)                e.g: 30 seconds
     t5: restore delay time(Min)                 e.g: 1  minute
     t6: battery life when battery low(Min)      e.g: 2  minute
     t7: expected battery life(Min)              e.g: 10 minutes             

4. the basic function about upsmart for novell :
   it includes:
   (1)detect the ups.(automatically)
   (2)after recieve the message of ac fail occur, the novell server 
      down will occur. 
   (3)analy the record data of ups.(such as the ups_logs and ups_reponse, 
      the number of record data items <=1000)
   (4)control the ups£º
      @ shutdown the ups.(before ups down, it can shutdown the novell_server)
      @ shutdown and restore the ups.
      @ cancel shutdown.
   (5)test ups:
      @ test 10 seconds.
      @ test until the battery low.
      @ test till the time defined by user.
      @ cancel test.
   (6)settings: include the ups_settings & the software settings.
   (7)information: the ups general information.
   (8)cancel shutdown ups or shutdown ups at the time defined by user.
      e.g: shutdown ups at 8:00 in sartaday, cancel shutdown ups at 6:00
           in monday everyweek.	   
   (9)show all the messages about ups in the main UI.

5. more information£º
  the upsmart.nlm uses three dat files to keep the data in c:\ directory, they are:
  @ upsset.dat 
  @ upslog.dat 
  @ upsresp.dat

 
reporter: Allen Zhan 
azhan@waytechinc.com

2000.10.12

	
   