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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2001
Christian L. Kuiawa, Warwick, RI (US);
David A. Cardimino, Jr., Warwick, RI (US);
Todd J. Giaquinto, Cranston, RI (US);
Jeffrey J. Brown, Coventry, RI (US);
David J. Smith, East Grenwich, RI (US);
Elizabeth Schultz, North Kingston, RI (US);
Christian L. Kuiawa, Warwick, RI (US);
David A. Cardimino, Jr., Warwick, RI (US);
Todd J. Giaquinto, Cranston, RI (US);
Jeffrey J. Brown, Coventry, RI (US);
David J. Smith, East Grenwich, RI (US);
Elizabeth Schultz, North Kingston, RI (US);
American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the invention are directed to monitoring a plurality of UPS devices coupled to a network. According to one aspect of the invention, a computer is coupled to the plurality of UPS devices through the network and monitors the states of the UPS devices by using a UPS devices monitoring icon. The UPS monitoring icon takes on various shapes depending on the status or state of one or more UPS devices being monitored and generally acts as an annunciator to the status or state. For example, the UPS monitoring iconcan take on one of four symbols depending on whether the UPS devices are operating normally or one or more UPS devices have been diagnosed as being in a 'critical' state, a 'warning' state or an “unknown” state.