PowerPanel Personal Edition Software FAQs
PowerPanel Personal Edition™ software is included with CyberPower's products. This exclusive software allows control and monitoring of your UPS to provide protection for your computer system, components, peripherals, and most importantly, your data.
During a power failure the system automatically saves and closes open files within the battery backup time and safely shuts down your computer.
Main Window
1 Power Source: This icon indicates whether the CyberPower UPS is providing AC utility Power or Internal Battery Power
2 Battery Capacity: Indicates the current state of the Internal Battery. If the battery is not 100% charged the CyberPower UPS will charge it automatically
3 Estimated Runtime: Indicates the expected runtime based on current battery capacity and load. Lower Loads will result in longer Runtimes
4 Monitor: View current Status and summary data
5 Configure: Adjust notification, voltage, runtime and self test settings
6 Help: View version information and access the help file
Current Status Window
1 Electrical power supplied by: indicates whether the CyberPower UPS is providing AC utility Power or Internal Battery Power
2 Voltage supplied: The voltage being supplies by AC utility Power or the CyberPower UPS if it is correcting for an adverse voltage condition
3 Voltage condition: the current status of your AC utility Power, Normal, Power Outage, etc
4 Remaining Capacity: Condition of the Internal Battery. If the battery is not 100% charged the CyberPower UPS will charge it automatically
5 Battery Status: State of the internal Battery. Charging, Fully Charged, Discharging
6 Remaining Battery Runtime: Expected runtime based on current battery capacity and load. Lower Loads will result in longer Runtime
7 Battery Backed Up Load: Actual electricity use of the items plugged in to the battery backed outlets of the CyberPower UPS (this feature not available on the CP485SL or CP550SL )
Summary Window
Last Power Event: Nature of the most recent power event, How the CyberPower UPS corrected it, as well as the date and time of the event
Power Condition Summary: Number of times adverse power conditions were experienced and the cumulative duration of the events
3 Display Period: Period described by the Power Condition Summary. Can be adjusted to 1,4,12 or 24 weeks
Notification Window
1 Enable PowerPanel notification sounds: Toggle notifications over your computer’s speakers
2 Enable Alarms at all times: This setting will cause the internal speaker in the CyberPower UPS to beep in response to adverse power conditions
3 Disable Alarms at all times: This setting will prevent the CyberPower UPS from beeping in response to adverse power conditions
4 Disable alarms when this computer is shut down: With this setting selected the CyberPower UPS will only beep when your computer is turned on
5 Disable alarms between: Can be adjusted to specify additional times when the CyberPower UPS should not beep.
Runtime Window
1 Keep Computer Running: Select for maximum runtime. User adjustable between 5 and 8 minutes
2 Preserve Battery Power: Select for minimum battery use. User adjustable between 1 and 5 minutes
Voltage Window
1 Normal AC utility voltage: Ideal voltage supplied by your AC Utility Power.
2 Current voltage: Actual voltage supplied by your AC Utility Power. This will constantly fluctuate as electrical devises are turned on and off in your building and the buildings near you.
Self Test Window
1 Date of last self-test: Date the self test was last performed
2 Result of last self-test: Outcome of the most recent self test
3 Initiate self-test: Click this button to run a 10 second self test. The UPS will Cut wall power and switch your computer to battery supplied power during this test
About Window
1 Version: Software version number
2 Hardware Information: Model Name of the of the CyberPower UPS as well as the Firmware version and power rating
3 Web Support Information: Links to pages on the CyberPower Systems (USA) inc. website. Clicking here will open a web browser window.