CyberPower Power Management Software User Manual

June 3, 2024
CyberPower

CyberPower Power Management Software

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

Please read this manual and follow the instructions for installation and use.

 Introduction

PowerPanel for Linux utilizes a USB or serial cable to connect the UPS and the system, which also primarily helps users to monitor their UPS. This software consists of two parts, prostate and per stat. The former, prostate is a daemon process that runs immediately when the system starts up and communicates with the UPS. It communicates with the UPS and gracefully shuts down the system when a power event occurs. The latter, per stat, is an interface in PowerPanel for Linux which allows users to receive UPS status and configure the UPS and the daemon, prostate.

Prerequisite
Root authority is required for the steps mentioned in chapters 3 to 5. Users can use the su command to change the authority to root.

 Installation

  1. In Debian / RPM / TAR In the terminal, change the directory to the location where the installation package exists then run the installation command:
    DEBIAN dpkg -i install-file-name.deb

    • DEBIAN dpkg -i install-file-name.deb
    • ‘RPM rpm -ivh install-file-name.rpm
    • TAR tar -xzvf install-file-name.tar.gz cd power panel-ver ./install.sh
  2. In Debian / RPM
    In X Window desktop, open the file explorer and find the installation package. Then, Double-click the installer downloaded from www.cyberpower.com and follow the instructions to finish the installation.

Note:

  1. The install-file-name denotes the name of the installer downloaded from the website; users have to replace it with the physical one, for example,
  2. DEBIAN ‘CyberPower_PPL_Linux+64bit+(deb)_v1.4.1’.
  3. RPM ‘CyberPower_PPL_Linux+64bit+(rpm)_v1.4.1’.
  4. TAR ‘CyberPower_PPL_Linux+64bit+(tar)_v1.4.1’.
  5. The power panel-ver denotes the default directory of the extracted installation package; users have to replace it with the physical one, for example, power panel-1.4.1.
  6.  A short message, ‘Installation accomplished!’ will show in the terminal when the installation is finished, and the daemon will start monitoring the UPS immediately.
  7.  Before starting to use PowerPanel for Linux users must have completely read and agreed to the contents of the Electronic End User License Agreement for CyberPower
  8. PowerPanel, which is located in the directory /usr/share/doc/power panel/LICENSE.

Uninstallation

  • In Debian / RPM / TAR
  • In the terminal, run the uninstallation command:
  • DEBIAN dpkg -r power panel
  • RPM rpm -e powerpanel
    TAR cd powerpanel-ver ./uninstall.sh

In Debian / RPM
In X Window desktop, open the file explorer and find the installation package Then, right-click the installation package, select delete, and follow the instructions to finish the uninstallation. uninstallation

Note
The install-file-name denotes the name of the installer downloaded from the website; users have to replace it with the physical one, for example,

Notice

  1. When the installation is finished, users can find more information in the directory /user/share/doc/power panel. The files and their functions are described below:
    copyright Display CyberPower’s copyright. deploy-guide Instructions for deploying PowerPanel for Linux. Users may need this when having issues with the installation. install-guide Instructions for installing PowerPanel for Linux.

    • LICENSE Display Electronic End User License Agreement for CyberPower PowerPanel.
    • README Display the release notes of PowerPanel for Linux.
    • user-manual Display User’s Manual of PowerPanel for Linux.
  2. To get more information about PW start command, type the command: PW start -help

  3.  To get more information about manuals of both prostate and per stat, type the commands: man PW stat man pwr stated

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