How to Notify Users

The Notify Users action enables PowerChute plus to send broadcast messages to selected users whenever a specific event occurs.

Use the following steps to configure an event's Notify Users action:

  1. From the Configuration menu, choose Event Actions..., and highlight the event in the Events list in the dialog box.

  2. Mark the check-box for the Notify Users action.

  3. Click Options... next to Notify Users to open its dialog box:

  4. Configure which users to notify when the event occurs:

    a.
    Select All Users to have PowerChute plus send the notification message to all network users.

    b.
    Select Specific Users to send the notification messages to individual users:

  5. To change the message, edit the Notification Message text.

    Note:
    Changing the Notification Message text has no effect on the default message text in the
    [PopupText] or [EventText] section of the PowerChute plus initialization file.

  6. Use the Wait field to define how long PowerChute plus waits before notifying users (5 seconds by default).

    Note:
    PowerChute plus notifies users only when the event lasts for the defined Wait period. For example, for a setting of 10, administrators are not notified if the event lasts less than 10 seconds.

  7. Select how often you want the message sent.

  8. Click OK to save your changes and exit the dialog box.

See Notification of Administrators and Users and Format of a Notification Message for more information.