Overview of Available Actions for Events

The following table briefly describes how PowerChute plus responds to each action you configure for an event in the "Event Actions" dialog box.

Note:
When in doubt, use the default actions to see if those actions meet your needs.

Action
Response by PowerChute plus
Log Event Logs the event in the PowerChute plus event log file. See How to Log Events and Data for information on the Event Log file.
Notify Administrators Sends a broadcast message to the administrators listed in the "Notify Administrators" dialog box as Administrators to Notify. See How to Notify Administrators.
Notify Users Sends broadcast messages to the users listed in the "Notify Users" dialog box as Users to Notify. See How to Notify Users.
Run Command File Runs the external executable command file specified in the "Run Command File" dialog box. See How to Run a Command File.
Send E-Mail Sends an e-mail message to the users listed in the" Send E-Mail" dialog box. See How to Send E-Mail.
Page Users Pages the users listed in the "Page" dialog box as Users to Page. See How to Page Users.
Shut Down Server Initiates a server shutdown when an event lasts longer than the delay time defined for the Shut Down Server action.

See How to Shut Down a Server.