
PowerPanel Personal Edition User Manual
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Overview
PowerPanel
®
Personal Edition (PPPE) is easy to use safe shutdown software for advanced computer power
management. PPPE is designed for personal computers (PCs) and provides a complete power protection
solution utilizing the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) to control and safely shut down a PC in the event of
power problems.
The advantages of PPPE are summarized below:
Monitor the status of the UPS and utility power at all times.
Customizable UPS configurations for total power control and protection for your PC.
Graceful shutdowns to protect your system and prevent data loss in the event of power outages.
PPPE software consists of a Service, Client UI, System Tray, and Power Meter gadget. The service
communicates with the UPS and obtains the status along with detailed information. These are displayed in the
client UI which also allows for configuring the UPS. The system tray icon indicates whether the UPS is charging
or fully charged, if it is using battery power or utility power, and if it is communicating properly. The power meter
gadget provides information such as battery capacity, load and runtime in addition to whether the UPS is
charging, overloaded, on utility power, or on battery power.
Note: The Power Meter gadget is only available on Windows Vista and Windows 7 platforms.
Getting Started
Prerequisites
Hardware Requirements
133 MHz or higher Pentium-compatible CPU.
16 megabytes (MB) of RAM recommended minimum; more memory generally improves responsiveness.
15 MB of free space.
USB support.
Operating System
PowerPanel
®
Personal Edition software is compatible with the following operating systems:
32-Bit Versions:
o Windows 8.1
o Windows 8
o Windows 7
o Windows Server 2008 R2
o Windows Server 2008
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