Use Your UPS to Gracefully Shut Down Your PC During Power Outages

Heres how your APC UPS can shut down your PC gracefully.

Heres what youll need:

For this article were using anAPC ES 550 Model.

Features may vary based on your model and operating system.

Ours came with version 2.1.1 and after we registered our UPS, we found Version 3 on their site.

double-check your data cable is plugged in before installing the software, otherwise youll get the following message.

Installation is quick and easy following the wizard and accepting the defaults.

it’s possible for you to change these tweaks later after its installed too.

When the installer finishes for 2.1 or 3.0 youll have the opportunity to register your UPS right away.

It opens your default net internet ride to the APC site.

Launch PowerChute and you’re able to begin configuring your power backup options.

Configure your UPS how you want it to run when the power goes out.

you might set it to preserve battery power or keep it running longer.

PowerChute allows you to check past performance of the UPS.

Like in this example, we show it kicked on on Halloween at 9:30 PM due to a blackout.

Earlier we mentioned that it’s possible for you to turn off Data Collection is you want to.

Go into Configuration Options and uncheck the Data collection options and save the selection.

Under Notification you’re free to configure the way you get notifications during power events.

Another cool feature is the Energy Management configs.

Do you use an APC UPS along with PowerChute?

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