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Logging

Event Log

A PowerChute event can be critical, warning, or informational. An example of a critical event is a low battery, and a warning event could be when power to the UPS has failed. Informational events are everyday occurrences such as the monitoring of your system has started or a self-test has passed.

The View Event Log screen lists and classifies the recent UPS events and the date and time each event occurred. The list starts with the most recent events. See Event Configuration for descriptions of events.

To export the log to a text file, EventLog.txt, click the Export button. View this file in
Program Files\APC\PowerChute Business Edition\agent
(or wherever it is installed).

To delete the contents of the event log, click the Clear Log button at the bottom of the screen.

Click Refresh to view events that might have occurred after you first displayed this screen.

Data Log

The View Data Log screen logs are sorted by date, then time, with the most recent data appearing at the top of each screen. This table gives a brief description of the fields:

Field
Description
Input Line Voltage (VAC)
The AC voltage being provided to the UPS at the time that the entry is made in the data log.
UPS Output Voltage (VAC)
The voltage, in volts AC, supplied by the UPS to its supported equipment.
Battery Voltage (VDC)
The voltage, in volts DC, on the UPS device's battery.
Battery Charge (%)
The percentage charge of the UPS battery capacity.
Input Frequency (Hz)
The frequency, in Hertz, of the input voltage to the UPS.
Output Frequency (Hz)
The frequency, in Hertz, of the output voltage.
UPS Load (%)
The percentage of the possible UPS load that your equipment used during the recording interval.
Internal UPS Temp (°C)
The UPS temperature in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Note: If the UPS has no internal temperature sensor, this column does not display.

Use the Show / hide Columns button to hide any of the displayed columns, other than date and time which cannot be hidden.

Click the button to display the column check boxes and clear any check box to hide that column. This feature affects the display only; all data is still recorded.

By clicking and dragging on a column heading, e.g. Output Frequency (Hz), you can move and re-arrange columns. To return to the original, default arrangement, click on the Reset Columns button.

To delete all records in the data log, click Clear Log at the bottom of the screen.

Click Refresh to view new data since you first displayed this screen.

Log Settings

Log Settings enables you to configure the recording parameters of both the Event and Data Logs. This includes disabling logging.

The Event Log records individual occurrences. The Data Log, by contrast, provides you with a snapshot of your system by recording values at regular time intervals.

Use Event Log Entry Expiration and Data Log Entry Expiration to choose a time interval for deleting log entries. For example, if you choose a month, then entries are deleted when they are a month old.

Log files taking up disk space

Both the log files can take a lot of disk space on your server. Be aware of this when you configure the options on this screen:

  • With the Expiration fields (Event Log Entry Expiration and Data Log Entry Expiration), choosing a long time interval could mean that your log eventually takes up a lot of disk space.
  • The Data Recording Interval field specifies how often the data is recorded to the Data Log. The smaller the interval, the more times the data is recorded and the larger the log file.
  • If you choose Do Not Delete Entries, the files might get very large after a period of time.


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