Configuration of e-mails when there is a power cutįortunately for us, if you explore the Application log in your Windows computer, you will notice that PowerChute generates two messages in the event of power failures: Update March 2022: Please follow this other guide to enable App Passwords on your Google account, it is a much safer way to the one I propose below, which instructions I left for references purposes but have crossed out Thanks so much Koleman for the tip!Ĭlick on this link to enable "less secure apps" in this on your accountĪnd this one too, to disable the Captcha access:Ģ. If you don't have one already, create an account in G-mail and configure it with low security settings, so that other programs can use it to send e-mails Configuration of e-mails when the power is back.Configuration of e-mails when there is a power cut.The problem is that PowerChute Personal Edition does not contain any means of sending you an e-mail in case of a power failure, so how do we do this? Well, let's dive into it See on my example how I only have 13 minutes left of battery, not much but enough to safely shutdown my PC in case of a blackout, preventing loss of data Once you completed the installation, you should find yourself having the version 3.1.0 installed, and correctly detecting your UPS (if you have connected the USB cable). exe extension to it so that you can run it Go and download the free-of-charge software from here, version 3.1.0 is only available for Windows Operating Systems: įor some mysterious reason, at the time of writing this article, APC has not included the extension on its download, therefore when you download the file, please add the. Once you have installed on your machine, and with the USB cable connected to it, you can download and install the APC PowerChute Personal Edition software to manage the computer in your system, and tell it how to responds to blackouts and power cuts. I personally have an APC Power-Saving-Back BR550GI that I bought in Amazon, excellent value, it's tiny, quiet and perfect to protect a home computer A detailed page from the manufacturer here: You might have an UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) at home if you are reading this article. In this article I explain how to configure PowerChute Personal Edition to send e-mails so that you get alerted when there is a power outage
Configure PowerChute Personal Edition to send e-mails
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