Graphical view of shutdown process
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a time relative to a trigger event at which a process executing on equipment powered through an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) shuts down, the method comprising:
- providing a graphical display system and a graphical pointing device;
displaying on the graphical display system a graph having a time axis defining times relative to the trigger event, and a process axis;
arraying along the process axis indicia of one or more processes which may be executing on the equipment powered through the UPS, and which are to be shut down;
for at least one process of the one or more processes, displaying a time bar extending from a start point along the time axis to an end point along the time axis;
setting the start point to a position representing a start time value with the pointing device;
providing the start time value as a set-point output;
receiving the set-point; and
controlling the time relative to the trigger event at which shut down of the at least one process begins shut down, responsive to the received set-point.
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Abstract
A method of controlling shutdown of processes on equipment powered through a UPS comprises: providing a graphical display system and a graphical pointing device; displaying on the graphical display system a graphic having a time access and a process access; arranging along the process access indicia of one or more processes to be shutdown; for at least one of the one or more processes, displaying a time bar extending from a start point along the time access to an end point along the time access; and controlling one of the start point and the end point of the time bar with the pointing device, whereby shutdown of the at least one process is controlled according to the times of the start point and the end point of the time bar.
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1. A method of controlling a time relative to a trigger event at which a process executing on equipment powered through an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) shuts down, the method comprising:
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providing a graphical display system and a graphical pointing device; displaying on the graphical display system a graph having a time axis defining times relative to the trigger event, and a process axis; arraying along the process axis indicia of one or more processes which may be executing on the equipment powered through the UPS, and which are to be shut down; for at least one process of the one or more processes, displaying a time bar extending from a start point along the time axis to an end point along the time axis; setting the start point to a position representing a start time value with the pointing device; providing the start time value as a set-point output; receiving the set-point; and controlling the time relative to the trigger event at which shut down of the at least one process begins shut down, responsive to the received set-point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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