User`s guide
US
7,162,521
B2
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a
power
supply
housing;
a
power
manager
agent
application
mounted
in
the
hous
ing
and
being
connectable
to
the
network
communica
tions
connection;
a
plurality
of
poWer
outlets
mounted
in
the
poWer
supply
housing;
and
a
plurality
of
intelligent
poWer
modules
mounted
in
the
poWer
supply
housing
and
connectable
to
said
netWork
communications
connection
and
thereby
being
in
IP
communication
With
said
netWork
poWer
manager
application
through
said
poWer
manager
agent
appli
cation,
each
intelligent
poWer
module
comprising
a
microprocessor,
and
each
said
intelligent
poWer
mod
ule
being
adapted
to
provide
poWer
from
a
poWer
source
to
a
corresponding
poWer
outlet
among
the
plurality
of
poWer
outlets
and
being
in
communication
With
said
poWer
manager
agent
application
to
provide
poWer
cycling
on-olT
of
said
corresponding
poWer
outlet
and
at
least
one
of
poWer
state
sensing
and
load-sensing
With
respect
to
said
corresponding
poWer
outlet in
response
to
one
or
more
commands,
said
poWer
state
sensor
having
a
voltage
state
determination
20
16
processor
in
voltage
determination
communication
With
a
poWer
relay
in
poWer
controlling
communication
With
said
corresponding
poWer
outlet,
said
intelligent
poWer
module
being
in
poWer
state
reporting
commu
nication
With
the
netWork
poWer
manager
application
through
said
poWer
manager
agent
application
through
one
or
more
variables
in
a
managed
information
base
data
construct
communicated
over
the
netWork
com
munications
connection
in
accordance
With
a
pre
de?ned
simple
netWork
management
protocol.
32.
The
netWork
poWer
manager
apparatus
of
claim
31
in
Which
the
voltage
state
determination
processor
comprises
a
microprocessor
portion
controllably
communicating
With
said
poWer
relay.
33.
The
netWork
poWer
manager
apparatus
of
claim
32
in
Which
the
netWork
communications
connection
is
a
serial
connection
providing
serial
communication
betWeen
the
netWork
poWer
manager
application
and
the
poWer
manager
agent
application.