EXPLAINER

What is UPS monitoring software?

UPS monitoring software watches power-protection equipment so operators can see status, faults, runtime, load, voltage, temperature, and battery health before an outage becomes operational. In a mixed fleet, the strongest software also normalizes data across brands so the operator does not have to treat every UPS cabinet as a separate island.

What it monitors

A UPS can expose status, battery charge, runtime remaining, load, input/output voltage, temperature, and alarms through a network-management card or other interface. MayaUPS also brings PDU, ATS, and environmental sensors into the same power-edge view when those devices expose usable SNMP data.

Why SNMP matters

In professional LAN environments, SNMP is the common monitoring path. MayaUPS supports SNMP v1/v2c/v3, sealed credential profiles, SNMPv3 authentication and privacy, Test connection per device, and operator-initiated read-only discovery bounded to a /24.

Why RFC-1628 matters

RFC-1628 defines the standard UPS MIB, which gives monitoring tools a common baseline across brands. MayaUPS uses that standard data where available and layers vendor-specific decoding on top when a profile exposes richer bitmasks or flags.

Why battery data matters

Battery service-life data helps plan replacement before the battery fails during the event it was meant to cover. MayaUPS tracks install date, nominal life, preventive-maintenance date, temperature-adjusted estimates, and battery_due / pm_due alarms roughly 30 days ahead.

Why shutdown safety matters

Monitoring should not jump straight into live shutdown. MayaUPS uses Observe → Dry-run → Armed so policies can be evaluated, rehearsed, and proven before action. SNMP-SET and the mTLS host agent are part of that controlled path; live-action paths still require final bench approval.

What a good dashboard should show

For daily operation, the software should show readable alarm states, current fleet status, history charts for 24 h / 7 d / 30 d windows, CSV export, grouped email alerts, and role-appropriate access. Those are the practical signals that turn raw UPS telemetry into maintenance and incident decisions.

Frequently asked questions

Is MayaUPS free?

The current release is free and has no feature gating. Final licence terms are still awaiting approval, so the site does not promise that future licensing can never change.

Does MayaUPS run in the cloud?

MayaUPS is not a hosted SaaS service. It is customer-managed software that can run on the local network or in customer-controlled infrastructure; monitoring data stays under the customer’s control.

Which operating systems are supported?

The current product supports Windows and Linux, including Docker on Linux. The optional host shutdown agent is available for Linux and Windows.