APC9631 web UI automatic logout

[ocgltd_apc]

I want to keep a screen open in the data center showing the status of the UPS.  I have a AP9631 with the v7 firmware, but the web UI seems to automatically log out the user after 10 min.

Is there a way to make this MUCH longer, or even disable automatic logout?

[lkeyes]

Looking at my User Management Configuration.... it appears to only show a maximum of 60 mins for a session for the web interface.  A couple options:

1. You could get status data via SNMP, by using an application to query via SMTP at a frequent interval like every 5 minutes....

2. Configure the logging to go to the Syslog, and query/display that.    

[Shaun]

Hi @ocgltd_apc,

The card doesn't allow long-running sessions as there's a limit to how many concurrent sessions the microcontroller can juggle, so if sessions were never expired, you'd quickly find yourself unable to create new sessions.

While I agree with @lkeyes that SNMP would be the optimal route for this (it's pretty much designed for this), the path of least resistance would be to enable the "limited status page" in Configuration > Network > Web > Access.  This will present a read-only status page to unauthenticated users as the default page, with login to an authenticated user as a menubar item.  This should allow you to read/display most critical datapoints without a login session - so there's no session to timeout.