Patent ID: 7509529

Claim:
A system for guiding a user through performance of a procedure corresponding to an uninterruptible power supply associated with the system, the system comprising: at least one programmed processor embedded within or connected to the uninterruptible power supply; at least one sensor embedded within or connected to the uninterruptible power supply providing information regarding the status of the uninterruptible power supply, the programmed processor and the sensor being operatively coupled such that the programmed processor receives at least a portion of status information from the sensor; the programmed processor being configured to retrieve at least one stored procedure corresponding to the uninterruptible power supply including a plurality of steps to be performed by a user; and a display operatively coupled to the uninterruptible power supply for displaying the plurality of steps in order; the programmed processor being further configured to determine whether a currently displayed step has been properly performed based upon at least one of: (i) the information received from the sensor and (ii) one or more inputs entered by a user into the programmed processor, to determine whether a recovery from an error caused by a step which is not properly performed is possible, and, if recovery is possible, to provide one or more correctional steps, at least one of which is different from the displayed step, to correct the error by displaying the correctional steps to the user on the display; wherein the at least one stored procedure comprises a method for placing the uninterruptible power supply in a bypass state.