[wplug] UPS with shutdown?

[Robert Coutch]

Funny you should ask this.

My old UPS died (batteries, that is) and in comparing battery prices to a new 
unit, I decided on a new unit.

I found the APC BackUPS pro 1100 at SAM's club for around $118.
It included a smart cable in the box (first APC I ever purchased that had the 
cable with it.).

It uses a serial port for communications and I have two of them on my PC.

I installed the apcupsd package from my SuSE 8.2 CD's, read the instructions 
on how to configure it, and everything is working great now.

When the UPS is on battery, apcupsd sends a message of such.
When the battery is almost gone, it shuts down the system nice and clean.


Hope this helps,

Bob



On Wednesday 03 September 2003 09:48 am, Russ Schneider wrote:
> Does there exist a UPS (uninteruptable power supply, not the brown guys)
> that will, when the power goes out, send a shutdown -h now signal to
> your machine?
>
> Power just went out here at my house for the first time in 5 years.
> Forced me to realize I should have a UPS.
>
> I just remember hearing somewhere that a UPS can shutdown your machine
> cleanly in the event of an outage.