Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:12:53 -0400 From: Doug Lee <dgl@visi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-users@geeks.org Subject: Good UPS & software to work with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20010714131253.Z477@kirk.sector14.net>
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I want to connect a UPS to a number of things here and control it from
FREEBSD. I'd like it if the FREEBSD box could
- Log (via syslog hopefully) events detected by the UPS.
- Inform all logged-in users of power outages that last over a
settable period of time, like 30 seconds.
- Maybe shut itself down after a settable powerless time, like 15
minutes (depending on UPS endurance) or, better, based on amount
or percentage of remaining UPS power.
I see a lot of UPS systems that come ready for a Windows host, and
some that do SNMP but (I think) via a serial connection rather than
Ethernet. I run ucd-snmp but have not learned how to do SNMP over
serial.
Suggestions welcome, including brands or general ideas.
Recommendations for brands based on quality and other concerns also
welcome. If it really is better to connect the UPS to Windows, I can;
but I don't leave the Windows machine on quite as much as the FreeBSD
box, and I like the idea of being able to check on the UPS from
elsewhere...
Thanks in advance.
--
Doug Lee dgl@visi.com http://www.visi.com/~dgl
Bartimaeus Group doug@bartsite.com http://www.bartsite.com
"All these years, the people said, 'He's acting like a kid.'
He did not know he could not fly, so he did."
--Guy Clark, "The Cape" (Dublin Blues)
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