To BOINC devs, I was wondering if anyone knows if boinc could be made to have greater options to change how it (or more accurately the science apps) runs while the machine is on uninterrupted power supply (UPS) battery power as opposed to normal power. I am not a developer and do not know how to go about doing this. I just wanted to describe the behavior I want of boinc below and see if it is doable:
I currently have BM 6.10.17 on my MacOS 10.6.2 Intel 64-bit Mac Mini (2.0GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo, 2gigs RAM). I live in a rural area where the power lines get knocked out relatively frequently, and I recently got the sense to invest in a UPS (BELKIN-F6C-550-AVR REV. A). The monitoring software I use is Belkin Automatic Power Software V2.5.02, which is cross-platform but quite archaic. It uses a USB connection to the device. Are there hidden UPS options in BOINC somewhere? I want the following to happen: When the computer has been on UPS power for greater than 5sec OR the battery is less than 60% full, suspend all projects AND put all projects in No New Tasks mode. When the comp has been on UPS power for greater than one minute OR the battery is at 50% or lower, run the update command on all projects (this way the completed ones can be uploaded before system shutdown.) I plan to get battery backups for my network equipment someday. Once the update command for all projects has finished shutdown boinc. System shutdown is at 30% battery power. I am aware that the software for dealing with UPS is inconsistent across operating systems and UPS manufacturers, but I think that this improvement to boinc would be really useful. Even if you can't support my specific situation I think a lot of people would be grateful if future releases of boinc had even basic compatibility with the built-in UPS software most operating systems have now. Sincerely, Jack Lambert _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
