Any recommendations for a reliable ethernet controlled power strip? Any favorites?
Thanks, Anthony Ford, KF5IBN, Research Assistant, Center for Advanced Radio Astronomy, University of Texas at Brownsville [email protected] On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 1:21 AM, Matt Dexter <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Jason. > > Understood and good plan; those power strips are > very handy. It's always comforting to be able to > completely power cycle a gizzmo when things go crazy. > > Matt > > On Fri, 19 Oct 2012, Jason Manley wrote: > > Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:20:15 +0200 >> From: Jason Manley <[email protected]> >> To: Matt Dexter <[email protected]> >> Cc: casper <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [casper] remote power cycling of roach2 >> >> >> A USB interface is an option, but this is not what it was designed for. >> >> We found that the ROACH1's XPORT scheme was a bit of a headache to >> configure off the production line, complicated the board's design, assembly >> and debugging, and it wasn't always as reliable as it could be. So, >> although ROACH-1 was equipped with a remote reboot system, we ended up >> using Ethernet controlled powerstrips in KAT-7 (which was needed to power >> cycle other items in the rack, so they were there anyway). >> >> For these reasons, we left the remote power control capability out of >> ROACH2 and opted to just use external Ethernet controlled strips instead. >> >> Jason >> >> On 18 Oct 2012, at 23:24, Matt Dexter wrote: >> >> Good question Homin. >>> >>> That prompts what is the plan when one has a rack >>> full of roach2 systems? >>> Perhaps use a networked computer tied thru a big N-way USB hub with >>> a USB cable to each of the Roach2 systems ? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 19 Oct 2012, homin wrote: >>> >>> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:16:15 +0800 >>>> From: homin <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [casper] remote power cycling of roach2 >>>> Hello Cape Town group: >>>> Recently we deployed a ROACH2 on site. Due to some unknown problem, we >>>> have to >>>> power cycling it from time to time. I saw there are couple of python >>>> programs >>>> in the Github for the power cycling and push button remotely. Could >>>> anyone >>>> inform me the procedure of how to use it ? >>>> thanks >>>> homin Jiang >>>> ASIAA >>>> >>>> >> >> >
