On Mar 26, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > It's a major hassle because resetting the alarm will kill the Mac, which > makes zero sense to me since the whole idea of UPS is "uninterrupted power" > so you'd think that you should be able to reset the alarm without > interrupting the power, but that's not how it works, so I must then Shutdown > and reboot.
There should be a 'silence alarm' button on the thing. What brand do you have, I wish to avoid it! I'm not at it right now, but I think I can silence the alarm on my APC UPS at work via the OS...I know I can silence the big ones in the rack remotely. There are gadgets, like the Kill-a-watt that will let you monitor the line voltage as well. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
