>From the keep it simple department: I assume you want the UPS just for power conditioning and to survive very brief outages. I assume that because if you lose power for a long time, the cutting machine is off line as well. So, can't you just set the UPS to shutdown after 10 minutes on battery? Or at 98% run time remaining? (sort of the opposite the normal configuration). Then power on when power detected when the machine powers up.
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > Anyone here ever encounter a UPS with a remotable power on/off switch? > > We've got a new water jet cutting machine which uses a PC to control > it. I'd like to put a UPS on the PC for all the usual reasons. > Problem is the PC is inside an industrial control enclosure (not > easily accessible). When you power down the machine you power down > the feed to the PC. If the UPS is left on it will switch to battery. > Doing that every night would be bad. > > So what I'd like would be a more-or-less standard UPS, but with some > terminals I can wire up to a push button or toggle switch on the > control panel. Said switch would perform the same function as the > built-in switch on the UPS. Their procedure in the morning would be > to turn on main power, then turn on the UPS. Shutdown would be the > reverse. > > I've seen plenty of UPSes with a remote emergency power off feature, > but I don't think that's suitable for this. Those seem to be intended > for emergencies, not regular use. They often require the UPS to be > turned back on from its front panel, generate alarms, and/or leave the > UPS controller running. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
