On 26 Sep 2012, at 08:38, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: > On 09/26/2012 09:19 AM, Mark Burton wrote: >> I'm loading just the driver… >> >> it kind-of-works… >> >> One minor problem - the zigor 650 unit I have seems to fail if my iMac is >> drawing too much power. Basically, if the screen brightness is turned up, >> then the thing fails to go onto battery mode (presumably sensing the high >> power draw as an error). Net result - the whole thing is a bit of a pain…. >> >> Where I am with this: >> Seems like, with some work, all this would work for a zigor, and if >> anybody is following here - then it seems it's a viable solution. However, >> you need to set it all up yourself, and sticking it in launchd would seem to >> be a good option. On my behalf, I'm setting my brightness down low, setting >> my 'sleep when idle' quite short, and if I get a power cut, I'll cross my >> fingers :-((((((( >> >> I might play a little bit more, and see if I can't set it all up, as you >> suggest with launchd, but, frankly, in my case, I'v decided that the >> functionality I want is more like - if I'm using the machine, then dim the >> lights, keep using it, if the power doesn't return, go into sleep mode and >> prey…. I can do that from the console :-) --- If I'm not using the machine, >> - got into sleep mode, and prey - which I can do simply by making sure it >> sleeps when the console is idle…. >> If we totally loose power while in sleep mode (e.g. we burn up the battery, >> probably 10 min's at a guess, then - actually that doesn't seem to do too >> much damage, and we seem to restart nicely - thanks to the journalling >> filesystem I guess) >> > Just a bystander's note: at 650 VA / 360W the unit really should be able > to power any modern PC, except for those dedicated to gaming ( with modern > video cards which are able all alone to drain a small power plant). Do not > take it as an ad but as pure info, the APC BackUPS ES we have never had any > issues from this point of view. > To cut it short: IMHO that zigor unit is either defective or a piece of > junk with overrated capabilities. The bandaid you have implemented is nice > and maybe functional but well against the normal use of a computer. >
I agree with you ! Cheers Mark. > manuel > > > _______________________________________________ > Nut-upsuser mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
