Re: List of UPCs that can auto-shutdown FreeBSD

2007-05-03 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On May 2, 2007, at 2:47 PM, Jonathan Horne wrote: Check out sysutils/apcupsd. I have it running with similar APC UPS's, and it does exactly this. I even added another destination line on some of the scripts it runs on different power events, and when the power is off long enough (5

Re: List of UPCs that can auto-shutdown FreeBSD

2007-05-02 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (May 02), L Goodwin said: I need help finding a UPS that can tell a computer running FreeBSD 6.2 to shutdown. I checked the hardware compatibility -- UPS are not even listed. The APC Back-UPS ES USB 750VA w/TEL COAX meets my needs, but they don't offer the software

Re: List of UPCs that can auto-shutdown FreeBSD

2007-05-02 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 12:33:22PM -0700, L Goodwin wrote: I need help finding a UPS that can tell a computer running FreeBSD 6.2 to shutdown. I checked the hardware compatibility -- UPS are not even listed. The APC Back-UPS ES USB 750VA w/TEL COAX meets my needs, but they don't offer the

Re: List of UPCs that can auto-shutdown FreeBSD

2007-05-02 Thread Jonathan Horne
On 5/2/07 2:33 PM, L Goodwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need help finding a UPS that can tell a computer running FreeBSD 6.2 to shutdown. I checked the hardware compatibility -- UPS are not even listed. The APC Back-UPS ES USB 750VA w/TEL COAX meets my needs, but they don't offer the

Re: List of UPCs that can auto-shutdown FreeBSD

2007-05-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
L Goodwin wrote: I need help finding a UPS that can tell a computer running FreeBSD 6.2 to shutdown. I checked the hardware compatibility -- UPS are not even listed. The APC Back-UPS ES USB 750VA w/TEL COAX meets my needs, but they don't offer the software (PowerChute Personal Edition) for

Re: List of UPCs that can auto-shutdown FreeBSD

2007-05-02 Thread L Goodwin
--- Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/2/07 2:33 PM, L Goodwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need help finding a UPS that can tell a computer running FreeBSD 6.2 to shutdown. I checked the hardware compatibility -- UPS are not even listed. The APC Back-UPS ES USB 750VA w/TEL

RE: List of UPCs that can auto-shutdown FreeBSD

2007-05-02 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
Make sure when you buy your UPS and motherboard that you set it so that it will turn back on automatically, without human intervention. Some UPS will not do that if their batteries get drained and they shut themselves down. And some motherboards will not either. Another good feature is the