From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:00:32 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1602 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Thursday 07 February 2008 Number 1602 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Intermittent problem : brianb at kdfisher dot com dot au 2 Re: Intermittent problem : Ed Durrant **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:52:16 +1030 From: brianb at kdfisher dot com dot au Subject: Re: Intermittent problem Ed, I have a trick for monitoring UPS from OS/2. Use the upsmon software, its on Hobbes. Connect an old external modem to the serial port and power it from a non-ups powerpoint. Tell upsmon that the modem is your UPS. When the power goes out the modem goes off and the upsmon software shuts down your PC Any old modem will do, even faulty ones, as long as they can be detected on the comm port. You don't get any fancy monitoring of the UPS of course but you can rely on the PC being correctly shutdown in the even of a power outage while you are not at home. ----------------------------------------- Brian Butler System Administrator brianb at kdfisher dot com dot au |---------+----------------------------> | | Ed Durrant | | | | | | | | | 02/02/2008 19:10 | | | Please respond to| | | os2genau | | | | |---------+----------------------------> --------------------------------| | | | To: os2genau at os2 dot org dot au | | cc: | | Subject: Re: Intermittent problem | --------------------------------| Robert Traynor (BobT) wrote: >> The local PC repair man says people get a lot of problems in the >> Peninsula area due to fluctuations in the electricity supply. >> > > Bingo.! UPS needed. Urgently.! > > > Damn, where are my UPS Company shares...! :-) :-) :-) > > HTH, > Regards, > Robert Traynor (BobT). > 2 February 2008 18:59 > I just replaced my cheap $150 (4 years ago) UPS with a $79 one from eBay - I then bought another for my wife's system. They've kicked in perfectly three times in the last two months when the power has gone out on the Penninsula (Central Coast NSW). These are Chinese built "CABAC" 650DV2 units and power without issue my AMD X2 system, laptop, LCD monitor (and CRT before it), VOIP ATA, WiFi access point, network switch, ADSL 2+ modem and probably a couple of other devices I have forgotten. The rule is however, NEVER connect a printer to the UPS, (especially a laser printer), the surge they pull when starting up can cause the UPS permanent damage. Unfortunately monitoring on them is USB, so no OS/2 compatible software that I have found - but really since they keep the systems running for up to 30 minutes, it's plenty of time to save what you are working on and manually shutdown the systems. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:09:09 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Intermittent problem Hi Brian ! Long time no speak - I hope all is well with you. The method you describe is exactly what I used to do with my old UPS - it had a serial port but wired in some strange way that I could never work out. Well today we had two power outages with the bad storms we are getting at the moment and both UPSes did their job. My system wasn't on but the ADSL modem, WRT54G wireless access point and the network switch were as was my wifes PC. She shut down her PC manually (although it has the (windoze) software in it to do it automatically and it works), but the network devices didn't get dropped as the power came back on in about 10 minutes (the UPSes hold the systems for 20 mins before shutting down. Cheers/2 Ed. brianb at kdfisher dot com dot au wrote: > Ed, > I have a trick for monitoring UPS from OS/2. > > Use the upsmon software, its on Hobbes. > > Connect an old external modem to the serial > port and power it from a non-ups powerpoint. > > Tell upsmon that the modem is your UPS. > > When the power goes out the modem goes > off and the upsmon software shuts down > your PC > > Any old modem will do, even faulty ones, as > long as they can be detected on the comm port. > > You don't get any fancy monitoring of the UPS > of course but you can rely on the PC being > correctly shutdown in the even of a power > outage while you are not at home. > ----------------------------------------- > Brian Butler > System Administrator > brianb at kdfisher dot com dot au > > > |---------+----------------------------> > | | Ed Durrant | > | | | | dot mine dot nu> | > | | | > | | 02/02/2008 19:10 | > | | Please respond to| > | | os2genau | > | | | > |---------+----------------------------> > --------------------------------| > | | > | To: os2genau at os2 dot org dot au | > | cc: | > | Subject: Re: Intermittent problem | > --------------------------------| > > > > > Robert Traynor (BobT) wrote: > >>> The local PC repair man says people get a lot of problems in the >>> Peninsula area due to fluctuations in the electricity supply. >>> >>> >> Bingo.! UPS needed. Urgently.! >> >> >> Damn, where are my UPS Company shares...! :-) :-) :-) >> >> HTH, >> Regards, >> Robert Traynor (BobT). >> 2 February 2008 18:59 >> >> > I just replaced my cheap $150 (4 years ago) UPS with a $79 one from eBay > - I then bought another for my wife's system. They've kicked in > perfectly three times in the last two months when the power has gone out > on the Penninsula (Central Coast NSW). These are Chinese built "CABAC" > 650DV2 units and power without issue my AMD X2 system, laptop, LCD > monitor (and CRT before it), VOIP ATA, WiFi access point, network > switch, ADSL 2+ modem and probably a couple of other devices I have > forgotten. The rule is however, NEVER connect a printer to the UPS, > (especially a laser printer), the surge they pull when starting up can > cause the UPS permanent damage. > > Unfortunately monitoring on them is USB, so no OS/2 compatible software > that I have found - but really since they keep the systems running for > up to 30 minutes, it's plenty of time to save what you are working on > and manually shutdown the systems. > > Cheers/2 > > Ed. > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------