[SGVLUG] auto shutdown when ups indicates power out

[Emerson, Tom]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com>
> 
> Ok - getting a new APC UPS with USB comm cable...

which specific unit, and are you sure it ONLY has a USB cable?  Just glancing through their product pages, most of them say "usb AND serial", and one I saw that only listed "usb" had a "photo" that showed it had a serial port.  Also, from the general description, it says, "...Connectivity is through serial or USB port (USB not standard on all models).", which further leads me to believe it may have a serial port after all.  In a stretch, there may even be a USB-to-serial adapter that would let you plug it in as if it were "legacy" hardware.  (it's not like this really needs a 400mbit connection to signal "power is out...")

> -----Original Message-----
> From: serross at ix.netcom.com
> 
> Not on a Lynix [sic] system - have one on a Novel [sic] 5 server. It 
> works great - [...] APC is great for tech support - as I 
> remember there is a phone for them (and a live person - don't think they 
> went to India yet).

"...I see dead tech support..."    [couldn't resist]

APC has supported Linux for some time.  As Manual points out:

> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Manuel Fernandes
> 
> PowerChute has worked great for me on Windows based servers in the 
> past. You can even get a hub and redistribute that power 
> failure signal 
> out to several servers; if you have something big like the Matrix.

...uhh, yeah, since "the Matrix" encompassed nearly every living human on the planet...

(but then, it used people for power anyway, so there really wasn't any need for a UPS...)

> http://www.apcc.com/products/management/pcp_linux.cfm
> Linux has been tested on the following Linux distributions. :

which points to version 4.5.3.  While this is some of that "evil scary proprietary stuff", they DO make an open source "simple signalling daemon", which I suspect is the core of their spiffy full "free-as-in-beer" product.