Re: APC UPS

["Kevin J. Cummings" <cummings kjchome homeip net>]

Nicholas Lysaght wrote:
> Hi All.
>
> I have an APC ES 550 UPS, and am relatively new to Fedora. I have 
> noticed that on moving the mouse pointer across the Toolbar, the bubble: 
> "Computer is running on AC Power, UPS is fully charged (100%)." comes up.
>
> Does this mean that there is an existing UPS Monitoring Programme 
> embedded in Fedora9? If so, can it be accessed to change settings? Will 
> it, in fact, shut down the computer after after a given time, or is it 
> just a visual warning that the computer will just stop when the battery 
> of the UPS has lost all charge?
>
> I look forward to your reply, and thank you in advance.

For APC UPSes, I use apcupsd which is available in the Fedora 
repositories.  There is also nut, which is a generic UPS monitor.

> Regards
>
> NICK

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