Re: UPS support

["James" <jfzuelow alaska net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: John Summerfield <summer@OS2.ami.com.au>
To: <guinness-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 12:32 AM
Subject: UPS support


>
> These days UPS has become cheap enough that even private folk can consider
> buying one.
>
> I have RHL 7.0 (4 ISOs) here (but not yet installed), but I don't see
anything
> there that looks like it might provide support for a UPS.
>
> Is there something that does? And while we're talking about it,
> what(moderately cheap) UPSs work well with Linux? Do I need something like
> powerd?
>
TrippLite is much less expensive than APC, but comes with the same
warranty/equipment insurance protection as far as I can tell.  I have a
TrippLite OmniSmart 750 that comes with a software CD.  The usual mix of
Windows 9x, Windows NT, Mac - and various flavors of Unix, including a
RedHat RPM.

It connects via a serial port, and you can configure the UPS to shut down
the machine if the battery gets low.  (Note- charge the battery before you
use the UPS, or at least before you install the software.)

YMMV

James