Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > I want to put a small UPS on my work system to let it shutdown > > gracefully when there's a power outage. I'm looking at: > > > > Best Power Patriot > > Best Power Patriot Pro > > > > APC Back-UPS BK500M > > APC Back-UPS BK650M > > > > Anyone have any recommendations? Does any of them work `easily' > > with Debian packages (e.g. using stock cables)? > > > > The Debain packages I know of are genpower, bpowerd, apcd and > > upsd. It'll take a while to look at them all since they mostly > > conflict with eachother (for obvious reasons). > > Do you know if bpowerd works with the newer Patriot Pro?
I don't have a Patriot Pro, but if the pinout is the same, then it should work. > Also, I can't find the cable INT-0027A on their web page. I do > find INT-0027 (basic cable for the CheckUPS II Suite for UNIX, > AIX, SCO and HP-UX). Is that what I want? My supplier can get > it for CDN$52, although he thinks I need INT-0051 (for Windows). > > Should I get a Patriot or a Patriot Pro, in your experience? I would avoid Patriot at this point. Since I packaged bpowerd, Best has stopped supplying cables for free with their UPS's. If you want a cable, expect to pay $50 to Best. (They used to supply the cables for free with the UPS) Also, bpowerd does not support the INT-0051, which is the only cable Best (now) supports for Windows. I have the beginnings of a cable auto-detect and support for INT-0051, but I haven't finished because the Real World(tm) keeps getting in the way. Also, out of my 3 Patriots that I have owned for the past year, one has died. All in all, I am underwhelmed by Best Power. -Mitch
