On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 09:09:23AM -0400, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> This got me to thinking. Is there any way that a better UPS can help this 
> situation. I see that some UPS has an RS232 interface or USB, and some 
> software that can shutdown the machine on sustained power outage. I am 
> wondering if this can be done also with Redhat linux 7.x, and 9. What I want 
> is just somehow the UPS to signal the computer that it's on battery and 
> either the a script or UPS itself shut the machine down whenever it is on 
> Battery. I'm really ignorant on this case here, so any help is greatly 
> appreciated. Also, if there're recommendation for those UPS that works well 
> with linux. 

I've been doing this for quite a while with a CyberPower UPS and the
powstatd software.  Many other UPS vendors are also supported.  APS and
Tripplite both make a good UPS.

A little google searching or visiting freshmeat.net will result in many
hits and pointers to software packages that should work for you.

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