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Devices => PC's and Other Hardware => Topic started by: benn600 on December 15, 2007, 10:45:22 am

Title: Power Outage (Better Request)
Post by: benn600 on December 15, 2007, 10:45:22 am

We discussed emailing on a power outage before but I think I have a better understanding of what I actually want now.  We had a major ice storm a week ago and friends, family, school, and my work lost power but we didn't.  Yes, I was hoping for a quick blip to watch my UPS devices work but we didn't really get much (and I wouldn't want an outage because it would mean hours without).

The UPS is hooked up to the server.  So all I really want is a program that monitors battery power.  The power section shows AC/battery power so Windows has knowledge of if the power was cut.  Is there a way to set a trigger being loss of power?  It seems like there must be an easy way but I can't think of anything off hand.  If a script could be run on loss of power, I could craft something to just send an email.  Would be neat to text message me, too, as I have seen a few free text message online sites.

Title: Re: Power Outage (Better Request)
Post by: newsposter on December 15, 2007, 01:36:59 pm

you want a 'real' system monitoring program, something like BigBrother (google is your friend).

Title: Re: Power Outage (Better Request)
Post by: benn600 on December 15, 2007, 02:01:58 pm

This isn't a datacenter that's making me millions of dollars.  It's my personal, in my spare time, server.  That's an interesting program, though.

I've Googled it a bit already.  Believe me: my google searches are continuous.  Just want to hear personal suggestions.  I guess it seems so simple yet so difficult.

Title: Re: Power Outage (Better Request)
Post by: newsposter on December 16, 2007, 07:49:47 pm

BigBrother and it's low-end competitors run from free to cheap.

I would have thought you have learned a few lessons about trying for force cheap stuff to perform like decently designed stuff.

Title: Re: Power Outage (Better Request)
Post by: benn600 on December 16, 2007, 11:56:26 pm

On switch from AC to battery power, send email.

I'm not asking for a full fledged web portal for monitoring data centers around the world.

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I would have thought you have learned a few lessons about trying for force cheap stuff to perform like decently designed stuff.

I don't think anything bad happened, did it?  The new power supply (here we go again) is saving a small cup of power (40 watts) and that means longer UPS runtime but it's all just "meh."