Re: UPS anyone?
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
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