On Sun, 2009-03-01 at 18:41 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Joseph L. Casale JCasale@activenetwerx.com wrote:
I need to do a simulated power failure, to verify that it will in fact shutdown the box after 2 minutes!
Plug the PC into a stable power source, let the same PC monitor the UPS. Unplug the UPS and place a load on it, watch what it instructs the PC to do :)
I plugged the UPS into a surge protector and after awhile, I cut the
OOPS!? It used to be that the manual for all the UPSs I've used said to _not_ plug it into a surge suppressor, IIRC. Has that changed? It had something to do with the wave form from the suppressor vs. the box's monitoring circuitry.
I don't think that has anything to do with not shutting down though.
power to the UPS. The UPS continued to supply power to the box and monitor and the alarm beeped. All OK. But, the WinPower software supplied for the UPS did *not* shut the box down, after 2 minutes of power failure, as I expected.<snip>