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 at 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> -- Bill