Re: (ukha_d) UPS slight OT

["chemically_enhanced2000" <chemically_enhanced@xxxxxxx>]

Does any one have any idea what is different about the APC cable? 
I
acquired a nice rack mount UPS but with out any cables.  When I
connect up a standard serial cable, the ups and the pc shut down
instantly

Not keen on shelling out 30 odd quid for the APC cable :-(

Regards,
Jason
--- In ukha_d@y..., "Nikola Kasic" <nikola@k...> wrote:
> Peter,
> UPS is usually connected to PC via serial (non-standard) cable. At
least
> mine is (APC). It can then pass details about power to PC (about
battery,
> logs etc.). There is a software, Powerchute, (which I don't use)
which
> starts shutting down windows properly after configured period of
time, to
> prevent crash when battery dries out.
> I have Win2000, so I don't know about XP.
> On my UPS, I have five leds which indicate how much UPS is loaded.
I
have
> 700VA UPS and connected server, network switch, ADSL modem, and
possibly few
> more little devices. My UPS has 4 sockets and I connected power
strip on one
> of them. Still it's showing that it's loaded less then 20%. I don't
have
> monitor there.
> I think that mine can last more than 15 min on batteries, and because
I
> never had such a long outage, I never bothered installing
PowerChute.
> My UPS serves me as a voltage regulator as well, because it shows
me
that in
> 70% of the time it's cutting voltage because it's too high.
Strange,
because
> I'm in London, in a new building and I asumed that power supply
should be
> stable and within the specs.
> Hope this gives you some idea.
> Nik
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: peter.white@b... [mailto:peter.white@b...]
>   Sent: 19 August 2002 11:13
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Subject: [ukha_d] RE: (ukha_d) UPS
> 
> 
>   It is up to date, but that wouldn't make any difference -
the UPS
isn't
> very
>   clever - it's not connected to the PC in any way (other
than power).
> 
>   Pete
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: MIME:mafiu@b... at INTERNET
>   To: White, Peter; ukha_d@y... at Internet
>   Sent: 19/08/02 10:52
>   Subject: RE: [ukha_d] UPS
> 
>   Didnt one of the critical updates fix a bug that made XP
crash when
>   connected
>   to a UPS?
> 
>   Its just a vauge memory I have - Is your installation
fully up to date
>   from
>   windowsupdate.microsoft.com?
> 
>   Matthew
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Ray Barnett
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 10:08 AM
>   Subject: RE: [ukha_d] UPS
> 
> 
>   IME on XP, IRQ_NOT_LESS_THAN_EQUAL means a device driver
has blown up.
>   That
>   could either be the UPS driver having a fit, or a driver
for one
of the
>   USB
>   devices getting upset when the USB devices power off. Best
way to find
>   out is
>   to unplug everything and test powering off.
> 
>   Ray.
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:stuart@s...]
>   Sent: 19 August 2002 10:02
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Subject: Re: [ukha_d] UPS
> 
> 
>   On Monday 19 Aug 2002 9:30 am, peter.white@b... wrote:
>   > IRQ_NOT_LESS_THAN_EQUAL  plus a bunch of other
stuff that vanished
> 
>   before I
>   > could read it.  So I'm assuming that the sudden
removal of
>   multiple USB
>   and
>   > LAN devices has caused XP to crash out.
> 
>   Could this be a conflict of IRQ's? Not an XP expert but it
sounds
>   like
>   something wrong along those lines. Perhaps the UPS is
trying to fire
>   off
>   an
>   IRQ events to tell the system that the powers gone, but
it
>   conflicting
>   with
>   something?
> 
>   Just a stab in the dark (excuse the pun).
> 
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