Re: Advice needed - 4 power cuts yesterday - need 2 x UPS

["Julian Samphire" <jules@xxxxxxx>]

Gareth,

Only really need two serials, into your ITX (you can get USB UPSs now,
might
be easier if you're low on connections). UPS software can then shutdown
your
PC remotely if the power gets too low. I guess Sky+ can handle power loss,
but its always nicer to give it less chance to mess up by UPSing it. I
wouldn't really think you'd need a status from your UPS on Sky+ as you wont
really be able to perform a shutdown, unless you just want it for battery
health status etc.

HTH

J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gareth Cook" <g@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 10:20 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Advice needed - 4 power cuts yesterday - need 2 x UPS


> Yep, four powercuts in the space of an hour and a half, and power went
for
> half a second each time - PCs and Sky+ dont like that sort of thing.
>
> So, im thinking of 2 x UPSs. One for the Sky+ , and the other for the
2
> main PCs. One PC is my file server, the other is a MiniITX system
running
> homeseer (thats all it does).
>
> Now, im thinking that the UPS for the 2 pc's should have 2 serial/usb
> ports for both systems to be able to track the status etc.
>
> Anyone care to comment ?
>
> Cheers
>
> G.
>
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