UPS
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From Eugene Palenock → To All 21 February 2002
Hello All!
There is a subject (UPS PLUS 700). Connected via Dumb interface (on COM1).
Windows understands the signals for switching to the battery and discharging the battery as they should.
But there is a problem with the UPS shutdown signal.
Windows should set it and the UPS will turn off.
But for some reason Windows doesn’t have time to set it, and just turns itself off.
And everything would be fine, but then you have to turn on the computer manually. Otherwise in the BIOS it was possible
would indicate turning on when power appears and that’s all, because the UPS after turning off when
When electricity is restored, it turns on automatically. But here, with it turned off
A computer UPS for standby will work for several hours...
How to deal with this?
I would like to programmatically, but so far I have only come up with a technical solution for
turning off the UPS using a relay and capacitor:
COM---------+--------+ +------UPS
| | |
COM--+ +---+ | | +--UPS
| | | - - - / |
--- +---+ | ---
| ===
--- |
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PS As far as I've heard, there is no such problem in XP, it happens when necessary
turning off the UPS after completion of work does not turn off itself, but waits until the UPS
will turn off...
Best regards, Evgeniy.