Hi Dave
If you need a set of UPS handling programs, I wrote some about 8 years ago
which can be found at
http://www.astradyne-uk.com/sourcecode.php.
The programs use ROBOT/Alert to send an SMS text message, but that can
easily be changed to sending an email instead.
One thing to bear in mind though is that when the UPS reserve runs out and
the power REALLY goes down you won't be able to send anything. We had this
situation when I wrote the programs, the power went and the UPS kicked in
and sent an SMS. The power came back and the UPS software reset itself and
sent an SMS message that everything was alright. Unfortunately the power
went again and there wasn't enough reserve left in the UPS to send an SMS
and shut down cleanly.
Hope it helps
Jonathan
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mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Turnidge, Dave
Sent: 01 May 2007 17:59
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Loss of Power - any unique notification?
Well, someone pulled the plug this morning - for the WHOLE computer
room. It took a few minutes to find out that something happened, because
the system I was on was still being supported by a UPS. However, our
production machine started dropping after 4 minutes.
I know there is a message that comes when the system looses power, but
99.999% of the time, that is followed within microseconds by another
message that says that the power is back up again. We have three
machines that are getting these messages 5 - 10 or more times a day.
Is there any way to get notified when the power REALLY goes down? I was
looking in the log, and didn't see anything that showed up. We use the
old tool's MSGCTL, so I could/should be able to send a message if I was
able to determine if there was a "real" power outage.
Any ideas?
Dave
midrange.com
