This might be a little obtuse, but consider putting a small UPS on the computer and the monitor. Set the software that monitors the UPS to shut down the computer after a reasonable time automatically.
The operator would have enough time, if they are around, to get to the computer and save the file, then shut down the rest of the operation gracefully. I use several UPS in my home, just for that reason, (and I hate to loose stuff because of a quick power glitch too!). <warrning: war story> Where I live, in the toolies outside Nashville, we have power spikes and outages regularly. A fact of living on the other end of long distribution lines. So I put UPSes on EVERYTHING electronic that I care about saving. A problem in our transformer put 220V over 110V lines intermittently (actually it was a poor ground at the transformer, and the power company fixed it but didn't admit it, so we just had to pay for our burned out equipment - I was there when the linemen got that 'oh stuff' look on their face, and took a short piece of grounding strap and climbed up by the transformer ... after that no more problems.). Anyway the UPSes I had saved the gear it was on, but others were toast. Even one UPS died. I opened it up and the transformer primary was burned out, and half the MOV's inside were black. Batteries were still good, but discharged. I kept them as spares for other UPSes and purchased a new UPS for that spot. ( I like refurbups.com and the APCC brand). We still lost half the light bulbs in the house, and about $400 of misc electronics to this power issue. But nothing behind the UPSes was lost. One UPS died (additional cost). Also, figure you replace batteries about every 3 years if you don't monitor the UPS, and every 4 if you do (just because you can tell when the battery is getting weak - monitor with computer software that 'just runs'.) </warning> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How fast is your code? 3 out of 4 devs don\\\'t know how their code performs in production. Find out how slow your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219672;13503038;z? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
