Re: Opti-UPS anyone?
I recently had a brief power failure, didn't lose any data whatsoever, and decided that my Linux box has had its free-bee... I read reviews, checked the HOWTO's, searched the web, and this is what I know thus far: APC seems to have the name brand recognition, but they are not Linux-friendly (though there has been a lot of reverse-engineering). BEST and TrippLite get nice marks, but not too common in stores. They are mentioned in HOWTO I read, but only very briefly. Opti-UPS gets great reviews in the general press, but no connection (that I have found, HOWTO's or otherwise) between any Linux users and that brand of UPS. Does anyone know anything about the Opti-UPS's? I sent mail to their tech support today asking if they support Linux in any way, but I would like to know if anyone has any experience with them. I'm leaning toward that one based on price, good reviews, anice warranty, and the fact that it is line-interactive. BUT, I have no experience with UPS's. If they don't support Linux, and I don't hear anything favorable, I might have to go with APC Thanks for any input. Hi! Check out www.fiskarsups.com . They have control-software for Linux and I've been really happy with their hardware in the past. I don't know if they are sold in where you live, though. --j -dh -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Opti-UPS anyone?
I recently had a brief power failure, didn't lose any data whatsoever, and decided that my Linux box has had its free-bee... I read reviews, checked the HOWTO's, searched the web, and this is what I know thus far: APC seems to have the name brand recognition, but they are not Linux-friendly (though there has been a lot of reverse-engineering). BEST and TrippLite get nice marks, but not too common in stores. They are mentioned in HOWTO I read, but only very briefly. Opti-UPS gets great reviews in the general press, but no connection (that I have found, HOWTO's or otherwise) between any Linux users and that brand of UPS. Does anyone know anything about the Opti-UPS's? I sent mail to their tech support today asking if they support Linux in any way, but I would like to know if anyone has any experience with them. I'm leaning toward that one based on price, good reviews, anice warranty, and the fact that it is line-interactive. BUT, I have no experience with UPS's. If they don't support Linux, and I don't hear anything favorable, I might have to go with APC Thanks for any input. -dh -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Opti-UPS anyone?
Dan Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BEST and TrippLite get nice marks, but not too common in stores. They are mentioned in HOWTO I read, but only very briefly. Go with a Best Power, IMHO. The one sitting on top of my computer is great. It's compact, light (for a UPS), no-hassle, and Linux compatible. Mail order if you have to. -- Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senders of unsolicited commercial e-mail will receive free 32MB core files! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Opti-UPS anyone?
Dan Hugo wrote: Opti-UPS gets great reviews in the general press, but no connection (that I have found, HOWTO's or otherwise) between any Linux users and that brand of UPS. Does anyone know anything about the Opti-UPS's? I sent mail to their tech support today asking if they support Linux in any way, but I would like to know if anyone has any experience with them. About a year ago we converted an NT box to Linux (yippee!) but had to toss the Opti-UPS that was attached to it. Opti-UPS's only have a smart signalling mode. Most all linux ups software can only use the dumb signalling mode. This is of course because every company (stupidly IMHO) keeps the specs for their smart signalling modes proprietary. The only smart signalling mode linux ups monitoring daemon I know of is apcd (which is a debian package), but it only works with APC UPSs (but I think only with certain APCs). The smart signalling mode was reverse engineered by it's author. I've never used it so I can't vouch for it. All the computers here use APC UPS's (and the debian package genpower) and they work just great with Linux. APC UPS's are little more expensive, but IMO are worth it. Behan -- Behan Webster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-613-224-7547 http://www.verisim.com/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Opti-UPS anyone?
Re: UPSs APC seems to have the name brand recognition, but they are not Linux-friendly (though there has been a lot of reverse-engineering). BEST and TrippLite get nice marks, but not too common in stores. They are mentioned in HOWTO I read, but only very briefly. Opti-UPS gets great reviews in the general press, but no connection I remember that Jerry Pournelle (in his _Byte_ column) has recommended Clary UPSs very highly. -- Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
