Brad, I found out what causes this. There is a small battery inside that loses its ability to keep a charge. Once this happens, the thing goes back to defaults at every reboot. You can get a replacement at batteries plus. It looks like a double a, but is some li variant.
Cameron On Tuesday, July 27, 2010, Brad Belton <b...@belwave.com> wrote: > Butch Evans put together a MikroTik script for us that monitors our APC > UPSs. Sends us an email when power is lost along with battery time > remaining. Then sends us an email again once power is restored and again > updates the remaining battery life. Works well, but unfortunately the > RB493AH doesn't have a USB port for the standard included APC USB > cable...for that matter very few multi-interface RouterBoards have USB > ports. Most of our HUB sites are x86 based routers, so it hasn't been a > huge deal for us, but having the ability to monitor the UPS via the MikroTik > router is very handy. > > We have many of the Digital Loggers eight port rack mount remote power > switches. We've been seeing a higher failure rate out of them than we like > to see. Basically they just become "deaf" or non-responsive via their > Ethernet port...even after a hard reset they are toast. Anyone else seeing > similar results from the Digital Logger rack mount 8 port? They're a great > value at $200-$300, but not if we keep seeing failures... > > Best, > > > > Brad > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Chuck Profito > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:53 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Off-net rebooting > > http://www.digitalloggers.com/lpc.html > > This is the small one, there is a larger one, both have auto ping for off > line rebooting. We have them on all ap / tower sites. They a have saved a > trip up the hill many a night! no monthly fee. > Also, put a old CB-3 into the surge side of a battery backup and your > network auto ping will know EXACTLY when the power goes down, and you know > how long the batteries will last. > > > Chuck Profito > 209-988-7388 > CV-Access, Inc. > www.cv-access.com / cprofito'at'cv-access.com > Providing Broadband Internet Access to > California's Rural Central Valley > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:41 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Off-net rebooting > > What are you guys doing for off-net rebooting? I know someone at > WISPCON years back had a pager based system. I'm sure there are > cellular based systems now, but I'm not sure how the cost compares. > > -- > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
