UPS monitoring software built in to OS X?
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lusol - 21 May 2005
There's a new UPS tab, where it shows battery power, and let's you, say, shutdown the system after either 1) elapsed time, 2) battery % left or 3) battery time left (from memory!)
If this is really true, it would imply that these functions are contained in the /System/Library/PreferencePanes/EnergySaver.prefPane files wouldn't it?
cannot look now ..
Steve
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lusol - 21 May 2005
Horse hockey pucks. Nuttin' honey wrong with 10.3.9, or 10.4.0. By the time you found something wrong with Tiger it was fixed in 10.4.1! ;) 10.4.2 they say is just around the corner.
For every .point upgrade of an OS there'll be something wrong, eh? Now, being wary of a major change e.g. Panther -> Tiger is another matter ...
Steve
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lusol - 26 May 2005
UPS%20SysPref.tiff">http://www.lehigh.edu/~sol0/UPS%20SysPref.tiff
Steve
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Jeff Wiseman - 20 June 2005
Sorry to hijack this thread but I just gotta know :-)
Are you saying that the stock OS X software includes a tab for UPSs in the Energy saver panel?
You didn't install any software that came with the UPS, etc?
What does this control panel window look like (i.e., what functions does it support)?
If this is really true, it would imply that these functions are contained in the /System/Library/PreferencePanes/EnergySaver.prefPane files wouldn't it?
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Jeff Wiseman - 21 June 2005
Cool! So no more need for proprietary software for UPS control.
So the protocols to talk over a communications link to a UPS must have some standardization for a generic UPS tab to be used in the control panels. Great idea, but I wasn't aware that such a thing existed.
Well, you wouldn't really see anything anyway other than the EnergySaver.prefPane would be dated newer than Dec 2004 :-) It has to be there though for the panel to behave in the fashion that has been described. Again, the surprise to me was that there must be a "standardized UPS control protocol" or somesuch in order for such a generic control panel to be implemented.
Most interesting. Thanks for the response!
Jeff Wiseman
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Geoffrey F. Green - 21 June 2005
The UPS software was included in Mac OS X 10.3.3. See
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25711A UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) panel is available in Energy Saver preferences, as well as a UPS menu bar item, when a UPS power management system is connected to the computer. Overall support for UPS systems is improved.
- geoff
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Grandpa Koca - 21 June 2005
I'm using 10.3.8 with an APC brand UPS. The UPS tab is in the energy saver pref pane, as in "settings for: <power adapter>" pull down menu. It lets you adjust the amount of power time left before shutting down and the current UPS battery status. There is a script that it runs to shut down and you can add to or modify it.
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Jeff Wiseman - 21 June 2005
Geoffrey F. Green wrote:
The UPS software was included in Mac OS X 10.3.3. See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25711
I see, so the tab automatically appears when you connect to a UPS with a management system in it. Otherwise you can't even see it.
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David C. - 25 June 2005
On the top, there's a pull-down menu named "Settings for:". Laptop users are familiar with this - it's how they can select different power prodfiles for when they're running off of line current vs. battery. When a supported UPS is attached, another entry on this menu named "UPS" appears.
When you select UPS, there are three tabs.
The first one, "Sleep" is the same as the normal Sleep tab. These settings are used only when the computer is running off of the UPS battery (typically only during a power outage).
The second tab, UPS, lets you see the UPS battery level and schedule an automatic shutdown when a configured number of minutes worth of UPS power are remaining. I have mine configured to shutdown when 10 minutes are left.
The third tab, "Options" is the same as the normal Options tab. These settings are used only when the computer is running off of the UPS.
If this is really true, it would imply that these functions are contained in the /System/Library/PreferencePanes/EnergySaver.prefPane files wouldn't it?
Well, the code for configuring the feature is in there. The feature itself is probably somewhere else.
-- David
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Jeff Wiseman - 26 June 2005
Thanks for the screenshot Steve!
Now I need to get a UPS that'll work with this. The one I have now--a Tripp lite--only uses a DB9 serial connector. Right now, when the power goes off, I just know I need to shut down since I have no idea how long my battery will last. I'll be nice to be able to work longer before needing to shut down by just knowing how much charge there is left.
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