I have an oldish APC Smart-UPS 3000, and I would like to connect it to my server running Windows Server 2012 with 3 Hyper-V VM's, enabling me to shut I'm not a Hyper-V guy, never used it, but you should be able to install the APC PowerChute software on the host and communicate with the UPS.
. You are here: Size 292 KB (299'008 bytes) Rating 2.2 Tags, Downloads 7633 Updated 2006-03-21 OS Mac OS X 10.4.4 or higher APC Powerchute description: Here you can download APC Powerchute with version 1.3.4. This software was developed by American Power Conversion. Distribute by license Freeware and price FREE. Download time for this software with internet channel 512Kb/sec would be 5 seconds. You can download this software from ftp.apcc.com domain. URL: Related software for 1.3.4 APC Powerchute.
Curious to know if anyone uses an UPS with their Mac and if so, do you use the control software? I have a APC 800 Backup UPS. When it was connected to my Windows machine, it communicated via a usb to rj45 connector. This allowed me to do maintenance checks on the UPS and also gave control to the UPS to shut down the system if power was loss for long time. I am interested to hear if anyone has had problems with the software from apc, is their a similiar based application already on the apple? And has anyone had sleep issues with when using the software? The best answer: I've just bought the APC Back-UPS RS 1500.
I haven't installed any of the software, I decided I would keep it simple and rely on the support in OS X (via Energy Saver). I noticed that the menu bar status can show icon, percentage or time, yet when I choose time it says 'unknown'. Does this ever get calculated? I was also wondering what you meant by 'and the lack of being able to configure how it shuts down is a little strange'. Within Energy Saver I have chosen 'Settings for: UPS' 'UPS' and ticked 'Shut down when time left on UPS Power is: 5 minutes'.
In what other ways could you configure it to shut down (other than the options in Energy saver which are 'when has been on UPS power for X minutes', 'when time left is.' And 'when UPS power level drops to.' Finally, am I being foolish choosing 'when time left' when it's not displaying the amount of time left - or will that appear if/when it switches to battery mode? Unfortunately I'm quite untrusting of third party software in situations like this, so if basic support within Energy Saver is adequate then that's what I'd prefer. Does anyone have an opinion about whether the APC software should be installed?