harleydave
Technical User
My situation: I have built a ‘home controller’ out of Windows XP (perhaps I should have used Linux… but that’s another story). This machine controls my lights, thermostats, surveillance cameras, etc. I do not have a generator as a power backup, so when I lose power, I am just looking for a clean shutdown and restart of my controller without loss of data/state. I need this to run unattended since I tend to travel. I am looking for a UPS with the following characteristics:
After sensing loss of AC, it gives me a finite time (parameterized) to run a controlled shutdown procedure, it then shuts off power to its load (my computer). After AC is restored, it waits until it has enough battery charged up (in case there are multiple such outages) and then reconnects power to the computer.
I have configured my machine to restart when it first sees AC power and auto-login to the account I need it to operate in. So far, the UPS’s I have tried either do not restart automatically, or never actually remove power from the computer, which means it will never restart without me pushing the button. Does such a system exist? I would appreciate recommendations.
Thanks in advance.
HarleyDave
After sensing loss of AC, it gives me a finite time (parameterized) to run a controlled shutdown procedure, it then shuts off power to its load (my computer). After AC is restored, it waits until it has enough battery charged up (in case there are multiple such outages) and then reconnects power to the computer.
I have configured my machine to restart when it first sees AC power and auto-login to the account I need it to operate in. So far, the UPS’s I have tried either do not restart automatically, or never actually remove power from the computer, which means it will never restart without me pushing the button. Does such a system exist? I would appreciate recommendations.
Thanks in advance.
HarleyDave