Sorry, but I refuse to accept this.
Are you seriously telling me that I must pay hundreds/thousands for
such a simple solution?
No, but you didn't look at what you were doing before you made the
purchase. You can easily purchase the software from APC, you could have
purchased a larger UPS that comes with the software for free, you could
have purchased a different vendors software, you could do a lot of
things.
Evidently there is no solution readily available, but I can't believe
that I'm the only one seeking this.
I do not know of a free solution available for the infrastructure you
have stated.
Most of us, when wanting to use a UPS with more than one computer, check
to see if the UPS we're purchasing comes with multiple interfaces,
checks to see if the software offers remote shutdown service, etc...
It's how good technicians get the job done properly.
And to you all-
What is this?
"If you can't buy it, it doesn't exist"?
No, you could roll your own, but it's not worth the cost/time, as time
is not free. If you had done even a little research about multiple
devices on a UPS, even read the APC site, or called APC, you would have
already known that there is no free way, to do this (as time and parts
actually cost).
There are many ways to skin a cat.
The product is NOT the problem!
It is the "power down" signal I need to trap.
The device has either a USB or Serial connection, while you can build a
interface for it, APC already has one you can add-on, and they even have
software you can purchase as an upgrade that will do what you want.
I'll find an answer to this and report back, while I think outside the
box.
We were thinking outside the box before you learned about the Internet
and way before you learned about UPS systems, the difference is most of
us know when to use a quality solution provided by someone else instead
of ranting about it not doing something it was not spec'd to do.
