UPS monitoring

[Paul_Leadbeater · Accepted solution]

Thanks everyone for all your input.  It's helped me to finally come up with a solution that works for me.  Remember that a lot of my kit is old, so it doesn't have latest support.

My setup is as follows:-

• 1 x Belkin UPS (F6H350UK-UNV);
• 1 x Salicru UPS (SPS One);
• 1 x Office PC (Dell XPS 8500) [Windows 7 Home Premium];
• 1 x Network PC (Dell Vostro 220) [Windows 7 Professional SP1];
• 1 x Netgear NAS (ReadyNAS Duo V1) [Firmware 4.1.16].

I monitor the SPS One with the Vostro 220, using "ViewPower" software and

the Belkin with the XPS 8500 using "Belkin Power Management Software for Windows" (Version V3.22m) (BPM).

Power failure shutdown is achieved by -

• BPM shutting down the Office PC from within its program;
• ViewPower shutting down the Network PC from within its program;
• ViewPower shutting down the NAS by running a DOS Batch file on shutdown, containing a 'cURL' script [curl -k https://xxx.xxx.x.x/get_handler -u admin:<password> -d PAGE=System -d OUTER_TAB=tab_shutdown -d INNER_TAB=NONE -d shutdown_option1=1 -d command=poweroff -d OPERATION=set].

This is very much a 'Heath Robinson' setup but my costs for it have been £30 for the Salicru UPS and £25 for the 2nd-hand Dell; I think I've got good value for money!

Once again, thanks to everyone for their contributions.