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From: Cliff Galiher on 18 Sep 2009 23:29
SG:

I guess I looked at it from a product perspective. Sure, SBS should be on a
UPS. But I'd say most small businesses do accounting too. I wouldn't want
to start seeing questions about Peachtree or Quickbooks in here either.
Installing those products on SBS? Sure. But specific feature questions?
Probably not.

So installing Powerchute on SBS? IF that were causing problems? Of course.
But feature specific questions about how Powerchute handles shutdown times,
etc? I just felt (and feel) that there are better resources...no matter how
"nice" the folks are here.

I guess that makes me one of the mean ones. ;)

-Cliff


"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not(a)your.nellie> wrote in message
news:u2na2BMOKHA.5488(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> and as all SBS systems should have an attached UPS, I consider it fair to
> ask here.
>
> In PowerChute BE, on the page where such settings are shown, there is a
> question mark on the title bar, however if you hit the 'configure' button
> and then the Qmark on that page there is a better description.
>
> 'Use the UPS On Battery Thresholds to set the Runtime Remaining Threshold
> for your UPS. This is the threshold at which PowerChute Business Edition
> initiates an OS shutdown. The range is from 2 to 59 minutes. For example,
> if you set the the Runtime Remaining Threshold to 10 minutes, and your UPS
> switches to battery operation, an OS shutdown begins when your UPS's
> battery has only 10 minutes of runtime remaining.'
>
> There is, TTBOMK, no way to tell PCBE 'shutdown after a 5 min power loss',
> hence, I prefer to use other software.
>
> "Miguel Sanchez" <santaki2(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uqTtXGKOKHA.1876(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I know, but the people here seems to be more willing to share their
>>knowledge that in other groups ;)
>> Miguel
>> "Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher(a)gmail.com> escribi� en el mensaje
>> news:%23Xyf74JOKHA.4004(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> You should really post product support issues in a group appropriate for
>>> that product. This does not seem like a Windows SBS questions.
>>>
>>> Sorry,
>>>
>>> -Cliff
>>>
>>>
>>> "Miguel Sanchez" <santaki2(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:O#LHgvJOKHA.4700(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> I have bougth a APC smartups, now i'm trying to set up the powerchute
>>>> business edition software. My question is:
>>>> How do I tell the UPS to wait 5 minutes after the utility power has
>>>> gone to start a shutdown and from there wait 10 minutes before shutting
>>>> everything off.
>>>> As far as I can see there are 3 items that I need to change, but i have
>>>> no idea about their correlation.
>>>>
>>>> Time Required For Shutdown Sequence
>>>>
>>>> Low Battery Signal
>>>>
>>>> OS Shutdown Delay
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> Miguel
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>
From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] on 19 Sep 2009 01:54
neither of us are right nor wrong, methinks.

"Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Od3lklNOKHA.3412(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> SG:
>
> I guess I looked at it from a product perspective. Sure, SBS should be on
> a UPS. But I'd say most small businesses do accounting too. I wouldn't
> want to start seeing questions about Peachtree or Quickbooks in here
> either. Installing those products on SBS? Sure. But specific feature
> questions? Probably not.
>
> So installing Powerchute on SBS? IF that were causing problems? Of
> course. But feature specific questions about how Powerchute handles
> shutdown times, etc? I just felt (and feel) that there are better
> resources...no matter how "nice" the folks are here.
>
> I guess that makes me one of the mean ones. ;)
>
> -Cliff
>
>
> "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not(a)your.nellie> wrote in message
> news:u2na2BMOKHA.5488(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> and as all SBS systems should have an attached UPS, I consider it fair to
>> ask here.
>>
>> In PowerChute BE, on the page where such settings are shown, there is a
>> question mark on the title bar, however if you hit the 'configure' button
>> and then the Qmark on that page there is a better description.
>>
>> 'Use the UPS On Battery Thresholds to set the Runtime Remaining Threshold
>> for your UPS. This is the threshold at which PowerChute Business Edition
>> initiates an OS shutdown. The range is from 2 to 59 minutes. For example,
>> if you set the the Runtime Remaining Threshold to 10 minutes, and your
>> UPS switches to battery operation, an OS shutdown begins when your UPS's
>> battery has only 10 minutes of runtime remaining.'
>>
>> There is, TTBOMK, no way to tell PCBE 'shutdown after a 5 min power
>> loss', hence, I prefer to use other software.
>>
>> "Miguel Sanchez" <santaki2(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uqTtXGKOKHA.1876(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>I know, but the people here seems to be more willing to share their
>>>knowledge that in other groups ;)
>>> Miguel
>>> "Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher(a)gmail.com> escribi� en el mensaje
>>> news:%23Xyf74JOKHA.4004(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> You should really post product support issues in a group appropriate
>>>> for that product. This does not seem like a Windows SBS questions.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry,
>>>>
>>>> -Cliff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Miguel Sanchez" <santaki2(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:O#LHgvJOKHA.4700(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> I have bougth a APC smartups, now i'm trying to set up the powerchute
>>>>> business edition software. My question is:
>>>>> How do I tell the UPS to wait 5 minutes after the utility power has
>>>>> gone to start a shutdown and from there wait 10 minutes before
>>>>> shutting everything off.
>>>>> As far as I can see there are 3 items that I need to change, but i
>>>>> have no idea about their correlation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Time Required For Shutdown Sequence
>>>>>
>>>>> Low Battery Signal
>>>>>
>>>>> OS Shutdown Delay
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA
>>>>>
>>>>> Miguel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>


From: Miguel Sanchez on 21 Sep 2009 18:27
Thank you for your help. I'll be testing my setup and will let the group
know the results and the setup.
Regards
Miguel

"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not(a)your.nellie> escribi� en el mensaje
news:u2na2BMOKHA.5488(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> and as all SBS systems should have an attached UPS, I consider it fair to
> ask here.
>
> In PowerChute BE, on the page where such settings are shown, there is a
> question mark on the title bar, however if you hit the 'configure' button
> and then the Qmark on that page there is a better description.
>
> 'Use the UPS On Battery Thresholds to set the Runtime Remaining Threshold
> for your UPS. This is the threshold at which PowerChute Business Edition
> initiates an OS shutdown. The range is from 2 to 59 minutes. For example,
> if you set the the Runtime Remaining Threshold to 10 minutes, and your UPS
> switches to battery operation, an OS shutdown begins when your UPS's
> battery has only 10 minutes of runtime remaining.'
>
> There is, TTBOMK, no way to tell PCBE 'shutdown after a 5 min power loss',
> hence, I prefer to use other software.
>
> "Miguel Sanchez" <santaki2(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uqTtXGKOKHA.1876(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I know, but the people here seems to be more willing to share their
>>knowledge that in other groups ;)
>> Miguel
>> "Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher(a)gmail.com> escribi� en el mensaje
>> news:%23Xyf74JOKHA.4004(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> You should really post product support issues in a group appropriate for
>>> that product. This does not seem like a Windows SBS questions.
>>>
>>> Sorry,
>>>
>>> -Cliff
>>>
>>>
>>> "Miguel Sanchez" <santaki2(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:O#LHgvJOKHA.4700(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> I have bougth a APC smartups, now i'm trying to set up the powerchute
>>>> business edition software. My question is:
>>>> How do I tell the UPS to wait 5 minutes after the utility power has
>>>> gone to start a shutdown and from there wait 10 minutes before shutting
>>>> everything off.
>>>> As far as I can see there are 3 items that I need to change, but i have
>>>> no idea about their correlation.
>>>>
>>>> Time Required For Shutdown Sequence
>>>>
>>>> Low Battery Signal
>>>>
>>>> OS Shutdown Delay
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> Miguel
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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