Single UPS that can control 2 PCs?
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From: Bert Hyman on 19 Jul 2010 12:32 In news:Xns9DBA693F5CFEBVeebleFetzer(a)216.250.188.141 Bert Hyman <bert(a)iphouse.com> wrote: > Maybe the UPS utilities or whatever set some sort of environment > variable or leave a file around that can be tested in the BAT file I'd > use to shut down the other machine so that it only performs the remote > shutdown on a power failure. Even easier; the function I'm looking for is apparently built in to Windows XP. In Control Panel->Power Options, UPS tab, I selected an arbitrary UPS and in the "Configure..." dialog and found that there's a field for selecting a program to run when the "Critial alarm" state is reached. So, I just call the BAT file to shut down the other machine from there. -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert(a)iphouse.com |