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From: k on 18 Nov 2009 21:08
does anyone know of any programs that could log mains power failures or
interrupts based on a laptop? I was thinking a laptop would be good for
this as it has it's own power supply in the event of a failure and should be
able to monitor whether mains power is available pretty easily without any
special interface beyond the laptop power supply it's self.. of course it
would only be of use for X hours, but that's adequate for my needs

I was looking at something like the ACR Powerwatch, but it's excessive for
my needs and at $640, i'd rather press an old laptop into service.




thanks


From: Johnw on 18 Nov 2009 23:12
k presented the following explanation :
> does anyone know of any programs that could log mains power failures or
> interrupts based on a laptop? I was thinking a laptop would be good for
> this as it has it's own power supply in the event of a failure and should be
> able to monitor whether mains power is available pretty easily without any
> special interface beyond the laptop power supply it's self.. of course it
> would only be of use for X hours, but that's adequate for my needs
>
> I was looking at something like the ACR Powerwatch, but it's excessive for
> my needs and at $640, i'd rather press an old laptop into service.

Using the search keyword > voltage
2 pages here.
http://www.softpedia.com/dyn-search.php?search_term=voltage&p_page=1&license_filter=1&lastupd_filter=0&sort_field=0&results_per_page=20&pick_only=0

3 pages
http://primewares.com/links.php?page=1&la=en&search=voltage


From: k on 19 Nov 2009 02:17

"Johnw" <jmatt(a)webace.com.au> wrote in message
news:he2gk5$usg$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
| k presented the following explanation :
| > does anyone know of any programs that could log mains power failures or
| > interrupts based on a laptop? I was thinking a laptop would be good for
| > this as it has it's own power supply in the event of a failure and
should be
| > able to monitor whether mains power is available pretty easily without
any
| > special interface beyond the laptop power supply it's self.. of course
it
| > would only be of use for X hours, but that's adequate for my needs
| >
| > I was looking at something like the ACR Powerwatch, but it's excessive
for
| > my needs and at $640, i'd rather press an old laptop into service.
|
| Using the search keyword > voltage
| 2 pages here.
|
http://www.softpedia.com/dyn-search.php?search_term=voltage&p_page=1&license_filter=1&lastupd_filter=0&sort_field=0&results_per_page=20&pick_only=0
|
| 3 pages
| http://primewares.com/links.php?page=1&la=en&search=voltage


thanks, there wasn't anything there I could see - was there something
specific you meant that I may have missed?

I wasn't looking for a CRO type program, more a data logger .. say something
that recorded that the laptop went onto battery power at 10am for 120
seconds

k


From: Johnw on 19 Nov 2009 02:46
k submitted this idea :

> thanks, there wasn't anything there I could see - was there something
> specific you meant that I may have missed?
>
> I wasn't looking for a CRO type program, more a data logger .. say something
> that recorded that the laptop went onto battery power at 10am for 120
> seconds

Put a different keyword into search.


From: Me.Here on 19 Nov 2009 03:19
Did you have a look at your Administrative Tools Event Viewer?
Depending on your laptop and software, you may find times that the
laptop when on and off battery power in one of the logs.

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