On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 01:02 +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Da Rock wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 23:45 +0200, Erik Cederstrand wrote: > > > >> Da Rock wrote: > >> > >>> This may sound like a strange question, but is there a way to mute the > >>> voice box of a UPS? I have a highly specialised application for one- I > >>> need a mobile desktop pc (very cheap). I need to setup a pc for my > >>> little girl so that she has music, video, and visualisations while she's > >>> in her cot- which is mobile and moved from room to room. So I don't want > >>> to shutdown the pc when in transit, and I certainly don't want any > >>> shrieks when I unplug the power... > >>> > >> Just crack open the UPS box and cut the wires to the loudspeaker :-) > >> > > > > I thought of that- but how do you do that with those little sealed > > units? I'm looking at a small consumer unit around 500-700VA. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > I've got a couple of cheap APC models (RS500). You can turn off all > their alert signals using the apcupsd ( sysutils/apcupsd) program ( > which is of course used for automatic shutdowns). The setting is stored > in UPS memory (probably flash or EEPROM) and is retained. This is good > actually, since one of these is pretty close to my bedroom ;) >
So it can be switched off with the software? That could work for me... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
