POE UPSPower over Ethernet Injector IP Power 9200 Delux controller. hosts the webpage that controls the other 2 units UPS has a switched port that turns off when the power goes out. The wall wart goes to the IP Delux 9201 Input and shows on a webpage as on or off. Switch for power cycling POE. Really the better answer would be for a bullet proof AP that doesn't lock up, but I am not living in that perfect world. Questionable Content. My fav web comic. Tripplite UPS ![]() Our remote wireless site keep being unplugged or having the circuit trip from some combination of cleaning devices. I took a spare UPS and asked if we could get a $200 SNMP card for it so we would know when the power was off. Boss asked me if we could do it for less.
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My solution: $70 IP Power 9200 delux. The IP Delux has 4 voltage input sensors, 4 current sensors and 8 web controlled switches. There is a 5v wall wart plugged into the switched part of the UPS running to a input. When the power goes out the ups kicks in running the POE and the wall wart turns off pin 1 on the IP Delux which sends me an email. The added bonus is that the POE is now switched so if a AP on one wireless segment locks up I can go in one of the others and power cycle the POE remotely. IP Delux even hosts WAP so I could do it from the cheapest of cell phone web browsers. CommentsFlying Avatar says:Not to denounce the cool-factor of your
solution, but where is it that all this
engineering effort justifies saving $130?
I've not yet met a boss who would blink at a
$200 expense for solving an uptime problem.
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ironleg says:
yay for cobbled together hardware and yay for QC.
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