Very Compact Battery Backup
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I got tired of lugging a pair of 12V12AH SLA batteries around with my pfSense MiFi so i started searching ebay and found the IEI AUPS-A10 series. These are battery backup units that use a laptop style battery inside and takes 5.5mm barrel jack that are standard on many shelf sized network appliances. The power monitoring features are unreal and that was just with usb cable locally, i haven't tried the network monitoring yet…This is truly one great pfSense accessory. I bought two as i am also going use this with an solar panel/controller/battery pack to feed it so I get power monitoring for battery output too for another project...
http://ieiworld.com/product_groups/industrial/content.aspx?gid=09049539805266347587&cid=08176555500849685209&id=08176545572675626779
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Very interesting. Where did you buy them, what was the price?
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http://www.aliexpress.com/item/12V-9V-UPS-Standby-uninterruptible-power-supply-DC-Mobile-Power-router-modem-UPS/1912055776.html
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141440830439?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
cheap options…
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http://www.mini-box.com/OpenUPS2?sc=8&category=1264
I bought one of these a while ago. I never did get the chance to install it in my M350 though. I'm off work for a while though so maybe this coming week.
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They appear to use the LiFePO4 which is the same type of battery used to power electric bikes with crank or hub motors.
Very long life battery, better than the normal batteries used in phones.
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Yea i got one of the AUPS-A10 and 4 of the B10 off ebay for cheap. I was wary of the B10 due to the 4 pin power input, but in the kit it uses a 5.5mm to 4 pin adapter, so all good.
One caviet, You must install the software on Windows to enable the LAN features. Only applicable to new units. -
And in an effort at transparency, I was praising the ebay seller about the item and i mentioned i was posting a good write-up on the forum here and he offered me a free AUPS unit if i provided the link. I did not accept the free hardware and thanked him. I already bought 5 of these @20 bucks new so I hogged up all I want from ebay and felt it was a worth recommendation. I like recommending hardware with no hidden agenda's. I can say for sure Iei makes solid gear. This would defiantly be a nice atom backup or something low power. One of the 5 i bought had the 8.5" PanelPC attached for 20 bucks!! AFL-08AH N270 atom touchscreen. Used, bad cmos battery. 2 dollar fix.
Tell me there ain't some bargains on there. -
Can you please post the eBay product or seller link? I can't seem to find any…
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http://www.aliexpress.com/item/12V-9V-UPS-Standby-uninterruptible-power-supply-DC-Mobile-Power-router-modem-UPS/1912055776.html
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141440830439?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
cheap options…
Sorry not these, I meant the types like Phishfry was writing about, with management interface and stuff.
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I may have jumped the gun on how great these are. They work good at the basic function of battery backup. The monitoring software is windows based and is very informative and useful. The web interface is unpolished and is very lackluster. The real test as the "ultimate pfSense accessory" will be how it works with NUT, the Freebsd Network UPS daemon. The device is not on the list of supported hardware so i am going to give it a try this weekend on a test box. I have lowered my bar for this device as it doesn't show the actual input voltage, which i wanted for my battery bank monitoring i was hoping to use this for..
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Here are some pictures of the Windows software versus their web interface:
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More pix of Windows interface–Battery Tab
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Windows Interface pix
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Windows Interface pix
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Web Interface Homepage pix
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Web Interface Email Tab pix
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Web Interface pix
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And just to be clear the above images are from the AUPS-B10 which is a bit larger at 100W.
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Well bad news. Neither Local UPS or remote UPS modes would work with this device and Network UPS Tools package.
In Remote UPS mode/NUTS status is showing but is Error:Stale Data. Soooo. 20 bucks for a battery backup with nice windows software. -
Remote windows tool is fairly useless for anything more than curiosity sake.
But I'm pretty used to running ups with no management at all, so its no big deal.
I like buying used batteryless APC ups from ebay, dropping in a new battery and then you get the pfsense management interface and OK ups cheap.Lithium is much better of course.
BTW - I couln't find one like your cheap.
Seems like they are usually fairly expensive.
