Electric grid or UPS

[Fullerene]

Please suggest what is the best way in AUTOIT! to find out if the computer currently works using electric grid or batteries (UPS device) ? I think there is some WINDOWS function responsible for such information but I didn't find anything in the help file.

Thanks a lot!

[KaFu]

Maybe this gives you a start, found it in this thread.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372715%28VS.85%29.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/OSEvents.aspx?fid=1528689

[Fullerene]

Maybe this gives you a start, found it in this thread.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372715%28VS.85%29.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/OSEvents.aspx?fid=1528689

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373232(VS.85).aspx :

It seems ACLineStatus variable is what I need. The only question is how to incorporate this in my AUTOIT! script.

[jvanegmond]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373232(VS.85).aspx :

It seems ACLineStatus variable is what I need. The only question is how to incorporate this in my AUTOIT! script.

Through this function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372693(VS.85).aspx

[Yashied]

Maybe this will help you.

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=89539

Edited December 28, 2009 by Yashied

[Fullerene]

I'm a complete novice. Could you please show how to use this function

BOOL WINAPI GetSystemPowerStatus(

__out LPSYSTEM_POWER_STATUS lpSystemPowerStatus

);

using DllCall function in AUTOIT.

I start with

DllCall("kernel32.dll", "int", "GetSystemPowerStatus" ....)

How to work with lpSystemPowerStatus?

Thanks a lot!

[Juvigy]

This will work for laptops - if they are on AC or DC , but how you can find if your desctop is on GRID or UPS power would be very tricky if impossible to check with AUTOIT.

[Fullerene]

This will work for laptops - if they are on AC or DC , but how you can find if your desctop is on GRID or UPS power would be very tricky if impossible to check with AUTOIT.

It would be a pity if no way exists. The main task is to manage UPS which is connected to the computer through USB. Is it possible with AUTOIT?

P.S. The examples with the laptop battery were very useful to see anyway.

Edited December 28, 2009 by Fullerene

[Jos]

It would be a pity if no way exists. The main task is to manage UPS which is connected to the computer through USB. Is it possible with AUTOIT?

P.S. The examples with the laptop battery were very useful to see anyway.

This will depend on the supplier's USB driver whether that has any means of interfacing since it isn't an internal battery.

Assume you also installed some software from the UPS supplier which can check the status of the UPS device attached?

Edited December 28, 2009 by Jos

[Fullerene]

This will depend on the supplier's USB driver whether that has any means of interfacing since it isn't an internal battery.

Assume you also installed some software from the UPS supplier which can check the status of the UPS device attached?

Yeah... You're right.