7. Setting up your UPS Different connection types (Top web site)
7. Setting up your UPS Different connection types are available: Local printer. A printer directly connected to a parallel or USB port on your computer. In most cases, the printer model will be auto-detected. Printer on remote lpd server. A printer already served by another machine on a lpd server. Network printer (TCP/socket). A printer directly connected to your local network. The network can be scanned and printer models automatically detected provided the Printer auto-detection box is checked. Printer on SMB/Windows 95/98/NT server. Relevant for printers already connected to a computer running an OS which serves printers with the SMB protocol, including Samba printers (the necessary Samba components will be automatically installed in this case). The network can be scanned provided the Printer auto-detection box is checked. Enter a printer device URI. This option allows you to directly enter the printer’s Universal Resource Identifier (URI) on your network. It can be used for any of the above remote connections, and more. This is useful when your system administrator provides you with the printer’s URI. Click on the Modify timeout for network printer auto-detection button to change the default timeout (4000 milliseconds, or 4 seconds) for detection of networked printers. Please bear in mind that the bigger the timeout, the better the chances of detecting remote printers. However the auto-detection process will also take more time. 7. Setting up your UPS The role of a UPS (Uninterruptable Power System) is to provide you with electrical power whatever happens. A UPS enables you to continue working for a certain amount of time due to its battery (usually up to 10 minutes depending on the model) even if there’s a power outage in your area. Its main function, however, is to allow you to save your data and to cleanly close your machine, minimizing and even avoiding data corruption and loss. Open the Mandriva Linux Control Center in the hardware section and click on Set up a UPS for power monitoring to launch DrakUPS.