A commenter recommends Eaton UPSs as a 'nicer' but more expensive alternative to APC for SCADA applications, noting they support network monitoring via SNMP.

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        "excerpt": "We are almost exclusively APC UPSs, older installs use the Dry Contact card landing on the main cabinet PLC which alarm through the usual routes, newer installs use NMC2/3 network cards which alarm via the PRTG UA server (which reads the card info via the APC UPS Health sensor) into the main Alarm screen",
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        "excerpt": "Cheap and works? APC with network management card\nLess cheap and works but a bit nicer? Eaton\n\n Both you can read into scada over the network via SNMP.\n\n For the exact model it will depend on what voltage etc you are supplying and need to run at.\n\n Assuming I’m understanding the request right",
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        "excerpt": "For 120 V equipment in an indoor rack, I’d price a CyberPower OR500LCDRM1U with the RMCARD205. The UPS is rated 500 VA / 300 W and gives a stated 12 minutes at half load, but only 3 minutes at full load. The card is what puts it on Ethernet with SNMP; budget for both. CyberPower’s listed MSRPs add up to about $679.\n\n VTScada has an SNMP driver, so you can poll the UPS for on-battery status, estima",
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        "excerpt": "Our waste water plant uses schnieder who own APC. Ours are big bastards that can run a cabinet with all the network equipment and plcs for a few hours. Even though we have redundant catapillar 3516 Gen sets. Because shit happens.",
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