[hobbit] resend: 2 questions

[Jeff Newman]

Well, the first step is getting hobbit to recognize and act upon a
third color (be it brown or orange)

I'm not a good enough coder to do this.

-Jeff


On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:15 AM, McDonald, Dan
<Dan.McDonald at austinenergy.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 06:22 -0400, michael nemeth wrote:
>> Yes you're right IT does hit the fan then.
>>
>> Gary Baluha wrote:
>> > I say the color should be brown, then...
>
> Brown and orange are the same hue, just different intensities :-)
>
> But I would also like a "hey it's really, really bad" notification.  We
> page when there is 30 minutes left on a UPS.  I'd like to page again
> when there is 5 minutes left (and it's not always 25 minutes later...)
>
> Another instance is that we page when it is over 80 degrees F in a comm
> room.  I'd like to page again when it gets to 100...
>
> I know I could write additional tests and have columns for both upsmin
> and upsfailimminent, but a third threshold would be easier to
> maintain...
>
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Jeff Newman
>> > <jeffnewman75 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >         Right. I think the concept is
>> >
>> >         Level 1: "warning everyone, something bad could happen, or
>> >         might not,
>> >         may want to look"
>> >                          - Yellow
>> >         Level 2: "Hey look, it was just a warning before, but now,
>> >         it's bad
>> >         and service might
>> >                      be interrupted unless you take action, this is
>> >         your last
>> >         chance buddy!"
>> >                          - Red
>> >         Level 3: "I've told you repeatedly, and now look whats
>> >         happened! You've reached
>> >                     super critical orange level! That means within
>> >         minutes
>> >         your service will be dead.
>> >                     run for the hills, the sky is falling, the phone
>> >         is about
>> >         to ring non-stop"
>> >                          - Orange
>> >
>> >         i think 3 levels makes sense for some specific applications.
>> >
>
>>
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