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As I remember there was (once upon a time) an option in APC UPS software to boot the computer upon power restore...I'll look into that but maybe my memory fails me. In addition (and IMO)...no harm done if the POE switch and (therefore the cameras) loose power suddenly as they will boot back up when power is restored and the POE switch comes back online. However, as we all know, sudden power loss to a PC has the potential to damage a disk or the OS installation.Any decent UPS has a USB cable and software you can run on a PC to have the PC shut down automatically after a power outage. However this won't shut off the network gear and the cameras, so the UPS will still go dead in a long outage. I haven't found a UPS yet that can make a computer turn back on. Most PCs have a feature that can be enabled in the BIOS to make the computer turn on automatically after power is lost and then restored, but this only works if the PC actually loses power. If it got shut down because the UPS told it to, it won't come back on.