Am I correct that the WS-2000 console does not have battery backup? That excludes it for me --
No battery? Really? I don't blame you, that would exclude it for me also. Isn't that supposed to be part of the purpose of having a wireless station; to not have to have it tethered to an outlet, or even an UPS?
I also rely on UPS for some of my equipment, but mainly I use them to guard against temporary dropouts/brownouts, and to ensure I have plenty of time to cleanly shut down my equipment in case of extended outages, after which I'll shutdown the UPS rather than letting them set there and fully drain and beep incessantly. I'm sure there are different types of UPS that may be more portable and not beep, or you could modify it to not beep, and a small one would probably power a console a long time. And there are people who are more concerned about having their data on the internet full time, when I'm more concerned about having data saved locally, which batteries and my datalogger handle.
But anyway I'm surprised a console for a wireless station wouldn't have a battery backup. If my original VP ever dies and I run out of spares for it, I guess I'll look somewhere other than Ambient.