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From: dmw@prism1.prism1.com (David Wright)
Subject: Re: APC UPS owners or potential buyers, trying to show user base
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>>>>> "CM" == Craig Metz <cmetz@thor.tjhsst.edu> writes:

  CM> 	Also, if anyone has had experiences with other manufaturers of
  CM> smart UPS units trying to get programming/driver information from them,
  CM> please let me know. If APC doesn't change their line, I want to know who
  CM> *does* do things in the open -- that'll be who gets my business.

	B.E.S.T. Power Technologies is completely open about their specs. You
talk to their UPS's with "plain english" commands, and they provide more
concise "encoded" results for use by user-supplied programs (the format of
the encoded results is in the manuals).

							Dave
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