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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.development:12951 comp.unix.bsd:14517 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!paladin.american.edu!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!news.hal.COM!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!kodela From: kodela@netcom.com (Sridhar Kodela) Subject: Re: APC UPS owners or potential buyers, trying to show user base Message-ID: <kodelaCtwvw4.BC8@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.unix.bsd Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <316bjc$hlh@thor.tjhsst.edu> <317k55$kq3@news.halcyon.com> <JOHNSONM.94Jul28233853@calypso-2.oit.unc.edu> <CtpoIA.JJH@newsserver.aggregate.com> <1994Aug01.213803.22942@unisup1.mpd.co.za> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 14:21:40 GMT Lines: 51 : Ahem.. Well. umm.. the Smart-ups cable is just a 3 wire cable with pins : 2 4 and 7 (I think ... could be wrong). The PC doesn't communicate : with the UPS - only the UPS sends data to the PC (thus no receive : pin on the UPS) and a pin for power-fail detection, and a ground :-) Hi aris, there is another breed of programs mainly SNMP agents that talk to the UPS. They can receive the messages sent by the UPS (we call them unsolicited messages or alarms.) as well as sending commands to the UPS. These commands are mainly to get the data out and some control commands. On the UPS i am writing the SNMP agent for the RS-232 pin connection is given like this. Quote start: RS-232 Mode RS-232 pin connections are as follows: pin1 receive data pin2 Transmit data pin9 signal groud Quote end: As far as detecting the power failure it sends a special character on to the com port. The agent reads this and figures out. There are bunch of characters which have special meaning. I beleive the cable is a modified DB9-DB9. A straight DB9 won't work. We rigged it up to their req. cheers sridhar kodela@netcom.com sorry for any typos : > The UNIXware software is SCO version too, I don't think they have : > a specific version for any other OS. : They have for DOS/NT/Netware too. I believe they also have for some of : the larger UNIXes i.e. HP/UX and AIX. I don't see why you couldn't : use the SCO version on Linux if you were using the iBCS2 code which : allows you to run SCO (COFF) binaries. : Aris : -- : Aris Stathakis Tel: +27 11 887 1040 Snail Mail: : SCO ACE / Novell CNE Fax: +27 11 887 5158 P.O. Box 781228 : M&PD (Pty) Ltd. Fax: +27 11 887 5158 Sandton, 2146 : E-Mail: aris@mpd.co.za Cell:+27 83 601 0206 R.S.A.