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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.development:18347 comp.os.linux.misc:28321 comp.os.386bsd.questions:14092 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3866 sci.electronics:82830 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!128.173.4.13!cmetz From: cmetz@inner.net (Craig Metz) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc,sci.electronics Subject: Re: APC SmartUPS series serial-port protocol anyone? Date: 30 Oct 1994 10:16:03 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <CMETZ.94Oct30051603@itchy.inner.net> References: <TAMSKY.94Oct29191638@avarice.ugcs.caltech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: scratchy.inner.net NNTP-Posting-User: nobody In-reply-to: tamsky@avarice.ugcs.caltech.edu's message of 30 Oct 1994 02:16:38 GMT In article <TAMSKY.94Oct29191638@avarice.ugcs.caltech.edu> tamsky@avarice.ugcs.caltech.edu (Marc Tamsky) writes: > I have a SmartUPS 600 from American Power Conversions (APC), it has > a serial port which provides for intelligent remote management. > > Does anyone have the protocol spec for how to talk to it? Yes, but APC isn't going to give it to you without an NDA. > Has anyone reverse-engineered the code or listened to their > proprietary PowerChute software talking to it? Unfortunately, they put this nasty little clause in their software license that you can't reverse-engineer anything. Of course. Given their consistent lack of caring about their current or potential users, I'd avoid APC like the plague. It's just not worth the hassle when other UPS manufacturers don't play childish games with their shutdown protocols. -Craig