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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.development:18662 comp.os.linux.misc:28786 comp.os.386bsd.questions:14230 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3966 sci.electronics:83267 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc,sci.electronics Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!eff!wariat.org!kf8nh!bsa From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery) Subject: Re: APC SmartUPS series serial-port protocol anyone? Message-ID: <1994Oct31.024430.15374@kf8nh.wariat.org> Organization: Brandon's Linux box and AmPR node, Mentor, OH Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 02:44:30 GMT References: <TAMSKY.94Oct29191638@avarice.ugcs.caltech.edu> <CMETZ.94Oct30051603@itchy.inner.net> <391eg6$k9d@lace.colorado.edu> Lines: 23 In article <391eg6$k9d@lace.colorado.edu>, vilhuber@yomama.com (Jan Vilhuber) says: +--------------- | Craig Metz (cmetz@inner.net) wrote: | : 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. | | Wrong. +------------->8 They'll *all* give you the trivial spec for "power lost" signals. It's the full spec that you can't pry out of anyone except Best and Upsonic, by all reports; I tried to get Deltec's smart mode specs but failed. ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH [44.70.4.88] bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org Linux development: iBCS2, JNOS, MH ~\U Hatred is NOT a family value. Earth to Rothenberg, come in....