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From: michaele@mxim.com (Michael Enkelis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ups monitoring ...
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 19:09:25 GMT
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On 4 Dec 1996 23:05:00 GMT, "Grigory Lipich"
<gri@home.bitsoft.kiev.ua> wrote:

>Hi!
>
>I am looking for some tool, which will allow me to
>monitor the status of ups via serial port.
>
>I have APC Back Pro and Tripplite Omni Pro models.
>
>Thanks.
>

I don't think we will be seeing anything real fancy for the APC
product.  I have the SmartUPS model, and after talking to
APC about it's command set.  A user can "license" the
document for $50.00 and signing a non-disclosure form,
which would limit including it as source code in FreeBSD.
I did find the RS-232 pin-outs on the APC fax-back system
and Microsoft has a older version of the APC monitor program
located in Windows-95 download directory at MSN.COM which
i grabbed and installed on my Win-95 system.  I then made a "Y"
cable to my FreeBSD system and proceded to have FreeBSD
log all serial port traffic to/from the UPS.  I expect to reverse
engeener the command set perty soon, and maybe then release
it to the FreeBSD group.  If anybody wants to help with this i would
like to hear from you.