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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news.uoregon.edu!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!uwm.edu!news.he.net!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!gizmo.nas.nasa.gov!truesdel From: truesdel@gizmo.nas.nasa.gov (David A. Truesdell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ups monitoring ... Date: 6 Dec 1996 02:36:00 GMT Organization: NAS/NASA Ames Research Center Lines: 30 Message-ID: <5880qg$dp0@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> References: <01bbe237$ae71e8c0$cfa22cc2@ghost> <32a71b41.3337367@news.us.world.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gizmo.nas.nasa.gov X-disclaimer: All opinions are mine, not my employers, though I often wish they were. X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #61 (NOV) michaele@mxim.com (Michael Enkelis) writes: >On 4 Dec 1996 23:05:00 GMT, "Grigory Lipich" ><gri@home.bitsoft.kiev.ua> wrote: >>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. > >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. Unless you are deadset on reverse engineering the SmartUPS command set yourself, I'd suggest checking out ftp://ftp.ww.net/pub/wildwind/upsd-1.1.tgz. Someone else has already done the hard work. I use upsd to manage my own SmartUPS. If memory serve's the APC BackUPS's signal their status by toggling control lines on the serial interface, so controlling it may be a bit trickier and more OS dependant. I don't know anything about how the Tripplite's are controlled. BTW: I've read that the command set of the SmartUPS VS's differs somewhat from that of the SmartUPS's. Someone was supposed to be working on making upsd work with them, but I don't know how much process has been made. -- T.T.F.N., Dave Truesdell truesdel@nas.nasa.gov/postmaster@nas.nasa.gov Wombat Wrestler/Software Packrat/Baby Wrangler/Newsmaster/Postmaster