Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:07:48 -0700 (PDT) From: John Utz <jutz@atvideo.com> To: port-i386@netbsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: APC ups monitor? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.94.960715095732.2095A-100000@quad.ATVideo.com>
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Hi gang; The fileserver that i mentioned in my last missive has been undergoing massive spontaneous reboots periodically for some time now ( thus, the unwarranted obssesions with NT on the part of 92% of the staff ) we popped a ups on the thing, and it helped matters *alot* ( redmond washington is going thru a major industrial growth spurt, and we are in a low budget industrial park ). In spite of buying the ups, the systems failures have started again ( yes, it may be a hardware problem, but it is the server, and before i go into partswap mode, i would like to see if we are still getting glitched ). The folks at APC *sell* monitor software for there ups. Has anybody had any experience hacking up a perlscript ( or whatever ) that visits the serial port and listens to what the ups has to say? The APC-ups software only comes for NT, AS/400, vines, netware, etc, so buying the software is out of the question. it would be nice to get something smart enuf to halt the machine, but i would be ecstatic just to get something that announces a power glitch, so i can log the dang thing. thanks! john
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