Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 15:05:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Webster <andrew@fortress.org> To: John Utz <jutz@atvideo.com> Cc: port-i386@netbsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: APC ups monitor? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960715150424.619N-100000@guardian.fortress.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.94.960715095732.2095A-100000@quad.ATVideo.com>
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On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, John Utz wrote: > Hi gang; <snip> > > 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. The folks at APC also sell the *spec* on the communication protocol used between the UPS and the PC. For $50 and a signed N.D.A., they will send you a book describing how it works. All you have to do is distribute the binaries of the S.W. and you are perfectly legit. Andrew Webster - andrew@pubnix.net - http://www.pubnix.net PubNIX Montreal - Connected to the world - Branche au monde 514-990-5911 - P.O. Box 147, Cote St-Luc, Quebec, H4V 2Y3
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