Date: Thu, 29 Jun 95 00:18:32 EDT From: jleppek@suw2k.ess.harris.com (James Leppek) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, xxnguyen@utacnvx.uta.edu Subject: Re: APC Backups 400 && ups daemon Message-ID: <9506290418.AA04415@borg.ess.harris.com>
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If you wire the status line to the DSR (RS232 pin 6) then this should
work:
fd=open("device_name", O_RDONLY,0);
get status with
int tty_status;
ioctl(fd, TIOCMGET, &tty_status);
check it with
if(tty_status & TIOCM_DSR)
bla bla bla
loop as you see fit, but I would put a sleep(1) in there somewhere
also some of those UPS signals are open collector
on the APC models I think pin 4 is common, pin 2 is line fail RS232
pin 3 is open collector line fail, pin 5 low battery open collector
as with any "wiring" activity proceed at your own risk :-)
Jim
> From owner-freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Wed Jun 28 23:40:47 1995
> From: "Mr. TR Nguyen" <xxnguyen@utacnvx.uta.edu>
> Subject: APC Backups 400 && ups daemon
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (freebsd-questions)
> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 95 21:42:48 CDT
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> Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.ORG
>
>
> I think hackers would be a more appropriate forum, but it's kind
> of swamped for the time being. Anyways, I have an A.P.C. Back-UPS 400
> with a serial connection to my FreeBSD 2.0.5R's comm port 3.
>
> I've unsuccessfully tried to write a simple program to read a single
> byte from this port (/dev/tty02) and check whether or not the "POWER-FAIL"
> bit has been raised (pin #4, according to the Owner's Manual)
>
> Here's what the simplistic logic looks like:
> open() "/dev/tty2" # comm 3
> LOOP FOREVER:
> read() a single byte
> check to see if bit #4 has been set
> .....
> END LOOP
>
>
> Anyone with examples/tips to share with this stumped-abuser?
>
> Thankx so much,
> TR Nguyen
>
>
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