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Date:      Thu, 15 Nov 2001 07:03:30 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        "Patrick O'Reilly" <patrick@mip.co.za>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: APC backup -UPS howto install.
Message-ID:  <15347.48418.851272.476472@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <98317090@toto.iv>

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Patrick O'Reilly <patrick@mip.co.za> types:
> If I may piggy-back on this thread :)
> 
> I need to run UPS daemons on more than one box, but the UPS is connected by
> serial cable to one box only.  The info from "make search key=ups", along
> with a little more digging, reveals that 'nut' is probably the only one of
> these ports that will enable one box to listen to the UPS via the serial
> port, and then broadcast the UPS status info over TCP/IP for other boxes to
> listen and respond to.
> 
> Does anyone else have this setup running?

Yes. It hasn't been seriously tested yet, as power hasn't gone out
long enough to force a shutdown.

	<mike
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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>			http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
Q: How do you make the gods laugh?		A: Tell them your plans.

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