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Date:      Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:22:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Kenneth Merry <ken@ulc199.residence.gatech.edu>
To:        alexis@dawn.ww.net (Alexis Yushin)
Cc:        gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: APC ups monitor?
Message-ID:  <199607161322.JAA24061@ulc199.residence.gatech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199607160550.JAA00527@dawn.ww.net> from Alexis Yushin at "Jul 16, 96 09:50:04 am"

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> In article <4sfa0t$dk@sunset.ww.net> you wrote:
> [...]
> > Ok, I'll bite.  Anybody have upsd(-like) code that talks to a Best?
> > I've got a couple of the Fortress 660s, and would love to get info from
> > them.
> 
> 	Well, we would be interested in adding BEST ups model into our
> upsd which is already an official 'port' in FreeBSD. You may wish to
> grab the sources ftp://ftp.ww.net/pub/wildwind/upsd/upsd-2.0.1.5.tgz an
> add your model. There is no README file yet (shame on me indeed) but the
> design is pretty simple and clear, I believe.

	IIRC, BEST has the source code to their own UPS daemon on their web
site.  (http://www.bestpower.com)  I downloaded it a few months ago, and I
was able to compile it with a few modifications under -stable.  (I doubt it
would be any different for -current.)
	The code looked sorta SysVish, but it seemed to run.  I never did
get it to talk to my UPS, though, 'cause I think you need a special cable
to talk to the UPS.  I tried both a 'normal' serial cable, and a null
serial cable.
	Their web site seems to be down at the moment, so I can't verify
that the source code to their UPS daemon is still there.  If anyone wants
the source, I can put it up for ftp tonight when I get home.  (assuming
there aren't any restrictions on redistribution, etc.)


Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@ulc199.residence.gatech.edu
Disclaimer:  I don't speak for GTRI, GT, or Elvis.



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