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Subject: UPS daemon
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Is there anyone working on a generic UPS daemon?  I know someone is
working on one specifically for APC Smart UPS's, but this isn't usefull to
the majority of people.  We mostly have "non-smart", TrippLite's and APC
out there right?  Tripplite BC series, OmniPro series / APC BackUPS
series.

I would like to write a UPSd in C++, but I don't have enough knowledge of
serial programming yet.  Also, I would like some input about how the
FreeBSD startup, and shutdown events happen.  I am very familiar with the
SYSV style startup/shutdown as implemented in RedHat Linux, and how
sysvinit supports power event signals.  What is the corollary in BSD?  As
far as I'm concerned, I don't even want to have to mess with init.  I'd
like to do my own shutdowns, and cancelations?

-STEVEl