Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 09:27:28 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> To: Serge Pashenkov <serge@jbj.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Uninterruptible power supply support Message-ID: <XFMail.980303092728.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> In-Reply-To: <199803030407.XAA27907@serge.jbj.org>
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What kind of UPS do you have? Look at /usr/ports/sysutils upsd and bkpupsd. Patrick On 03-Mar-98 Serge Pashenkov wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a piece of software to have my FreeBSD box shut down > if the power goes away. There is UPS box wich will keep the system up > for several minutes, and then it supposed to send a signal on RS232 > port, and the software should then do clean shut down. > > So far so good, but the problem is that I can not sense anything > intelligeble on the port, it looks more like line noise. The > manufacturer has of course the software for Windoze and no desire to > share the protocol. > > So, I wonder if it's a well-known thing and maybe somebody already did > in-depth investigation. > > Any and all suggestions and references are appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > serge > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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