From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 18 10:28:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA23610 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 10:28:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from aries.bbcc.ctc.edu (ARIES.BBCC.CTC.EDU [134.39.180.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA23589 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 10:28:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from chris@localhost) by aries.bbcc.ctc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA03625; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 10:10:31 -0800 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 0.3 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199601180633.JAA15198@dawn.ww.net> Reply-To: chris@aries.bbcc.ctc.edu Organization: Big Bend Community College Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 10:08:10 PST From: Chris Coleman To: Alexis Yushin Subject: Re: (fwd) Re: UPS Cc: dk+@ua.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Im collecting information on this subject. I have created a small home page on the UPS topic it is at 'http://www.bbcc.ctc.edu/APCFAQ.html' I have a few APC SmartUPS 600's I hope this helps Chris Coleman On 18-Jan-96 Alexis Yushin wrote: >>Once Dmitry Kohmanyuk wrote: >>As chuck@fang.cs.sunyit.edu wrote: >>> >>> I just ordered a APC Smart UP for my FreeBSD System (of course >>> this was through typical government channel so it may take awhile). I'd >>> be more than willing to help out on any group effort to develp something >>> for these UPS. I had intended on developping something on my own using >>> what J^vrg Wunsch had done but I'd much rather work with other people on >>> it. >> >>Feel free to use whatever you can find under >> >> ftp://ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de/pub/people/wunsch/smartups/ >> >>It should at least be a reference for what i have found out for the >>SmartUPSen. Maybe our company is also going to buy an UPS some day, >>this will be the point where i need it again. :-) > > I am currently on the work on the UPS daemon. I would like >this to be a generic one and almost succeeded. I am finished with >configuration and asyncronous port handling, and APC specific part. >I am working on event handling and then I'll be able to alpha test. > > I have reverse engeneered a lot of APC SmartUPS commands >but any additional info is greatly appreciated. I am thinking about >creating a mailing list for people who would like to joing this >project. Until then, please everybody who has anything on SmartUPS >or willing to help. Mail me! > > alexis > >P.S. The current sources are availble only from me directly with e-mail > upon request. The daemon will and is tollaly free, no charge, no > license. >-- > The more experienced you are the less people you can get advice from. Chris Coleman Chris@aries.bbcc.ctc.edu Computer Support Intern, Big Bend Community College http://www.bbcc.ctc.edu/hypertxt/yafda.html Lost in CyberSpace and Loving it.