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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:14455 comp.os.linux.development:12552 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!umn.edu!newsdist.tc.umn.edu!uum1!newsserver!rhealey From: rhealey@sirius.aggregate.com (Rob Healey) Subject: Re: APC UPS owners or potential buyers, trying to show user base Sender: usenet@newsserver.aggregate.com (Usenet News Administrative Account) Message-ID: <CttA8L.LBy@newsserver.aggregate.com> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 1994 15:41:09 GMT References: <CtpoIA.JJH@newsserver.aggregate.com> <31ffcm$9l6@sndsu1.sinet.slb.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: sirius.aggregate.com Organization: Aggregate Computing, Inc. Minneapolis,MN Lines: 22 In article <31ffcm$9l6@sndsu1.sinet.slb.com>, <michael@starbase.neosoft.com> wrote: > >In article <CtpoIA.JJH@newsserver.aggregate.com>, >> The Smart-UPS's use some sort of dongle RS232 cable if I remember >> correctly, i.e. it's not a normal RS232 cable since it has extra >> components in it. Once you have one of those cables its some sort >> of 1 or 2 letter commands sort of thing to get info out of the >> UPS. > >Even if the pinouts are radically different from RS232 - making a new >cable is a trivial task -- you don't have to pay the vendor if you can >roll your own. > The emphasis is on the word DONGLE above. I just spoke with an old friend and there is a circuit board that is housed in one end of the cable that has misc. micro electronic parts on it. This could be RS232<->???? converters or some sort of dongle thing. In other words, it's more than just pin x to pin y sort of thing for the Smart UPS from APC. -Rob