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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!mail_gw.fwall.telecom.com.au!cdn_news.telecom.com.au!sjg From: sjg@dn.itg.telecom.com.au (Simon J. Gerraty) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: UPS recommendations for BSD systems Date: 22 Dec 95 05:06:21 GMT Organization: Telstra Lines: 20 Message-ID: <sjg.819608781@netboss> References: <4an40p$bvs@morgoth.sfu.ca> <4anaum$ajk@moon.igcom.net> <4as8nm$9hi@nike.volvo.se> <4aschh$7h8@mark.ucdavis.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.136.48.60 fzshenau@boris.ucdavis.edu (Gregory Shenaut) writes: >peter hakanson (peter@cyklop.volvo.se) wrote: >: All that is needed is a script that opens that port, >: waiting for carrier to be 'true' >Apparently, at least for the APS UPSs, you can get much >more information and control than this, although at least >for me it hasn't mattered that I do not have it. If in fact you mean APC UPS's check out URL: ftp://ftp.quick.com.au/pub/unix/apcmon.shar.Z which provides monitoring of APC Smart UPS's - though you do need the special cable that they sell. -- Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@telstra.com.au> #include <disclaimer> /* imagine something _very_ witty here */