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From: ciaran@phoenix.aldhfn.org (Skip Watson)
Subject: Re: smartUPS
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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 20:44:14 GMT

Ralph Hughes (rhughes2@bdm.com) wrote:
: In article <Dv7IL7.EHy@kraken.aldhfn.org>, ciaran@phoenix.aldhfn.org says...
: >
: >        Some time ago there was package called smartUPS for FreeBSD. It
: >was for the APC UPSes. Anyone know what ever happened to it? I have APC
: >UPSes and it would come in handy for shutting things down during power
: >failures. 
: >
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: I posted a similar query a week or so ago.  I was pointed to the 
: following URL.
: 	ftp://ftp.ww.net/pub/wildwind/upsd-1.1.tgz
: This site also has a newer release of the software, 2.1 I think.
: Alas, this code seems to work only with SmartUPS units, not with
: BackUPS units (which is what I have)
: Maybe it will be of some use to you.

	It's exactly what I'm looking for. Out UPSes are all SmartUPS ;-).

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