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Date:      Sun, 22 Nov 1998 22:38:25 -0500
From:      "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>
To:        "cjclark@home.com" <cjclark@home.com>, "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: upsd and Serial Ports
Message-ID:  <199811230340.WAA19085@laker.net>

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On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 15:04:27 -0500 (EST), Crist J. Clark wrote:

>I've set up a mail server at work running FreeBSD 2.2.7. We put the
>ol' Pentium on a UPS (APC Smart-UPS 420). The 'upsd' port in the ports
>collection seems just the thing to keep the computer informed on what
>is going on with the UPS. However, one of the 'To-do' items in the
>upsd distribution is to write the manpage. :/
>
>I crossed my fingers and just started the upsd at the command line (as
>root, and yes, the serial line from the UPS goes into the mail server
>PC), but it complains it can't get the UPS into 'smart mode.' I've
>just had enough time to look over the upsd source to realize it will
>take me a lot longer to figure out what the heck is going on
>there. Similarly, a look over 'etc/rc.serial' did not prove too
>enlightening in attempting to figure out how the upsd process and UPS
>can get together and work this out.
>
>I look over recent traffic on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc on DejaNews
>did not prove too helpful. Can anyone here provide some aid in getting
>this up and going...
>
>...Perhaps some kind soul could even consider writing a proper manpage
>for the sake of posterity.
>-- 
>Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com
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The only info I've seen is at:
http://www.exploits.org/~rkroll/ups.html

and is in regards to Linux, but may be helpful.  


Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes.



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