Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 19:32:02 +0000 From: Thordur Ivarsson <totii@est.is> To: Calin Andrian <calin@ibd.dbio.ro> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: APC Back UPS monitor Message-ID: <34C3AA32.E3BB5A45@est.is> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980119165731.827A-100000@ibd.dbio.ro>
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Calin Andrian wrote: > > Hi ! > > I searched all over the place for a monitoring package for APC backups and > did not find any. Finally I wrote a small driver and a monitoring daemon, > with good results. > > I didn't use the sio driver because it seems (maybe I'm wrong) that once > you successfully open the tty port, both DTR and RTS go high, causing the > (dumb) backups to immediately shut down. > > My package monitors the line-fail status and shuts down the system and the > UPS if the line is out for more than you-name-it seconds. > > How could I make it public ? > (I mean if anybody is interested) > > Calin I have here UPS that is not using intelligent communications and would like to see what you have there, my ups sends only make or break signals and wants make or break signals to shut down, many of the APC needs serial stream for controlling and monitoring. My ups is from Fairstone. -- Þórður Ívarsson Thordur Ivarsson Rafeindavirki Electronic technician Norðurgötu 30 Nordurgotu 30 Box 309 Box 309 602 Akureyri 602 Akureyri Ísland Iceland --------------------------------------------- FreeBSD has good features, Some others are full of unwanted features! ---------------------------------------------
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