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Date:      Tue, 1 Apr 1997 01:42:20 -0800 (PST)
From:      Don Wilde <don@PartsNow.com>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: UPSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970401013059.2697A-100000@cerberus>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970331025922.397U-100000@localhost>

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Having also evaluated Linux, I pull this from their UPS How-To:

male DB9 (UPS)		fem DB9 (UNIX)
1 CD			7 RTS
2 RD			1 CD
9 RING			5 SGND

This is apparently how the APC cable is wired, although the same author 
says it would be better (due to the power-up initialization of the UART) 
to use TX (computer pin 3) rather than RTS (pin 7). Haven't had a chance 
to DO it, but it's on the list. I spend too much time reading mail!

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   V_=_=_DW ===--- Don Wilde [ don@PartsNow.com ]
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On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Doug White wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Paul T. Root wrote:
> 
> > I grabbed upsd (for my APC Smart-ups 700) and it compiled fine. But the
> > documentation is lacking to say the least. 
> > 
> > What type of cable do I use? I tried copying a cable I had for APC
> > software on a sparc. Should I use a null-modem? or a straight through.
> 
> It's a special APC cable. The pinout is proprietary.
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
> 
> 



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