Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 09:55:00 -0700 (PDT) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Alex Weeks <Alex_Weeks@capitalland.com>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Best Checkups (UPS) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971020095146.5879A-100000@harlie.bfd.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971020093811.2370E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Doug White wrote:
> > The basic version for BSD (checkups.bsd) once renamed to checkups.c,
> > compiles with one warning with the command "cc checkups.c -lcompat" on my
> > 2.2.2 system, though I haven't actually tried running it yet. The
> > comments say that it works for SunOS/Solaris.
>
> Is there any copyright in the file?
/***************************************************************************/
/*
checkups.c Version 1.2(c) 1995 Best Power Technology, Inc.
This program is designed to monitor the status contacts of a
Best Power Technology UPS and schedule a controlled
automatic Operating System shutdown in case of an extended
power failure.
This program is for a SunOS/Solaris system
This software contains proprietary information of Micro Controls Int'l
and should be treated as confidential. Any use other than that intended
for in part, whole or concept is strictly prohibited.
This revision makes use of a bestsend script file to broadcast messages
to users. Also all files installed and created by the program are kept
in /etc/best/ for ease of installation and uninstall. Max Cutoff time
has been increased to 99 for use with the longer runtimes of the UNITY/I
Series 300. UPS shutdown and Alarm Monitoring does not exist in this
version.
Developed by: Best Power Technology, Inc.
and Micro Controls Int'l
All rights reserved
*/
/***************************************************************************/
I guess it all depends on how you interpret "Any use other than that
intended for.."
> I don't know why UPS manufacturers are so touchy about their control
> protocol. Anyone with a line monitor and the software can hack the
> protocol in a matter of minutes. If they got together and defined a
> standard protocol, it'd take a lot of the mystery out of UPS control.
True, though actually Best is better than most (that reads funny). At
least they give you source, and I *THINK* they've documented their
protocol somewhere.
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