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From: duane@schizo.samsung.com
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Subject: Re: UPS Monitoring Software
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 14 Nov 89 22:14:52 GMT
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In article <2980@brazos.Rice.edu>, drew@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (R. D. Davis) writes:
> In article <2749@brazos.Rice.edu> earth!heath@sunkist.west.sun.com
> (Frank Heath) writes:
> >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 183, message 10 of 13
> > [...]  In the Novell word there are UPSs that can tell an attached
> > unit that they are in operation and that x amount of time is left. [...]
> >Are there similair capabilities in the Unix/SunOS world?
> 
> "Yes" for the Unix world and "probably" for the SunOS world.
> When I was shopping for a UPS, I noted that some vendors have RS232
> interfaces on their UPS units.  So, it would be relatively straightforward
> to have a routine on Sun that polls the UPS to note the UPS's status.
> 
> Drew

Best Power Technologies carries a complete line of on-line UPS's for all
sorts of equipment. They have an RS-232 port and Sun software that does
all of this quite nicely. We are about to buy one of their big ones for
our machine room, and drive it from our Sun-3/260.  They make units from
about 500 VA to 15KVA (we are looking at the 10 or 15 KVA for several
large machines). The batteries provide about 20 minutes of power, and talk
with the software through the whole cycle to sync and shut down when
appropriate. The prices are very reasonable ($14K for the 15KVA unit).

	Best Power Technologies
	P.O. Box 280
	Necedah, WI  54646
	800-356-5794

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