[HECnet] UPS driven OPC$CRASH?
Supratim Sanyal
supratim at riseup.net
Mon Jun 1 11:14:37 PDT 2020
> On Jun 1, 2020, at 1:49 PM, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- <system at tmesis.com> wrote:
>
> Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> writes:
>
>> APC offered software to detect power failure using their UPSes for VMS but it
>> was for the units that predate machines with USB support. Connection was via
>> serial port.
>
> I have a software product for APC UPSs that understands APC's so-called Smart
> protocol. It will work for any of the SmartUPS with a serial connector. The
> APC also had a mode where one of the serial signals would drop (essentially,
> DTR) when the UPS went on battery. Any UPS doing that signaling can easily
> be used to shutdown a VMS system using a $QIO monitoring the associated port
> on the system.
If the software’s license allows sharing for hobbyist use, I would like to have a copy if possible.
Thanks
Supratim
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