that shows you how long ago i looked at this. i had a upas with a db-9 serial connector.
- erik Skip Tavakkolian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes | | > i believe that apc power supplies have a serial connection and | > should be able to cycle the power. it's been a while on those. | | I was going to suggest a similar approach. I use a couple of | Tripp-Lite UPS's that have a USB interface (6 outlets, i think ~70$). | I started to look into this but never finished. I downloaded their | GNU licensed server and client for Linux. Besides sending alerts, the | UPS apparently can accept commands for shutting it off, rebooting it, | and shutting receptacles on/off.
