PLEASE post them!  I am having Hell finding that info...

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From: "Doc Shipley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Benoy Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: APC Battery Backup


> While APC makes big whoopee (and great sales mileage) out of their
> "Linux-Compatible" UPS hardware & software, they forget to tell ya up
> front that that serial interface cable thingie is only good with NT or
> WinXXX. You gotta send 'em $35 or so & wait a month for the
> Linux-compatible part. And when I bought my SmartUPS & went through that,
> I tried to get them just to e-mail me the pinout (They sent me another
> Win-cable first) till the right cable, that I already paid for, got
> there. The lady at APC kept saying she coudn't do that; the hardware specs
> were "prioritized". She said "prioritized" about 4 times. So good luck.
>  Or I could give ya the pinouts, since I got no idea what
> "prioritized" hardware specs are....
>
> --
>  Doc Shipley
>    Network Stuff
>       Austin, Earth
>
> On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Benoy Alexander wrote:
>
> >
> > I just bought a APC Battery Backup that has a Comm Port which tells my
> > linux box to auto-shutdown.  I got the linux software from APC, but i
> > could never get the script/program to communicate through my serial
port.
> > I know the serial port works because i used to have my mouse on it.  Its
> > just my routing box, so i don't need a mouse.  Does anyone have any
ideas,
> > or ran into something like this before?
> >
> > Other Info:
> > I'm running Red Hat v6.0
> > also, I'm using that PowerChutePlus v4.5.2.1 package from APC
> >
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