26 Jan
2003
26 Jan
'03
7:53 a.m.
On Jan 26, 9:43, Jay West wrote:
>From a previous life, I have a perfectly fine
working UPS. The brand
says
"Inland - by ABI International". Model is
"Probackup5000", part number is
19500. It has a DB9 serial port on the back for interfacing with a host
to
notify it of loss of ac, impending shutdown, etc.
However, I don't have
the
software (for Windoze) that came with it.
I've googled for hours, and can't come up with anything on this exact
unit.
Would anyone happen to have windows software for it?
As a last resort,
how
standard is the DB9 pinout (IF I can find the pinout,
no luck there
either)... I'm wondering if I can use just about any UPS software for it.
Unlikely. However, it might be a standard serial port that you can hook a
terminal to, and see what happens. Other than that, I'd suggest a look at
the Network UPS Tools pages at http://www.exploits.org/nut/ I know it's
not Windows (though there's a client called WinNUT), but it will at least
give you an idea what to try and what to expect.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York