RE: APC Smart UPS 1400 cable

["Paul" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

mmm... a possibility.



I have the following connected to the UPS:



W2K Server - Exchange 2000, IIS - UPS serial port connected to this
currently

W2K Server - ISA Server, Satellite BB connection

Mandrake Linux Server - Apache, zoneminder etc



For a software shutdown solution, I will obviously also need to connect my
switch to the UPS as well and software that works on Windows and Linux
boxes???

Paul.



-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Causier [mailto:LeeCausier@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 July 2003 11:19
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] APC Smart UPS 1400 cable



Whilst I haven't got round to doing it (as my sparc box that is hooked
up to the UPS serial port isn't fully set up yet) yet, I gather that
under Linux, apcupsd can send signals to daemons running on other
machines, but I dont know if it uses the same protocol as the UPS'
notwork interface card, so I'm not sure whether it would work with
PowerChute.

One possibility (I'm not versed fully in electronics so dont quote me on
this) would be if you're using the simple signalling cable to connect
more endpoints to it as it's relay operated iirc.

Just a few thoughts... I'll probably have samething more sane to tell
you later... when I've woken up properly, that is.

Lee Causier.

On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 10:30, wayne wrote:
> Hiya!
> Just to jump in here, if you want powerchute to run on and shutdown a
2nd
> server/workstation you will need a dedicated connection to that ups.
>
> To get this, you need an interface expander plugged into the ups
(theres a
> black blanking cover on the back - it goes in there). Theres two types
you
> can get - one with basic ports the other with smart ports.
>
> The serial port that is built into the ups is a 'smart' port and can
send
> all sorts of data to the pc connected to it, the basic ports just send
> 'power fail, battery low' type info - still enough for powerchute to
work
> from.
>
> If you need any more than 3, then you can get somthing called a
ShareUps -
> this plugs into your ups serial port and gives 8 ports.
>
> Oh - just as an 'extra', the new ups's are coming out with USB ports
on the
> back too, this can be used instead of the smart serial port. APC dont
> support using both - its either one or the other...
>
> Take a look http://www.apcc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=60
<http://www.apcc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=60&tab=models>
&tab=models
>
> Off from 'doing it in hardware', you can run batch files at various
points
> through the power fail events (depending on what version of
powerchute) so
> you could try sending remote shutdown commands in a batch file to shut
down
> the other pcs (wnt /w2k?) - never tried this approch myself but cant
see why
> it wouldnt work.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Wayne.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul" <groups@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 9:33 AM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] APC Smart UPS 1400 cable
>
>
> Lee,
>
> Do you have more than one PC connected to your UPS? I'm using the
PowerChute
> software but can't work out how to signal to more than one server to
shut
> down. If I run the installer for the APC agent on the second PC, it
asks for
> connection info to the UPS (which it doesn't have).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
>
>
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