Re: APC UPS low battery network broadcast

["alanmiddleton74" <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the terminology - off to google with some new keywords as I
didn't realise it was snmp. Unfortunately with 'interesting ideas'
always seem to lead to weeks of searching to prove it can't be done :(

I'll let you know if I have any success.

Alan.

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)"
<haweste@a...> wrote:
> Alan,
>
> I would guess that you need to emulate the UPSs SNMP (Simple Network
> Management Protocol) message. However, I'm now out of my depth and
while
> I know "sort-of" what it is and does, anything further is
beyond me.
>
> Yours is a neat idea though and if you can make the SNMP messages
appear
> to come from different UPSs then you have control over a number of
PCs.
>
> HTH somewhat,
>
> Tim H.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: alanmiddleton74
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know of software that will 'pretend' to be an APC
> > UPS and broadcast a low battery warning over the network.
> >
> > I can find plenty of software that will respond; parachute
> > etc but can't seem to locate anything that will send out the
> > broadcast.
> >
> > Shame seems like a well supported way to remotely shutdown
> > network devices as opposed to just computers. Don't want to
> > go the x10 'pull the plug' route as I'd like to get an
> > orderly shutdown.
> >
> > Kind Regards
> >
> > Alan.