Re: UPS software compatibility

[Mark Zimmerman <markzimm@rmi.net>]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 10:43:07AM -0600, Ron Stordahl wrote:
> I am considering buying a Tripp Lite OmniSmart 450PNP.  They claim that
> their PowerAltert V10.1.9 software supports Linux, however I would be much
> more confortable if I knew for sure that it worked, and ideally was open
> source.
> 
> It uses a DB9 cable to talk to the system, perhaps someone knows if there is
> a package in Debian already which will do the job?
> 
> Ron

I am using powstatd (debian package on potato) with a Tripp Lite
Internet Office 500. It works fine and is configurable to work with
different UPSes. I was never successful in getting the PowerAlert
software to run, though.

-- Mark