The various APC models work with the appropriate version of UPSMon 
(free, on Hobbes). Tthe newer ones use USB, I think (and I don't know 
whether UPSMon can), but the older ones all use a COM port (but need a 
special cable that often comes with the unit).

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Alan


On 07/30/04 10:20 pm Tim Yoder put fingers to keyboard and launched the 
following message into cyberspace:

> Since the UPS thread has been going on for a while, I thought this
> might be a good time to ask for hardware recommendations.
> 
> Over the years, I've bought a couple of units from BEST, who used to
> provide interfaces to OS/2.  I was very pleased, but, alas, they seem
> to have gone out of business.
> 
> Any suggestions for something fairly decent in the 700 or 800VA range
> that handles power dips as well as spikes and that can be monitored
> by eCS?  (Hopefully with a COM port instead of a modem card, unless
> the modem can run off a USB port.)  I have Virtual PC running Windows
> 2000, so if worse came to worse, I guess W2K could be used to monitor
> and control the UPS ??  Or not?


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