There's an OpenSource reporting mechanism floating around for all APC 
modules with PowerChute capability - I'm fairly certain that all you need 
is the Apc Serial Comm cable (which looks like but isn't a standard 9pin 
cable) and that software package.

We had a Matrix that lost its cable, and I simply called to get another 
and they sent it (no cost). The PowerChute package we saw was in a linux 
dist, but I'm pretty certain that I've also seen how to set it up under 
bsd.

FWIW,

Drew

it appears that around 5/11/99 6:49 PM, David Wetzel said:

>Hi,
>
>I may buy a APC rack mount UPS. But how can I get information about the  
>battery/status from a NetBSD/i386 computer? If I remember right, the SNMP  
>module is optional and not cheap.
>
>Any hints?