> The problem is that APC likes to make money off of their "Power-Chute"
> software, and they require an NDA (or worse) to get a peek at the 
> interactive UPS codes.

  All right.  Is there a NetBSD PowerChute version ?

  I have already started working on my version of upsd.  In case of
line fail it'll shutdown after a configured time, restarting if line
gets good again.  It was pratically full rewritten based on the source
of reboot(8).  Note that it have made the choice for not calling an
external program to diminish (maybe eliminate ?) some race conditions.
It will be written in such a way that allow using different UPS/Cables,
with all info configured in a /etc/upsd.conf file.

  I'll do the job anyway, but if there was a version of PowerChute for
NetBSD it would be nice, since it create logs for line voltage,
brownouts, internal temperature and autotests.  Surely, it's worth
the money (US$ 100 last time I've seen, NetWare version) if you have
a production server operating.

					Jonny

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