Re: Integrating an external UPS system?
Re: Integrating an external UPS system?
- Subject: Re: Integrating an external UPS system?
- From: Mike Fischer <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 07:14:25 +0200
Am 07.08.2007 um 04:27 schrieb Michael Smith:
On Aug 6, 2007, at 10:19 AM, email@hidden wrote:
A customer of mine makes software for a number of UPS systems.
Currently this software is cross platform and is not integrated into
Darwin/Mac OS X at all. I was tasked to write an Mac OS X Installer
for them (to avoid the UNIX shell stuff they had on the Mac before).
So far so good.
I have recently become aware of the fact, that Darwin/Mac OS X seems
to have built-in support for UPS systems. But I couldn't find much
information on how to actually integrate a UPS with the OS. The
hardware usually comes with either USB or serial interfaces. The
later would generally be converted using a USB<->Serial adaptor.
If the UPS is USB class-compliant, it's my understanding that no
software support is required; MacOS will DTRT already.
Sounds good. Though I need to find out out the details of what "The
Right Thing" actually is. I gather their software does more than just
initiate an orderly shutdown.
If the software in question is providing support for UPS systems
that are not class-compliant, then you will probably want to talk
to DTS in order to contact the relevant Apple person directly.
Thanks for this advice. I'll have to get back with my client to find
out what the UPS systems they support can and can't do and what they
might want in terms of extra features (after I find out the details
of what the built-in stuff already does).
Mike
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