site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Am 07.08.2007 um 04:27 schrieb Michael Smith: On Aug 6, 2007, at 10:19 AM, darwin-dev-request@lists.apple.com 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. Mike -- Mike Fischer Softwareentwicklung, EDV-Beratung Schulung, Vertrieb Note: I read this list in digest mode! Send me a private copy for faster responses. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... 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). This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com