RE: UPS signals via TCP/IP

If you write a UPS program (there are plenty of examples including the white
manuals), a single AS400 can request the other systems to shutdown.

By way of example you could:
runrmtcmd to IP systems to shutdown
(& sbmrmtcmd to AS400 systems over ddmf to pwrdwnsys *cntrld)
power itself down

Obviously you would want a more formal shutdown such as letting the users
sign off asap, and the model UPS programs usually do this.

What I would like to know is whether UPS serial port signals follow a
standard across manufacturers?

Brendan


> > >The reason comes from our need to change the UPS for our 4
> AS/400 systems
> > >and several servers. For now, even if all the AS/400s are on
> the UPS, only
> > >one has the serial link and the procedure to interpret its
> signals for a
> > >smart shutdown.

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