RE: UPS & AS/400 talking to each other

["Phil" <sublime78ska@xxxxxxxxx>]

If the UPS manufacturer doesn't provide one, you can write your own. IBM
used to have a working example (in CL) in one of the manuals, which also
explains the system values and location of the port.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Bale, Dan
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:32 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: UPS & AS/400 talking to each other
>
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> Good call.  I checked out the back of our AS/400s here, and the J14
> port, a 9-pin, on the 9406-D60.  Someone had used a magic marker to
> print "UPS" with an arrow pointing to the port at some point in the
> past.
>
> Also, on our 9402-400, there was no J14 designation that I could see,
> but there was a clearly marked factory sticker with "UPS" on it just
> above the port.  (There was another 9-pin port with "MI" marked on the
> sticker above that; no idea what that is.)
>
> O.K., next question:  Is there software involved like I see in some
> Windows-based PC UPS's?
>
> Dan Bale
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> D.Bale@Handleman.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Wills, Mike N. (TC) [SMTP:MNWills@taylorcorp.com]
> > Sent:       Friday, September 21, 2001 5:09 PM
> > To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> > Subject:    RE: UPS & AS/400 talking to each other
> >
> > I believe you are looking for the J14 port, at least that is what we
> > used to
> > connect up our systems...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Langston [mailto:jlangston@celsinc.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 4:00 PM
> > To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: UPS & AS/400 talking to each other
> >
> >
> > There is a port on the AS/400 just for this purpose.  On the
> > box I had set up, it was mounted in the chassis itself, not on
> > one of the cards which is why I had never noticed it before.
> >
> > In fact, I had to pull out the scematic for the ports on the
> > AS/400 to figure out which one it was (there were 3 of them
> > I seem to recall, don't remember what the other 2 were 4).
> >
> > Your AS/400 has it, have fun finding it though <g>
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jim Langston
> >
> > Subject: RE: UPS & AS/400 talking to each other
> > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:05:59 -0400
> > From: "Bale, Dan" <D.Bale@handleman.com>
> > To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> > Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> >
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> > Exactly what does this cable hook up to on the AS/400?  Do you have to
> > order a special card?
> >
> > Dan Bale
> > IT - AS/400
> > Handleman Company
> > 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> > D.Bale@Handleman.com
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