> According to the UPS-HOWTO, APC and TrippLite aren't Free-Software
> friendly. Anyone know if this is still true?

I think APC is talkin'.  Also there is a version of PowerChute for
Linux, native, if you want to use their software.

There is a Free "apcupsd" RPM that I use, which can use smart mode
to talk to an APC Smart-UPS.  I use several smart-UPS 700s, a couple
of smart-UPS 1400s, and a smart-UPS 3000 with the apcupsd.  I had
to write a set of action scripts to notify someone if there is a
problem.  (Actually I didn't write them, but I have worked on them
since they were written.)

I also have a few back-ups UPSes that I made my own cable for, which
I use with unipowerd.

Incidentally in my experience with apcupsd and a smart-UPS, when the
smart-UPS does a self-test a POWER FAILURE condition is triggered and
the apcupsd goes ballistic.  I added a check in my notification
script to see if the last event the UPS logged was a SELF TEST or
if it was something else.  This solved the false alarm problem, I
think.

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