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- LANtastic Network Operating System v4.00 Compatibility Bulletin
- Product Reviewed: American Power Conversion Back-UPS series
- Classification: Un-interruptible Power Supplies
- Date: 02/21/92
- Engineer: JAG
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- Compatibility Statement
- The APC BackUPS and SmartUPS product lines are compatible with LANtastic
- NOS 4.xx and the LANtastic NOS 4.0 UPS monitoring utility (UPS.EXE). The
- BackUPS line includes APC product numbers BK400B, BK450, BK600, AP800,
- AP1200, BK400I, BK600I, AP800I, and AP1200I. The SmartUPS line includes
- APC product numbers AP400, AP600, AP900, AP1250, AP2000, AP400I,
- AP600I, AP900I, AP1250I, AP2000I.
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- Product Overview
- The BackUPS and SmartUPS products can be used in conjunction with
- LANtastic NOS 4.0's UPS.EXE (UPS monitoring utility), to safely shut-down a
- server during a power failure. APC provides a Serial Interface Kit (#940-0020)
- that provides the hardware interface to signal the UPS.EXE utility at the time
- of power loss, allowing the server program to safely shut down before the UPS is
- depleted. If utility power returns before the server shuts down, the UPS will
- signal the server again and the impending shut down will be canceled. See the
- LANtastic NOS 4.0 README.DOC file or the LANtastic 4.1 Upgrade Manual for
- a complete description of the UPS.EXE utility.
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- Product Installation Notes
- The UPS.EXE utility is automatically copied to the server's hard drive during
- the LANtastic installation procedure. Two basic steps are required to enable
- UPS monitoring on the server: (1) Connect the UPS to an available serial port on
- the server using the serial cable provided in APC's interface kit. (2) Modify
- the STARTNET.BAT (or other batch file that brings up the NOS) to include the UPS
- utility. For example, a batch file for a system using Artisoft's AE3 adapters
- and with the UPS serial cable attached to COM 1 would look like this:
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- aex
- ailanbio
- redir Host
- share
- server
- UPS
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- Vendor Information
- American Power Conversion, 132 Fairgrounds Road, PO Box 276, West
- Kingston, RI 02692 401/789-5735 or 800/541-8896 (voice), 401/789-3710 (fax)
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- ARTISOFT, Inc. Makes no warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this document. LANtastic is
- a trademark of ARTISOFT, Inc. Brand names, company names, and product names are trademarks or
- registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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