Subj : Converting Linux programs
To   : Bob Jones
From : Stephen Haffly
Date : Mon Aug 22 2005 06:10 pm

On (19 Aug 05) Bob Jones wrote to Stephen Haffly...

Hi Bob,

 BJ> EMX version of GCC has been around a while.

Yes.  I have used a number of programs that require the emx runtime.

 BJ> Console app vs background shouldn't matter.  What may cause havoc is
 BJ> the RS-232 serial port interface usage (or what ever your UPS is using
 BJ> to talk with the computer).  Unix and OS/2 com port interface is
 BJ> different at the upper level. I'm not sure if the EMX library for GCC
 BJ> completely handles this difference.

In this case, the UPS is connected to the Linux box (Fedora Core 4)
using USB.  I want OS/2 to get the information about the status via the
network and see that a power event (loss of power, restored power,
battery low) has taken place, and respond appropriately.  In this case,
the battery low would need to execute a clean shutdown.

 BJ> Have you checked the other UPS programs that have been mentioned to
 BJ> see if they would work for you?  Ah, based on other messages you have.

True.  I wrote, and got a reply from Armin Schwarz (Lone Peak
Automation), who made UPSMON.  He suggested seeing how apcupsd
communicates with the network, and then using REXX to call the shutdown
script if needed.  That might be the simplest way to do what I wanted.

Since even that is beyond my current capability, I took the wimpy way
out and retrieved an UPS (APC BackUPS Pro 280pnp) from another location,
and hooked it back up using the serial port.  I now have it running with
UPSMON again, and am satisfied that the system is protected, even though
the runtime is going to be much shorter.


Regards,

Stephen
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