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- LANtastic Network Operating System v4.00 Compatibility Testing Report
- Product Reviewed: American Power Conversion Back-UPS series
- Classification: Un-interruptible Power Supplies
- Date: 11/21/91
- Engineer: J Gerring
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- Compatibility Statement
- The APC Back-UPS product line is compatible with LANtastic NOS 4.xx and the
- LANtastic NOS 4.0 UPS monitoring utility (UPS.EXE). The Back-UPS line
- includes APC product numbers BK400B BK450, BK600, AP800, AP1200,
- BK400I, BK600I, AP800I, and AP1200I.
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- Product Overview
- The Back-UPS 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 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 with 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, after modification, a batch file for a system using
- Artisoft's AE3 adapters would look like this:
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- aex
- ailanbio
- redir Host
- share
- server
- UPS
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- See the README.DOC file for information on customizing the UPS.EXE utility.
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- Compatibility Notes
- There are currently no known incompatibilities between the APC Back-UPS units
- and LANtastic NOS 4.xx.
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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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