Hi,
I am trying to find a way to monitor our UPS's. Most of them are APC brand, with many different models. Some of them have serial ports, some USB, none have network cards.
I need to do this on the cheap so that may limit my options. Is there any way to use an SNMP or other manager to monitor these devices?
I only need to see basic status so I can get email alerts if something goes down. Most of these devices are connected to switches and therefore I don't have a computer for each device.
Will a serial to network adapter work? Or does APC use proprietary cabling? And if so, can I make my own adapter?