How to use ippsd:

ippsd is a daemon program to interact with IPPS 1230C.

1. Installation:
   * Download ippsd-2.0-6.i386.rpm from http://www.amsdell.com
   * Type "rpm -ivh ippsd-2.0-6.i386.rpm"
   
2. Configuration daemon parameters:
   Connect the IPPS communication cable to an appropriate serial comm port on the computer
   Usually, you can use COM1,COM2 etc
   * Type "ippsd -p (n)"
   For example using serial comm port 2:
   # ippsd -p 2
   Using the above command to decide if COM2 have been connected to IPPS.
   (n) is one digital number, it means of the COMx be used for connection between IPPS and the computer.
   If you can see log information from the monitor, the selected serial comm port is correctly, otherwise try to test another serial comm port.
   When you found a serial comm port is right to connect to the IPPS, you can setup daemon parameters for ippsd by following command:
   # setippsd
   
3. Uninstall:
   # rpm -e ippsd
   
4. Special shutdown the IPPS power supply:
   Some mainboard does not support ATX power supply correctly. The computer will not turn off the power supply after the operating system quits running. This means mainboard can't use PSON signal to shutdown power supply.
   You can use off_ipps command to shutdown the IPPS power supply.
   This command needs a parameter to indicate which serial comm port will be connected to the IPPS.
   For example, if you use COM2 to connect to the IPPS, using the following command to shutdown the IPPS.
   # off_ipps 2
   You should add the above command line to the bottom of the shutdown script file. In Linux RedHat 7.x the file name is /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S01halt