[GLLUG] Re: apcups

[Server Admin]

Jeff: First, have you visited the very thorough website at:

http://www.apcupsd.org/


It has almost everything you want to know.


BUT, I have tried many different types of UPSes and I could only get the
APC Smart-UPS models to actually "talk" to the system and give out data
about the battery. If you have the Backups, I think it is among the "dumb
UPSes" that are described in the documentation and very limited on the
cable signals. If you pull off the cable, you *may* be told it sensed a
break, but as far as any useful data...???


Again, I will never buy anything BUT an APC Smart-UPS.... if I want to
communicate with it. The so-called "dumb UPSes" are okay IF you have a
smart-ups running on the network to monitor things and tell the ones
without ability to shut down. At least the dumb ones will sense a power
outage and run the machines long enough to save files and shut down.... I
may be wrong about your model, but don't think so....


At 05:55 PM 3.14.2002 -0500, Jeff Lawton wrote: 

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<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param><smaller>I
am using apcupsd from the ports collection on comm 1 and with APC,s
serial cable 940-0020C that came with the unit and freebsd 4.5. I have
tried both cuaa0 and ttyd0 without success. the ups is feeding a
lightbulb and when I unplug the ups I get no messages, any ideals?

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<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param><smaller>Here
is a copy of the conf file.am I missing something ? 

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<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param><smaller>##
apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##

UPSCABLE 940-0020C

UPSTYPE backups

DEVICE /dev/ttyd0

LOCKFILE /var/apcups/lock

UPSCLASS standalone

UPSMODE disable

ANNOY 10

ANNOYDELAY 20

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<fontfamily><param>Tahoma</param><smaller>-----Original Message-----

</smaller></fontfamily><bold>From:</bold> linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu
[mailto:linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu]<bold>On Behalf Of </bold>Server
Admin

<bold>Sent:</bold> Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:28 PM

<bold>To:</bold> jeff@idealso.com; linux-user@egr.msu.edu;
freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG

<bold>Subject:</bold> [GLLUG] Re: apcups


Try /dev/ttyd0


At 03:55 PM 3.14.2002 -0500, Jeff Lawton wrote: 

>>>>



I am setting up a APC backups 650 on a freebsd box. It does not seem to
be communicating. Is there a different device I should be using other
than cuaa0?




Jeff Lawton








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