[GLLUG] Re: apcups
Jeff Lawton
jeff@idealso.com
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:29:45 -0500
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Yes i looked throught the apcupsd site and most of the documentation is
about smart ups and the backups is a dumb one. I checked the bios and
everything there is fine. can i access sio0 directly or will that not work?
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Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 6:42 PM
To: jeff@idealso.com; linux-user@egr.msu.edu;
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Subject: RE: [GLLUG] Re: apcups
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:
>>>>
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?
Here is a copy of the conf file.am I missing something ?
## 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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From: linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu
[mailto:linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu]On Behalf Of Server Admin
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:28 PM
To: jeff@idealso.com; linux-user@egr.msu.edu;
freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: [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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anything BUT an APC Smart-UPS.... if I want to communicate with it. =
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so-called "dumb UPSes" are okay IF you have a smart-ups running on the =
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to monitor things and tell the ones without ability to shut down. At =
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am using apcupsd from the ports collection on comm 1 and with APC,s =
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apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##<BR>UPSCABLE 940-0020C<BR>UPSTYPE =
backups<BR>DEVICE=20
/dev/ttyd0<BR>LOCKFILE /var/apcups/lock<BR>UPSCLASS =
standalone<BR>UPSMODE=20
disable<BR>ANNOY 10<BR>ANNOYDELAY =
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apcups<BR><BR>Try /dev/ttyd0<BR><BR>At 03:55 PM 3.14.2002 -0500, =
Jeff Lawton=20
wrote: <BR>>>>><BR><BR><BR>I am setting up a APC backups =
650 on=20
a freebsd box. It does not seem to be communicating. Is there a =
different=20
device I should be using other than cuaa0?<BR><BR><BR><BR>Jeff=20
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regards,<BR><BR>Jack L.=20
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