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Date:      Mon, 08 Jul 2002 16:23:31 +1000
From:      Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au>
To:        zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need help with software to run my APC UPS
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.2.20020708161349.01bd1180@pop.ozemail.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20020708000844.007a3d30@sundsu1.deltast.edu>

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At 15:08 8/07/2002, zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu sent this up the stick:
>The serial connection on the back of the computer is of the 9-pin variety
>and is attached to a port labelled "A".  (I only have a GW2K manual
>which doesn't indicate it, but I believe that is the COM1 port.)

Sounds about right

>I own 2 computers each with its own APC Back-UPS PRO 650 device
>and its own cable.  (The serial numbers on the cables are slightly
>different.)  After I couldn't get the first UPS to work, I dragged the other
>one off the other machine (with its cable) and attached it and tried to
>get it to work but ran into the same result.  This leads me to believe that
>the problem is not hardware related, unless the port on the motherboard
>is fried.


apcupsd runs fine under FreeBSD, what are the two cables that you 
have?  You can only use cable type 940-0095A with a BackUPS PRO, and you 
should use either the backupspro or newbackupspro as the UPSTYPE

>I have tried other things with apcupsd but have had no luck.
>Apcupsd has to be configured (/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf) and I may not be
>configuring it correctly.  I could post the rest of my tests but I'll
>stop here and see if anybody has any ideas.

Make sure you follow the Testing APCUPSD chapter of the manual.  It is 
reproduced online at http://www.apcupsd.com

If you still want to try another UPS monitor, try NUT from 
http://www.exploits.org/nut/  I haven't used it, but it's pretty popular.

Cheers,
Rob


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