From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 12 21:59:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2190537B71C for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:59:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f2D5uON18401; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:56:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Elitetek" Cc: Subject: RE: UPS Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:56:24 -0800 Message-ID: <000201c0ab82$55f08c60$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <005c01c0aacc$43e56010$0200a8c0@elite> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Geeze - I hope that system is only temporarily down, anyway you can get it here: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com/software/upsd-2.0.1.6.1.tgz It uses the standard black Windows cable. The grey special "UNIX" cable is for plugging in a smartups and controlling it with software like bkpupsd, which is the "dumb" mode. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Elitetek [mailto:freebsd@tekrealm.net] >Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 12:13 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Subject: Re: UPS > > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Christopher >> >Farley >> >> Actually, I'd like to know if it's possible, too, even though I never >> >> plan on owning a UPS. >> > >--clip-- >> Doug White modded this about 3 years ago for 110v power, his is at >> >> http://resnet.uorgon.edu/dwhite/upsd-2.0.1.6.1.tgz you may need to >> modify this to get it to compile. >> >> > >> >/usr/ports/sysutils/bkpupsd >> > >> >> This one works OK on a Back-UPS but I've found results less than stellar >> with a SmartUPS+Dumb cable. >> >> Frankly, though, the second one is overkill if all your going to do is >> this. Tying a dumb UPS like this to a computer is extremely simple, and >> in fact you don't even need a UPS that has a sense port on it. All you >> need is a serial port, a 110v relay and a shutdown script that >blocks on a >> serial port waiting for carrier detect. I discuss this in my book. >> >> Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com >> Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide >> Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > >Can you check that url? i tried it and it appears to be down. I am >interested in getting >my APC Back-UPS working. If i somehow get the modified version that will >work >for American Power. Does it use the standard winblows cable? or do >i need to >order >the 'special' 'unix' cable? > >Any information would be great.. > >Andrew > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message