From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 19 01:30:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA09992 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 01:30:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpha.delta.edu (alpha.delta.edu [161.133.129.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA09987 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 01:30:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dakott@alpha.delta.edu) Received: from pm269-18.dialip.mich.net by alpha.delta.edu; (5.65v3.0/1.1.8.2/06Jan97-0932AM) id AA22329; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 04:34:41 -0400 Received: from kott.my.domain (dakott@kott.my.domain [192.168.0.1]) by kott.my.domain (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA05950; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:22:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:22:36 -0400 (EDT) From: David Kott To: Vallo Kallaste Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UPSd and APC Back-UPS In-Reply-To: <19980818115020.36237@matti.ee> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Vallo Kallaste wrote: > David Kott wrote: > > > > Has anyone actually gotten UPSd 2.0.1.6 to work with a homebrew cable? I > > recently purchased an APC Back-UPS 500 and tracked down a hack'd cable > > callout that allegdly duplicates the APC part. > > As you say, you have APC Back-UPS, not Smart-UPS. So, why you use upsd, which > is for Smart UPS's from APC ?? I use bkpupsd from the ports collection with my > APC Back-UPS Pro 650 and it works great. > > My cable from APC has more than four resistors, one diode and transistor also. > Without disassembling it's very difficult to say how the real scheme looks > out. If you want, I can send you my cable sheme. Ahh.. you are correct. I will give that application a try. -d To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message