From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 8 22:16:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67F4B37B400 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 22:16:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta02.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta02.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4525A43E52 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 22:16:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au) Received: from ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au ([203.166.67.234]) by mta02.mail.mel.aone.net.au with ESMTP id <20020709051652.CVO25221.mta02.mail.mel.aone.net.au@ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au>; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 15:16:52 +1000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020709151536.01be80b0@pop.ozemail.com.au> X-Sender: rbyrnes@pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: I wish it was Linux Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 15:18:14 +1000 To: zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu From: Rob B Subject: Re: Need help with software to run my APC UPS Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20020708154635.007d7100@sundsu1.deltast.edu> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020708161349.01bd1180@pop.ozemail.com.au> <3.0.6.32.20020708000844.007a3d30@sundsu1.deltast.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 06:46 9/07/2002, zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu sent this up the stick: >At 04:23 PM 7/8/02 +1000, Rob B wrote: > >Make sure you follow the Testing APCUPSD chapter of the manual. It is > >reproduced online at http://www.apcupsd.com > >Okay. I'll try to get that to work. >Is there a way in FreeBSD to probe the port to make sure >that the hardware is working? There is, just open the port using tip (I haven't used tip, so I can't help much there) >I checked the boot messages and that IRQ comes up. > > >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. > >Thanks, I'll probably end up trying that too if I can't >get this one to work. the apcupsd mailing list is very helpful, and the guys who work on the FreeBSD port are active members. Cheers, Rob -- Beer. If you can't taste it, why bother! [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 259 of a collection of 1253 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message