From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 28 07:37:32 2004 Return-Path: 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 8D75D16A4CE for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:37:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A02E43D31 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:37:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jshamlet@comcast.net) Received: from alexandria (pcp04637401pcs.gambrl01.md.comcast.net[68.49.84.210]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <2004012815373001600gci4ae>; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:37:30 +0000 From: "J. Seth Henry" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:37:29 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401281037.29435.jshamlet@comcast.net> Subject: Problems with ATEN UC232 & apcupsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:37:32 -0000 Hey guys/gals, I realize this may not be a FreeBSD problem, but I thought I'd post it and see if anyone else has seen it. I want to connect an APC SmartUPS to a "legacy-free" FreeBSD system. I recently used another of these USB to serial converters with a home automation system, and it seems to work fairly well - but for some reason, the apcupsd software will not work with the converter. Here is the dmesg output for the device: uplcom1: ATEN International Serial adapter, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 3 I don't get any errors in the dmesg output, but the apcupsd daemon errors out saying it can't communicate with the UPS. I know the converter "seems" to work, as I can cat /dev/ucom1, and I get a stream of "SM" messages (from the UPS), and I can even log in interactively using tip (I have a management card in the UPS). Any ideas what's going on? Alternately, this UPS does have a USB port. Is there a way a to get FreeBSD to use it via that method? Thanks, Seth Henry