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dave wrote:
> Hello,
>     I've got the latest apcupsd port installed on my 5.2.1 machine. I've got
> an APC xs1500va UPS which is supported. I'm going by the apcupsd user's
> guide and have set both UPSTYPE and UPSCABLE to usb however when i start
> apcupsd i keep getting the message:
> "apcupsd driver type usb not found"
> and it suggests i rerun configure with the --enable-usb option. I check the
> port and one of the args passed to it's configure is --enable-usb.
>     Any help appreciated.
> Thanks.
> Dave.
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Check the archives. I seem to recall others stating that support for usb
UPS in FBSD is minimal at best. Try serial or perhaps a usb->9-pin
converter (if such a thing exists (?))

EB