Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 22:54:12 -0900 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB UPS ? Message-ID: <20011205075412.877C9B3@nebula.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011204210046.034bcde0@192.168.0.12> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011204210046.034bcde0@192.168.0.12>
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On Tuesday 04 December 2001 05:04 pm, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> Has anyone been able to use the APC USB interface on FreeBSD ? The device
> shows up in dmesg
>
> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> uhid0: American Power Conversion Back-UPS Office 500 FW: 4.1.D USB FW: d1,
> rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2, iclass 3/0
>
> # usbdevs
> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
> addr 2: Back-UPS Office 500 FW: 4.1.D USB FW: d1, American Power
> Conversion
>
> Questions is, how do I "talk" to the device ?
>
> ---Mike
I never finished trying to get mine working, but it's my understanding that
it will work with a serial cable available from APC. Even though it's not
supported in FreeBSD one of the APC techs told me it will work. I just don't
have an extra 35 bucks for the cable right now.
Beech
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