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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 09:38:02 -0400
From: Mixtim <mixtim@home.com>
To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
Cc: Jorge Ramirez <ijand2@yahoo.com>,
	FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: UPS for freebsd server
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In-Reply-To: <004201c10a93$44d27cc0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from tedm@toybox.placo.com on Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 10:26:57PM -0700
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On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 10:26:57PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> Get an APC BackUPS with dumb signaling.  There's a software program
> for the SmartUPS and the smart signalling but it requires much fiddling and
> tweaking to work.

Every APC "smart" USP supports dumb signaling as well. The docs for the
Simple Signaling Daemon (ssd) on the APC web page tells you how to put
your UPS into "dumb" mode. You have to use a different cable but the SSD
docs also mention that.

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