From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 1 19:15:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 6ACCC16A420 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:15:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from goodredhat@yahoo.com) Received: from web34005.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web34005.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.163.178.86]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED5AE43D48 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:15:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from goodredhat@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 37723 invoked by uid 60001); 1 Mar 2006 19:15:41 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=0Gk6/x7qEwzzUa2pkGCZ7xg0PBrJqW6wbdWN0wBasZmJOYoNJp1KWH9SxQREJvnA8CH33/RNqDzISWses49CDQj8hJjk6gggzIQog/H+SkuvrcmYyKTJ+sE2XuNoh2NUHwDjv/U1apcOPZwINYqphYjbITvDogDpO8PGCLQ127w= ; Message-ID: <20060301191541.37721.qmail@web34005.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [210.214.80.253] by web34005.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:15:41 PST Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:15:41 -0800 (PST) From: manish jain To: "Donald J. O'Neill" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200602210950.27094.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:15:42 -0000 Hi Don, Thanks for the reply. But yes, APC is selling in India the models it can't sell anywhere else. My 500 VA Back UPS (purchased new last month) does not have any cuaa/usb interface. It's not just APC alone, there's a whole lot of companies that throw their junk in here in this country. Thankfully FreeBSD is not one of them. Regards Manish Jain "Donald J. O'Neill" wrote: On Tuesday 21 February 2006 08:26, Chuck Swiger wrote: > manish jain wrote: > > I just purchased an APC 500 Back UPS (the basic model, not the > > pro/smart one). > > It does not have any serial/usb interface. Can I get apcupsd or any > > other daemon to work with it so that the system automatically shuts > > down before backup supply runs out ? > > No. If your UPS isn't smart and does not have an external USB or > serial port, apcupsd has nothing to work with. As best I can tell from the OP's description, and the APC website, they all have a UPS port. Go from there. Don --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.