Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:32:56 -0600 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> To: manish jain <goodredhat@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD Message-ID: <200603011332.56838.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060301191541.37721.qmail@web34005.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060301191541.37721.qmail@web34005.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Hi Mannish, I guess all you have to do is look at the first four letters in FreeBSD. One of the many reasons why I love this operating system, and it just keeps getting better, even I'm not. Don On Wednesday 01 March 2006 13:15, manish jain wrote: > 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" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> 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 >
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