From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 1 19:33:16 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 037F916A420 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:33:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from duncan.fbsd@gmail.com) Received: from smtp101.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.104]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5FB7A43D46 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:33:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from duncan.fbsd@gmail.com) Received: (qmail 32391 invoked from network); 1 Mar 2006 19:33:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pres1750.mylan.net) (donaldj@ameritech.net@69.211.89.144 with plain) by smtp101.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Mar 2006 19:33:14 -0000 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" To: manish jain Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:32:56 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060301191541.37721.qmail@web34005.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060301191541.37721.qmail@web34005.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-14" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603011332.56838.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 19:33:16 -0000 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" 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 >