From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 26 02:18:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDFDD16A401 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:18:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msoulier@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F21313C468 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:18:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msoulier@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so606641wra for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:18:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:x-google-sender-auth; b=iL8AmSJGxc/B6V7BPaDH7LeUHfujN31sB5xIJyPvY7Zca20yspkylxw9mK3oMQykrQhWRfwAXb/o59ZfjHZjV1dR6iHjir9Qpo98ZeHIHlnC3TRAGLgX/eE8sGMMUFG3ruNzZk96yQ9kxEEfNSb2mgR4aD1zjEo3SQfEOWPmu2M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:x-google-sender-auth; b=As74sF54fl6Y1NS9x8sUk1X2upoWeEP6nW6tBI7jJKDOzasCr9sspq2Xpb0Prw5bXRQx4tp1qhEAalMr1EtUR1nBP6G3B+fANmy3jYKFtQo5TdW0h6m9L+TAnj0+V67YnoFy0F6fyayyR0p4J4LrDYV7iMEyqJ8V/lXGk8TdQSg= Received: by 10.114.36.1 with SMTP id j1mr2434095waj.1174875515349; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:18:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.32.17 with HTTP; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:18:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:18:35 -0400 From: "Michael P. Soulier" Sender: msoulier@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Google-Sender-Auth: f240a17d9f4ec77d Subject: using nut-ups with apc UPS on USB 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: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:18:36 -0000 Hey, I'm new to using nut-ups, or any UPS monitoring software. Mainly I want some kind of reporting on power failures, and for a clean shutdown in the event of a prolonged outage. The UPS is an APC Back-UPS ES 500, with a USB interface. With usbd running, usbdevs shows it connected. [msoulier@kanga ~]$ sudo usbdevs Password: addr 1: OHCI root hub, SiS addr 2: Back-UPS ES 500 FW:824.B1.D USB FW:B1, APC addr 1: OHCI root hub, SiS The syntax of upsd.conf requires a pathname for the port to talk do. What device file would this work out to? Any hints on setting this up? If nut-ups isn't the right software, I'm open to suggestions. Cheers, Mike -- Michael P. Soulier "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein