From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 6 8:59:47 2002 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 E33A837B401 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:59:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AE4843EBE for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:59:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jshenry@comcast.net) Received: from whitetower (bgp01561290bgs.gambrl01.md.comcast.net [68.50.33.221]) by mtaout02.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.05 (built Nov 6 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H6P00876J7AXY@mtaout02.icomcast.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:59:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:59:34 -0500 (EST) From: "J. Seth Henry" Subject: APC 350AV X-X-Sender: jshenry@whitetower.gambrl01.md.comcast.net To: admin@asarian-host.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20021206115100.J48693-100000@whitetower.gambrl01.md.comcast.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark, I saw your post on freebsd-questions, and I should point out that you can get the RJ45 -> DB9 adapter for free from APC. It took about two months for some reason, but you might be able to speed that along if you give them a call. You should have gotten a card with the unit, which entitles you to a free cable (I did). Unfortunately, I haven't used the cable yet - so I don't know how it works with existing software. I went ahead and took the plunge and got a SmartUPS 750XL, replacing separate UPS' for my server and network gear. The 350 was moved to support a windows box, which uses USB. The 350AV isn't a true "dumb" UPS, as it can send status information via USB (battery capacity) - so it's possible that the serial adapter will provide something between basic signalling and a true smart interface. I'll have to check this out sometime - might be interesting. Good luck, Seth Henry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message