From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 6 9:51:27 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 B0ED437B404 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 09:51:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail3.sea.registeredsite.com (mail3.sea.registeredsite.com [66.111.73.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F83B43EBE for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 09:51:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from admin@asarian-host.net) Received: from asarian-host.net (asarian-host.net [216.122.74.112]) by mail3.sea.registeredsite.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB6HpLa9025431 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:51:22 -0500 Comments: To protect the identity of the sender, certain header fields are either not shown, or masked. Anonymous email addresses for asarians can be requested by filling in the appropriate form at: https://asarian-host.net/cgi-bin/signup.cgi Received: (from root@localhost) by asarian-host.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) id gB6HpMr96944 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 18:51:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from admin@asarian-host.net) Posted-Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 18:51:22 +0100 (CET) From: Mark Message-Id: <200212061751.GB6HPJT96916@asarian-host.net> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 18:50:58 +0100 X-Authenticated-Sender: admin@asarian-host.net Subject: Re: APC 350AV X-Trace: oTiBhLptsWWCyLDNPVh2QOA/r8g+ySVVL5UhccaWlfIXSRYIuPpCsgSg+aqIpLwL X-Complaints-To: abuse@asarian-host.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we are unable to process your complaint Organization: Asarian-host To: "J. Seth Henry" Cc: References: <20021206115100.J48693-100000@whitetower.gambrl01.md.comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Auth: Asarian-host PGP signature iQEVAwUAPfDjmjFqW1BleBN9AQEn0gf/ZjNaOxf8UDMvhuxf54MH+nxpGNG9qDhS 33koYk29ehaBR4UAJtEB7tfXBT70lqYpbTjqI/8FFqdQLtBf3G701+WzlqOTDnGv ZBX/3HCVGnINH1PfGs1zdlhLELBnexN/+sJHbRW7Px63NFEGflajYfPVUJHOxrfw y6ApwHPJ8El+Nhvmgj0mSsDxDzF8e4b9/uEVDd7sLDCg70RLS6sbg7YnTNPjFaEk 44Co99DgdAUdKsuUB7xorV0GwH4QQ+B4IA8z+Nghbc79LKfR58kNJ14wFxjjBFzm YZf1VPTRqOBdwigglJ3BPpZezx76/755crGwWccGTkzTqPZUMq0yBA== =90b9 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Seth Henry" To: Cc: Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 5:59 PM Subject: APC 350AV > 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 Thanks for your attentiveness. :) I did indeed give APC a call. I explained to them that the USB cable that came with it does me no good on FreeBSD, and they said they would send me a free cable, no problem. :) Their help-desk is located in Ireland; so that might have accounted for the delay in shipping, in your case; but since I am in the Netherlands, I hope it will be a matter of days. All-in-all, I was pretty impressed with their cooperation. Though I think it were better if they just shipped their units off with serial cables to begin with. But in a Windoze world, USB is to be expected. The UPS does not really need to be smart, as far as I am concerned. All I want is for apcupsd to invoke a regular shutdown in case of a power-outage that takes longer than, say, a minute (my idea is: if the power is not back on after one minute, it will likely not be on within the next ten minutes, either). P.S. I believe the apcupsd manual calls the 350AV a "SubSmart" device; which would be what you say: it can do basic signaling, and a bit extra. Thanks! - Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message