Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 22:38:25 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "cjclark@home.com" <cjclark@home.com>, "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: upsd and Serial Ports Message-ID: <199811230340.WAA19085@laker.net>
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On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 15:04:27 -0500 (EST), Crist J. Clark wrote: >I've set up a mail server at work running FreeBSD 2.2.7. We put the >ol' Pentium on a UPS (APC Smart-UPS 420). The 'upsd' port in the ports >collection seems just the thing to keep the computer informed on what >is going on with the UPS. However, one of the 'To-do' items in the >upsd distribution is to write the manpage. :/ > >I crossed my fingers and just started the upsd at the command line (as >root, and yes, the serial line from the UPS goes into the mail server >PC), but it complains it can't get the UPS into 'smart mode.' I've >just had enough time to look over the upsd source to realize it will >take me a lot longer to figure out what the heck is going on >there. Similarly, a look over 'etc/rc.serial' did not prove too >enlightening in attempting to figure out how the upsd process and UPS >can get together and work this out. > >I look over recent traffic on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc on DejaNews >did not prove too helpful. Can anyone here provide some aid in getting >this up and going... > >...Perhaps some kind soul could even consider writing a proper manpage >for the sake of posterity. >-- >Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > The only info I've seen is at: http://www.exploits.org/~rkroll/ups.html and is in regards to Linux, but may be helpful. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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