From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Nov 5 12:33:12 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8F48A238C4 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 12:33:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-qg0-x231.google.com (mail-qg0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c04::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9559A1885 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 12:33:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: by qgec40 with SMTP id c40so3851624qge.2 for ; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:33:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=seibercom.net; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:organization:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KA9y2iNb2qnEVqrgxIH1f2vzESk5uVJ7ngd0pEk6uu4=; b=RS2PEBYGFD+HvOQPIAAqiu5vi/yGM4RBu3onyZn3L1HnK4+h1yWXzVKfzs1K+Wu+8Q luaNxELrlz7D1oScz/Ngc6eLVF1UPaY/Be1/LeOJRITQUkxQnZOmzLlD7uU4hZu3Jvhp Ds+HFo1Qa12nrprpbrPkIRomdbBiUPUvTe+NY= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :organization:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KA9y2iNb2qnEVqrgxIH1f2vzESk5uVJ7ngd0pEk6uu4=; b=Ttx8KxEz7+148tZWsQMYn0tKVp7FRMQsAxgZvlZLTyT3WnN3bvXKp584KiLF3IN9L6 xOu12BLGyE/UDbfz3by6zBDY6ie3FdalBlu+cheKmR9y0Ww4axnOCYFMdRfe5bkmtdxv 3KZ770Yuc3upR3unGtp2eWoLfA5vB+hUJdse19Bj1BWyAkX6fJ56SMuICha8qogEm2OI rq2joqI0M2HV72gQpVpHGNzJE2b1HQ7GlQPxrTbev1A7osy1qdAJyfRAc2RnVXNHWMXC PcszmDtgmdaZ4TSIVWUwmBPyccrhyNohnv5JlAGI6g3nTFoR4n2ZxPa0PVFR2Fd+l7xp WQrw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmMOc/k0OpuH6DblVxiVaiQkozZhZ/zyGjACewWKm2DjuVPOGtW/3k4h8aIJ9r30HKodqin X-Received: by 10.140.96.37 with SMTP id j34mr3786999qge.100.1446726791631; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:33:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-174-109-28-112.nc.res.rr.com. [174.109.28.112]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w201sm1577931qka.5.2015.11.05.04.33.10 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:33:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3ns4521J6vz3K0Td for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 07:33:10 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.7 at scorpio.seibercom.net Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 07:33:09 -0500 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD FreeBSD Subject: UPS Message-ID: <20151105073309.1325707a@seibercom.net> Reply-To: FreeBSD FreeBSD Organization: seibercom NET X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.0 (GTK+ 2.24.28; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:33:12 -0000 I was given a brand new APC Smart-UPS SC 420VA unit. I was wondering if anyone had actually tried or used one of these units with FreeBSD. According to the documentation, it is "plug & play" with Windows, but I have no idea how to make it play nicely, if at all, with FreeBSD. There is no USB connector, just a serial connector. -- Jerry