From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 3 17:37:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 E9BED16A420 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 17:37:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DC1543D67 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 17:37:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id k23HbZu15425; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 09:37:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "manish jain" , "Donald J. O'Neill" , Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 09:37:35 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 In-Reply-To: <20060301191541.37721.qmail@web34005.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD 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: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:37:43 -0000 APC is doing that because they want you to pay them more money for upgrades. Don't feel singled out. APC is the only company I know that can sell 2 identical products, one painted white (the SmartUPS 700) and one painted black (The SmartUPS 700) and get $800 for the white one and $250 for the black one, and have both of them right next to each other on the APC website. Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of manish jain >Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:16 AM >To: Donald J. O'Neill; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD > > > >Hi Don, > > Thanks for the reply. But yes, APC is selling in India the >models it can't sell anywhere else. My 500 VA Back UPS >(purchased new last month) does not have any cuaa/usb >interface. It's not just APC alone, there's a whole lot of >companies that throw their junk in here in this country. >Thankfully FreeBSD is not one of them. > > Regards > Manish Jain > >"Donald J. O'Neill" wrote: > On Tuesday 21 February 2006 08:26, Chuck Swiger wrote: >> manish jain wrote: >> > I just purchased an APC 500 Back UPS (the basic model, not the >> > pro/smart one). >> > It does not have any serial/usb interface. Can I get apcupsd or any >> > other daemon to work with it so that the system automatically shuts >> > down before backup supply runs out ? >> >> No. If your UPS isn't smart and does not have an external USB or >> serial port, apcupsd has nothing to work with. > >As best I can tell from the OP's description, and the APC website, they >all have a UPS port. Go from there. > >Don > > > >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! Mail >Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 3/1/2006 >