From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 7 22: 9:46 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 8300537B400 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 22:09:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sundsu1.deltast.edu (sundsu1.deltastate.edu [209.147.241.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E142B43E52 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 22:09:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu) Received: from jbentley (dhcp-a170.deltastate.edu [10.1.2.170]) by sundsu1.deltast.edu (8.12.2/8.12.2) with SMTP id g6859fDQ000370 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 00:09:41 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20020708000844.007a3d30@sundsu1.deltast.edu> X-Sender: zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 00:08:44 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu Subject: Need help with software to run my APC UPS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 Okay, I've been working on my UPS problem for awhile and now I need the help of an expert. I am trying to get either BKPUPSD or APCUPSD (both in FreeBSD ports) to monitor/work the UPS correctly. I can't get either of these programs to work. I'm using FreeBSD 4.6. The simpler of these two is 'bkpupsd'. I just used /stand/sysinstall to install it. The man page says: # bkpupsd /dev/cuaa0 or # bkpupsd /dev/cuaa1 (the default) When I use /dev/cuaa0 I get immediate low battery and shutdown messages. The computer then shuts down. The other device gives no result - even when the power cord is pulled from the wall and the UPS goes on battery. The serial connection on the back of the computer is of the 9-pin variety and is attached to a port labelled "A". (I only have a GW2K manual which doesn't indicate it, but I believe that is the COM1 port.) I own 2 computers each with its own APC Back-UPS PRO 650 device and its own cable. (The serial numbers on the cables are slightly different.) After I couldn't get the first UPS to work, I dragged the other one off the other machine (with its cable) and attached it and tried to get it to work but ran into the same result. This leads me to believe that the problem is not hardware related, unless the port on the motherboard is fried. I have tried other things with apcupsd but have had no luck. Apcupsd has to be configured (/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf) and I may not be configuring it correctly. I could post the rest of my tests but I'll stop here and see if anybody has any ideas. Thanks, Joe B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Joseph A. Bentley Professor of Chemistry Dept. of Physical Sciences Phone: (662) 846-4482 P.O. Box 3255-DSU FAX: (662) 846-4486 Delta State University E-mail: jbentley@dsu.deltast.edu Cleveland, MS 38733 E-mail: zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu "It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail." -- Gore Vidal ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message