From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 7 23:22: 9 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 1047A37B400 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 23:22:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta08.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta08.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E082F43E31 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 23:22:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au) Received: from ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au ([203.166.67.234]) by mta08.mail.mel.aone.net.au with ESMTP id <20020708062205.BPC20827.mta08.mail.mel.aone.net.au@ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au>; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 16:22:05 +1000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020708161349.01bd1180@pop.ozemail.com.au> X-Sender: rbyrnes@pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: I wish it was Linux Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 16:23:31 +1000 To: zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu From: Rob B Subject: Re: Need help with software to run my APC UPS Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20020708000844.007a3d30@sundsu1.deltast.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 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 At 15:08 8/07/2002, zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu sent this up the stick: >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.) Sounds about right >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. apcupsd runs fine under FreeBSD, what are the two cables that you have? You can only use cable type 940-0095A with a BackUPS PRO, and you should use either the backupspro or newbackupspro as the UPSTYPE >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. Make sure you follow the Testing APCUPSD chapter of the manual. It is reproduced online at http://www.apcupsd.com If you still want to try another UPS monitor, try NUT from http://www.exploits.org/nut/ I haven't used it, but it's pretty popular. Cheers, Rob -- Wake up, the whole world's gone ... [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 1122 of a collection of 1253 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message