From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 4 00:53:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA25157 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 00:53:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from python.shoal.net.au (perrya@python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA25152 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 00:53:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perrya@python.shoal.net.au) Received: from localhost (perrya@localhost) by python.shoal.net.au (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA29825; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 19:53:04 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 19:53:03 +1100 (EST) From: Andrew To: Doug White cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sola510 ups - problems compiling In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I mailed the support mob at support@bestpower.com and someone mailed back to me saying that they now have bsdi support and I should download it from www.bestpower.com I did this and have had a bit of a play but so far no luck. Would com1 be /dev/ttyd0 ? If so either my com port is faulty or bsdi support is not the same as FreeBSD support. They provide the source code on their "free software" download thingo so I guess they can't be too worried about people looking at it so if anyone is interested I'll send it as well. Is there an easy way to test my com port? The only way I know is to install XFree86 and see if the mouse works. any clues would help thanks again Andrew Perry perrya@shoal.net.au > > > G'day all > > > > we've purchases a sola510 ups and unfortunately it doesn't come with > > precompiled binaries for FreeBSD. It comes with the source but it doesn't > > compile. > > > > Before I spend a few long nights trying to work out how to fix the code > > has anyone else already done this or alternatively if I can convince the > > boss to take the bloody things back and get something supported does > > anyone know of any ups supported by FreeBSD? > > UPS support is hazy at best. I don't know of any UPS manufacturer that > supplies code or FreeBSD binaries that we can actually fix. I'm in > contact with APC and was able to swipe a smart-mode cable from them. > > I have two programs that report they work with the APC hardware. One, > upsmon, came off the 2.2.2 CDROM in xperimnt/. It looks like the > PowerChute display from Windows. The second, upsd, is a highly > configurable monitor daemon. Once I get the cable I'm going to hack on > it. upsd comes from ftp://ftp.ww.com/pub/wildwind/upsd. Its in Russia > and is a small machine so connecting can be difficult. > > If you can get the protocol spec to the Sola it may be possible to hack > upsd to support it. Its targeted at smart monitoring and not dumb > monitoring, but I might be willing to change that. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > >