From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 21 14:26:05 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 5FABD16A420 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:26:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F068F43D46 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:26:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D0115C94; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:26:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 51358-07; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:26:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (pool-68-160-199-129.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.160.199.129]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 654235C44; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:26:03 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <43FB2300.1070609@mac.com> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:26:08 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger Organization: The Courts of Chaos User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: manish jain References: <20060221140925.84974.qmail@web34007.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060221140925.84974.qmail@web34007.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:26:05 -0000 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. -- -Chuck