From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 22 9:40:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from siafu.iconnect.co.ke (upagraha.iconnect.co.ke [209.198.248.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EED4A37B400 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:40:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from [64.110.74.50] (helo=poeza.iconnect.co.ke) by siafu.iconnect.co.ke with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 14KkvR-000BOU-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:38:43 +0300 Received: from wash by poeza.iconnect.co.ke with local (Exim 3.20 #1) id 14KkxE-0006ux-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:40:32 +0300 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:40:32 +0300 From: Corvette To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UPS' Message-ID: <20010122204032.B26408@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> Mail-Followup-To: Corvette , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3A6C6B4A.44345A0E@finsyn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from "Micke Josefsson" on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 05:41:16PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD poeza.iconnect.co.ke 4.2-STABLE FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ X-Location: Mombasa, KE, East Africa Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Micke Josefsson [20010122 19:42]: writing on the subject 'RE: UPS'' Micke> Micke> On 22-Jan-01 Matt Bettinger wrote: Micke> > Hello, Micke> > Micke> > Had the power go out for me at the home and ofcourse the network went down and Micke> > my Micke> > bsd box had a tough time recovering. Think it is about time fora UPS. What Micke> > would Micke> > y'all recommend for a UPS and how does it work with the upsd port if at all? Micke> > Micke> > Thanks Micke> > Micke> > Matt - Houston Micke> Micke> Micke> APC Smart-UPS 700 and upsmond from the ports. You can get this report: Micke> Micke> Micke> vanheden> ps ax|grep ups Micke> 304 ?? Is 0:04.67 /usr/local/sbin/upsmond -p /dev/cuaa1 -r 20 Micke> 45358 p0 S+ 0:00.01 grep ups Micke> vanheden> upsstat Micke> Micke> UPSMON Status Reporting Facility Micke> --- upsmond version 2.1.3 --- Micke> Micke> APC UPS 700 Status Info Micke> -------------------------------------------------------- Micke> Model: SMART-UPS 700 Micke> CopyRight: (C) APCC Micke> Manufacture date: 12/18/99 Micke> Serial #: NS9951331687 Micke> Firmware version: 50.11.I Micke> Local ID: UPS_IDEN Micke> Last battery replace date: 12/18/99 Micke> Nominal line voltage: 230 V Micke> Nominal battery voltage: 24 V Micke> Available: YES Micke> Standby: NO Micke> Line Power: OK Micke> Battery: OK Micke> Line Voltage: 227.50 Micke> Load: 20.20 % Micke> Battery Voltage: 27.60 Micke> Battery Level: 100.00 % Micke> -------------------------------------------------------- Micke> vanheden> Micke> Micke> Micke> And it tells vanheden to shutdown if the power is down for more than X minutes. Micke> (-r 20 = 20 mins in the command above). Micke> Micke> And it logs too: Micke> Micke> vanheden> tail /var/log/upsmon.log Micke> Sep 19 00:29:31 vanheden UPS: Input line power back Micke> Oct 14 08:31:11 vanheden UPS: Input line power failure Micke> Oct 14 08:31:13 vanheden UPS: Input line power back Micke> Oct 25 10:00:21 vanheden UPS: upsmond daemon started - version Micke> 2.1.3 Micke> Oct 30 09:24:24 vanheden UPS: upsmond daemon started - version Micke> 2.1.3 Micke> Jan 2 13:56:47 vanheden UPS: Input line power failure Micke> Jan 2 13:56:47 vanheden UPS: Input line power failure Micke> Jan 2 13:56:48 vanheden UPS: Input line power back Micke> Jan 2 16:30:28 vanheden UPS: Input line power failure Micke> Jan 2 16:30:29 vanheden UPS: Input line power back Micke> Micke> Micke> Very satisfied customer. Micke> /Micke Micke> ---------------------------------- Micke> Michael Josefsson, MSEE Micke> mj@isy.liu.se Micke> Micke> This message was sent by XFMail Micke> running on FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE Micke> ---------------------------------- Micke> Micke> Micke> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org Micke> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Hi Micke, Is this only possible with the Smart-UPS or any other UPS? TIA -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. The only thing we learn from history is that we do not learn. -Earl Warren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message