Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 15:46:35 -0500 From: zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu To: Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need help with software to run my APC UPS Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020708154635.007d7100@sundsu1.deltast.edu> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020708161349.01bd1180@pop.ozemail.com.au> References: <3.0.6.32.20020708000844.007a3d30@sundsu1.deltast.edu>
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Hi. At 04:23 PM 7/8/02 +1000, Rob B wrote: >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 That's what I was thinking. >>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 purchased one the UPS about a month ago, the other is several years old. The older one has a 940-0095A cable. The newer one has a 940-0095B cable. The cables came with the UPSs when I purchased them from APC. Yes, I'm using "backupspro" as the UPSTYPE and 940-0095A as the UPSCABLE. I'm also using /var/spool/lock as the for the serial port lock file. And, again, using /dev/cuaa0 as the device for the serial port. >>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 Okay. I'll try to get that to work. Is there a way in FreeBSD to probe the port to make sure that the hardware is working? I checked the boot messages and that IRQ comes up. >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. Thanks, I'll probably end up trying that too if I can't get this one to work. Thanks, Joe > >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 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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