From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 18 14:50:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA04456 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 14:50:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA04445 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 14:50:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA02519; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 14:49:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 14:49:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: David Kott cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UPSd and APC Back-UPS In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, David Kott wrote: > > > Has anyone actually gotten UPSd 2.0.1.6 to work with a homebrew cable? Nope, I begged one out of APC. :) I have the pinouts (from my own explorations with a multitester) in my room, somewhere .. > I recently purchased an APC Back-UPS 500 and tracked down a hack'd > cable callout that allegdly duplicates the APC part. I checked for > loopback on the serial port I was planning to use, changed the > upsd.conf to said serial port, attached my homemade cable adapter, and > started up upsd. However, it reports "Cannot put the UPS into smart > mode!". I suspect this means that I don't have valid communications > between the ups and the serial port/daemon. Evidently, the man page > and README have not been written yet (an entry in the TODO list!) > So, I might have something configured incorrectly. upsd is more or less mine now, I haven't had the time to fiddle with it. I suggest finding a copy of 2.0.1.6.1, which is adapted for 120 volt usage. It used to be on my workstation, which isn't reachable from the world. I have it for http download only from http://resnet.uoregon.edu/dwhite/upsd-2.0.1.6.1.tgz. > male DB9 (UPS) fem DB9 (UNIX) > 1 CD 7 RTS > 2 RD 1 CD > 9 RING 5 SGND There's more than that, I think... Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message