From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 18 13:25:49 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1D9C720 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:25:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dweimer@dweimer.net) Received: from webmail.dweimer.net (24-240-198-187.static.stls.mo.charter.com [24.240.198.187]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5DC18209B for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:25:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.dweimer.net (webmail.dweimer.local [192.168.5.2]) by webmail.dweimer.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r9IDPge2020800 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:25:42 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dweimer@dweimer.net) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:25:41 -0500 From: dweimer To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UPS buying suggestion Organization: dweimer.net Mail-Reply-To: dweimer@dweimer.net In-Reply-To: References: <525D225B.7050205@fjl.co.uk> <20131016134311.12ca7673@X220.ovitrap.com> <525EFAC4.8000608@hdk5.net> <20131017092319.3bcf7cd5@X220.ovitrap.com> <5260990F.2050108@hdk5.net> Message-ID: X-Sender: dweimer@dweimer.net User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.8.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: dweimer@dweimer.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:25:49 -0000 On 10/17/2013 10:02 pm, yudi v wrote: > ok got APC Smart-UPS SC 420VA > 230V > for > really cheap but this one only has a serial connection, and my server > does > not have a serial port. > > I am thinking of getting a SUNIX SUN-UTS1009B UTS1009B USB to Port > Serial > RS-232 Adapter > > > did some research but not sure if this will work. > > Or I can get a PCI card with a serial port. > > Any suggestions. > > Yudi > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I can't speak for that USB to serial adapter, But I have had good luck with them, including using with NUT to talk to UPS through Serial. that I carry in my laptop case and I know works great, I also have a few older ones that work great with FreeBSD (but not windows 7 or 8), but they are all at home so I can't grab the model from them. The only issue I have had was having two identical USB to Serial adapters, on the same machine one for UPS, and one for Serial Console to pfSense firewall (on alix platform) they liked to switch order on reboot, despite the cables not being moved to different USB ports. -- Thanks, Dean E. Weimer http://www.dweimer.net/