Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:35:32 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations for a serial port card you can actually BUY? Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.0.20061005203019.121ff740@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <20061006000956.GC2473@FS.denninger.net> References: <20061005151925.GA1156@FS.denninger.net> <20061005190822.GA15547@icarus.home.lan> <20061005202144.GA11105@FS.denninger.net> <20061005210447.GA82687@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20061006000956.GC2473@FS.denninger.net>
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At 08:09 PM 10/5/2006, Karl Denninger wrote: > > > > ugen0: American Power Conversion Smart-UPS 750 FW:651.12.D USB > FW:4.2, rev 1.10/0.06, addr 2 > >Does apcupsd connect to it? I tried this back on 5.x and it failed >miserably. It identified the unit, but wouldn't talk to it. I literally have 150+ remote FreeBSD boxes with them and they succeed fantastically... They are configured to shut down the box and power to the UPS outlets on power failure with 25% battery left. All the notification hooks work as expected. They have been working for me since the 5.x days. I have a few in the field running on 5.4 boxes (May 2005) without issue. (ugen0: APC Back-UPS ES 725 FW:802.n2.D USB FW:n2, rev 1.10/1.06, addr 2) [ps0006]# apcaccess APC : 001,034,0908 DATE : Thu Oct 05 20:28:56 EDT 2006 HOSTNAME : ps0006.sentex.ca RELEASE : 3.10.18 VERSION : 3.10.18 (21 July 2005) freebsd UPSNAME : RAPIDS CABLE : USB Cable MODEL : Back-UPS ES 500 UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: Wed Jun 14 11:00:07 EDT 2006 STATUS : ONLINE LINEV : 120.0 Volts LOADPCT : 12.0 Percent Load Capacity BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 29.9 Minutes MBATTCHG : 25 Percent MINTIMEL : -1 Minutes MAXTIME : 0 Seconds LOTRANS : 088.0 Volts HITRANS : 139.0 Volts ALARMDEL : 30 seconds BATTV : 13.6 Volts NUMXFERS : 19 XONBATT : Mon Sep 25 10:53:00 EDT 2006 TONBATT : 0 seconds CUMONBATT: 173 seconds XOFFBATT : Mon Sep 25 10:53:02 EDT 2006 STATFLAG : 0x02000008 Status Flag MANDATE : 2005-10-13 SERIALNO : JB0542018502 BATTDATE : 2000-00-00 NOMBATTV : 12.0 FIRMWARE : 24.B1.D USB FW:B1 APCMODEL : Back-UPS ES 500 END APC : Thu Oct 05 20:28:57 EDT 2006 [ps0006]# usbdevs addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA addr 2: Back-UPS ES 500 FW:824.B1.D USB FW:B1, APC addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA addr 1: EHCI root hub, VIA [ps0006]#
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