Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 20:49:10 -0500 From: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations for a serial port card you can actually BUY? Message-ID: <20061006014910.GA8017@FS.denninger.net> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.0.20061005203019.121ff740@sentex.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> <7.0.1.0.0.20061005203019.121ff740@sentex.net>
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What's your config like? I hooked the USB back up and it identified, but when I told it to use USB and specified the device, it panics (the software, not the machine) with a complaint about not being able to talk to the UPS. Works perfectly on a serial port... -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) Internet Consultant & Kids Rights Activist http://www.denninger.net My home on the net - links to everything I do! http://scubaforum.org Your UNCENSORED place to talk about DIVING! http://genesis3.blogspot.com Musings Of A Sentient Mind On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 08:35:32PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: > 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]# > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > %SPAMBLOCK-SYS: Matched [@freebsd.org+], message ok
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