Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:29:45 -0500 From: "Jeff Lawton" <jeff@idealso.com> To: "Server Admin" <admin@sage-one.net>, <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: [GLLUG] Re: apcups Message-ID: <NFBBJDLNADNIPCNOAPMHEEIICFAA.jeff@idealso.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020314174131.01178868@mail.sage-one.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Yes i looked throught the apcupsd site and most of the documentation is about smart ups and the backups is a dumb one. I checked the bios and everything there is fine. can i access sio0 directly or will that not work? -----Original Message----- From: Server Admin [mailto:admin@sage-one.net] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 6:42 PM To: jeff@idealso.com; linux-user@egr.msu.edu; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: [GLLUG] Re: apcups Jeff: First, have you visited the very thorough website at: http://www.apcupsd.org/ It has almost everything you want to know. BUT, I have tried many different types of UPSes and I could only get the APC Smart-UPS models to actually "talk" to the system and give out data about the battery. If you have the Backups, I think it is among the "dumb UPSes" that are described in the documentation and very limited on the cable signals. If you pull off the cable, you *may* be told it sensed a break, but as far as any useful data...??? Again, I will never buy anything BUT an APC Smart-UPS.... if I want to communicate with it. The so-called "dumb UPSes" are okay IF you have a smart-ups running on the network to monitor things and tell the ones without ability to shut down. At least the dumb ones will sense a power outage and run the machines long enough to save files and shut down.... I may be wrong about your model, but don't think so.... At 05:55 PM 3.14.2002 -0500, Jeff Lawton wrote: >>>> I am using apcupsd from the ports collection on comm 1 and with APC,s serial cable 940-0020C that came with the unit and freebsd 4.5. I have tried both cuaa0 and ttyd0 without success. the ups is feeding a lightbulb and when I unplug the ups I get no messages, any ideals? Here is a copy of the conf file.am I missing something ? ## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ## UPSCABLE 940-0020C UPSTYPE backups DEVICE /dev/ttyd0 LOCKFILE /var/apcups/lock UPSCLASS standalone UPSMODE disable ANNOY 10 ANNOYDELAY 20 -----Original Message----- From: linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu [mailto:linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu]On Behalf Of Server Admin Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:28 PM To: jeff@idealso.com; linux-user@egr.msu.edu; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [GLLUG] Re: apcups Try /dev/ttyd0 At 03:55 PM 3.14.2002 -0500, Jeff Lawton wrote: >>>> I am setting up a APC backups 650 on a freebsd box. It does not seem to be communicating. Is there a different device I should be using other than cuaa0? Jeff Lawton <<<< .... our website: http://www.sage-one.net/ Best regards, Jack L. Stone Server Admin _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list linux-user@egr.msu.edu http://www.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user <<<< .... our website: http://www.sage-one.net/ Best regards, Jack L. Stone Server Admin [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4807.2300" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=200565302-15032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Yes i looked throught the apcupsd site and most of the documentation is about smart ups and the backups is a dumb one. I checked the bios and everything there is fine. can i access sio0 directly or will that not work?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Server Admin [mailto:admin@sage-one.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 14, 2002 6:42 PM<BR><B>To:</B> jeff@idealso.com; linux-user@egr.msu.edu; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [GLLUG] Re: apcups<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Jeff: First, have you visited the very thorough website at:<BR>http://www.apcupsd.org/<BR><BR>It has almost everything you want to know.<BR><BR>BUT, I have tried many different types of UPSes and I could only get the APC Smart-UPS models to actually "talk" to the system and give out data about the battery. If you have the Backups, I think it is among the "dumb UPSes" that are described in the documentation and very limited on the cable signals. If you pull off the cable, you *may* be told it sensed a break, but as far as any useful data...???<BR><BR>Again, I will never buy anything BUT an APC Smart-UPS.... if I want to communicate with it. The so-called "dumb UPSes" are okay IF you have a smart-ups running on the network to monitor things and tell the ones without ability to shut down. At least the dumb ones will sense a power outage and run the machines long enough to save files and shut down.... I may be wrong about your model, but don't think so....<BR><BR>At 05:55 PM 3.14.2002 -0500, Jeff Lawton wrote: <BR>>>>><BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param 0000,0000,ffff><?smaller>I am using apcupsd from the ports collection on comm 1 and with APC,s serial cable 940-0020C that came with the unit and freebsd 4.5. I have tried both cuaa0 and ttyd0 without success. the ups is feeding a lightbulb and when I unplug the ups I get no messages, any ideals?<BR><?/smaller><?/color><?/fontfamily><BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param 0000,0000,ffff><?smaller>Here is a copy of the conf file.am I missing something ? <BR><?/smaller><?/color><?/fontfamily><BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param 0000,0000,ffff><?smaller>## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##<BR>UPSCABLE 940-0020C<BR>UPSTYPE backups<BR>DEVICE /dev/ttyd0<BR>LOCKFILE /var/apcups/lock<BR>UPSCLASS standalone<BR>UPSMODE disable<BR>ANNOY 10<BR>ANNOYDELAY 20<BR><?/smaller><?/color><?/fontfamily> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Tahoma><?smaller>-----Original Message-----<BR><?/smaller><?/fontfamily><B>From:</B> linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu [mailto:linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Server Admin<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:28 PM<BR><B>To:</B> jeff@idealso.com; linux-user@egr.msu.edu; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG<BR><B>Subject:</B> [GLLUG] Re: apcups<BR><BR>Try /dev/ttyd0<BR><BR>At 03:55 PM 3.14.2002 -0500, Jeff Lawton wrote: <BR>>>>><BR><BR><BR>I am setting up a APC backups 650 on a freebsd box. It does not seem to be communicating. Is there a different device I should be using other than cuaa0?<BR><BR><BR><BR>Jeff Lawton<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><<<<<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>.... our website: http://www.sage-one.net/<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>Jack L. Stone<BR>Server Admin _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list linux-user@egr.msu.edu http://www.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><<<<<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>.... our website: http://www.sage-one.net/<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>Jack L. Stone<BR>Server Admin </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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