Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 15:04:27 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: upsd and Serial Ports Message-ID: <199811222004.PAA14465@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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I've set up a mail server at work running FreeBSD 2.2.7. We put the ol' Pentium on a UPS (APC Smart-UPS 420). The 'upsd' port in the ports collection seems just the thing to keep the computer informed on what is going on with the UPS. However, one of the 'To-do' items in the upsd distribution is to write the manpage. :/ I crossed my fingers and just started the upsd at the command line (as root, and yes, the serial line from the UPS goes into the mail server PC), but it complains it can't get the UPS into 'smart mode.' I've just had enough time to look over the upsd source to realize it will take me a lot longer to figure out what the heck is going on there. Similarly, a look over 'etc/rc.serial' did not prove too enlightening in attempting to figure out how the upsd process and UPS can get together and work this out. I look over recent traffic on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc on DejaNews did not prove too helpful. Can anyone here provide some aid in getting this up and going... ...Perhaps some kind soul could even consider writing a proper manpage for the sake of posterity. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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