From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 22 19:41:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA19174 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 19:41:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA19169 for ; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 19:41:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-120.laker.net [208.0.233.20]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id WAA19085; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 22:40:40 -0500 Message-Id: <199811230340.WAA19085@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "cjclark@home.com" , "Crist J. Clark" , "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 22:38:25 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: upsd and Serial Ports Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 15:04:27 -0500 (EST), Crist J. Clark wrote: >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 > The only info I've seen is at: http://www.exploits.org/~rkroll/ups.html and is in regards to Linux, but may be helpful. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message