From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Nov 5 12:41:33 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79470A23B58 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 12:41:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rbyrnes@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qg0-x22b.google.com (mail-qg0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 437031F1F for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 12:41:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rbyrnes@gmail.com) Received: by qgeb1 with SMTP id b1so11714835qge.1 for ; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:41:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=g07qm4L2S35922ChkNuifTkYdcct+T47Pa4zKVR66wI=; b=rtspUKK6X3v+XKLeVuR6f4KhsX5PbKy3/jpZd7iI/Go02YzyBtVIKPaHiKZps95/oI BFwrNucJn7TLJttvXNMOfDgq0iV1VpCbXiNIhBYahswPXSY5jvVt2ImZb12mPOnYDUBh SmexqTWLsPJ+NgrymQ7IRQUqQanfegcIF//NPbQJ7Qz0BINpgogBlim4H0kFI3VaMLoo SLMOXkBsJvD5iCokHRTC3CL2vn/LlCKHqXdmjC2smdzUCC/cXnMEUNrc9IZQMGPCEDFA Lfje1ezd+QRCsqo7jQCLPB3qa7a1eoLP/+MA6Y7tsNK1UgfrjPm/EXrRzCpbkYIM860y TZMw== X-Received: by 10.140.216.135 with SMTP id m129mr7446947qhb.90.1446727292244; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:41:32 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.94.235 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 04:41:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20151105073309.1325707a@seibercom.net> References: <20151105073309.1325707a@seibercom.net> From: Rob Byrnes Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 23:41:12 +1100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: UPS To: FreeBSD FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:41:33 -0000 You'll need a third-party tool to talk to it - sysutils/apcupsd from ports works well on serial-connected UPS'. cheers, rob On 5 November 2015 at 23:33, Jerry wrote: > I was given a brand new APC Smart-UPS SC 420VA unit. I was wondering if > anyone had actually tried or used one of these units with FreeBSD. > According > to the documentation, it is "plug & play" with Windows, but I have no idea > how to make it play nicely, if at all, with FreeBSD. There is no USB > connector, just a serial connector. > > -- > Jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Idiot : A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. (Ambrose Bierce - The Devils Dictionary)