Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 09:41:38 -0700 From: Steve Lindemann <steve@marmot.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UPS Message-ID: <563B86C2.7020003@marmot.org> In-Reply-To: <50421.128.135.52.6.1446739091.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> References: <20151105073309.1325707a@seibercom.net> <563B75FF.9020104@marmot.org> <50421.128.135.52.6.1446739091.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu>
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On 11/5/2015 8:58 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > On Thu, November 5, 2015 9:30 am, Steve Lindemann wrote: >> On 11/5/2015 5:33 AM, 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. >> >> Take a look at Network UPS Tools (NUT). I haven't used it myself (yet) >> but I've heard it works... though maybe not with serial. If you give it >> a try and it does work with serial let us know too. > > I must have introduced confusion in my other post, when I described > apcupsd on machine not connected to UPS with serial/USB cable talking over > network to apcupsd connected to the UPS with serial/USB cable. What I said > is only relevant to apcupsd (which I use forever). Network UPS Tools > mentioned here are different tools that have nothing to do with apcupsd, > and what I said about apcupsd is not related to Network UPS Tools, and > neither it needs these tools (all I described is done by the same apcupsd > software). I had not seen your post before I replied to the list... I was just making a suggestion based on what I've heard (as opposed to real experience on my part). I wasn't responding to your points, what you said in your original post sounds right to me too (again, based on what I've read, not experience). -- Steve
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