From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 13 15:02:14 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 843F85FF for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2013 15:02:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 36C532705 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2013 15:02:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r9DF2CC5078242 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2013 09:02:12 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) with ESMTP id r9DF2CfX078239 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2013 09:02:12 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 09:02:12 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: FreeBSD Subject: Re: APC BE750G Power Saving Battery Back-UPS In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 13 Oct 2013 09:02:13 -0600 (MDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 15:02:14 -0000 On Sun, 13 Oct 2013, Carmel wrote: > I have the opportunity to replace an aging UPS with a new APC BE750G > Power Saving Battery Back-UPS one. My question is if anyone here has > ever used this device under FreeBSD. APC does not have, or at least I > couldn't find any, software for a FreeBSD system. Without the software, > the unit is basically useless. > > I Googled and found an old message regarding FreeBSD and a similar UPS > > dated 10/2004. Are those issues still relevant? According to > I need to insure that this is > a "SmartUPS" The unit I am looking at does not qualify. > > I might add that my present unit is connected to a Windows machine. I > intend to replace that one and hook up both PCs to it. sysutils/apcupsd works with a lot of APC units. Offhand, I know it works with a several-year-old Back-UPS XS unit (not mine), and with all my older Smart-UPS units. Mac people say that apcupsd works with the BE750G: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100314155518972 The Smart-UPS models are preferred for better quality. In some of the newer units, APC has gone to a proprietary communications protocol. The problem units are shown on the apcupsd.com site.