Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 09:02:12 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: APC BE750G Power Saving Battery Back-UPS Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310130853130.78122@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP423373A22A01CF05DFB358E93190@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP423373A22A01CF05DFB358E93190@phx.gbl>
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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 > <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-October/062543.html>; > dated 10/2004. Are those issues still relevant? According to > <http://www.apcupsd.com/manual/#freebsd>; 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.
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