Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 14:49:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: David Kott <dakott@alpha.delta.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UPSd and APC Back-UPS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808181446320.19286-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980817223133.250F-100000@kott.my.domain>
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On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, David Kott wrote: > > > Has anyone actually gotten UPSd 2.0.1.6 to work with a homebrew cable? Nope, I begged one out of APC. :) I have the pinouts (from my own explorations with a multitester) in my room, somewhere .. > I recently purchased an APC Back-UPS 500 and tracked down a hack'd > cable callout that allegdly duplicates the APC part. I checked for > loopback on the serial port I was planning to use, changed the > upsd.conf to said serial port, attached my homemade cable adapter, and > started up upsd. However, it reports "Cannot put the UPS into smart > mode!". I suspect this means that I don't have valid communications > between the ups and the serial port/daemon. Evidently, the man page > and README have not been written yet (an entry in the TODO list!) > So, I might have something configured incorrectly. upsd is more or less mine now, I haven't had the time to fiddle with it. I suggest finding a copy of 2.0.1.6.1, which is adapted for 120 volt usage. It used to be on my workstation, which isn't reachable from the world. I have it for http download only from http://resnet.uoregon.edu/dwhite/upsd-2.0.1.6.1.tgz. > male DB9 (UPS) fem DB9 (UNIX) > 1 CD 7 RTS > 2 RD 1 CD > 9 RING 5 SGND There's more than that, I think... Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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