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Date:      Thu, 26 Feb 1998 21:41:54 -0800 (PST)
From:      Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.org>
To:        FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   APC UPS
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.980226213831.19247B-100000@ds9.dreamhaven.org>

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Greetings again,

This may qualify as one of those Frequently Asked Questions, but since
I haven't been able to find anything on it either in the FAQ or the
Handbook on the FreeBSD web site, I figured I'd ask here.

I have an APC BackUPS 600 that my FreeBSD box is attached to.  Back in the
dark days when I ran Linux, I had a program called genpowerd, which, along
with a custom-made cable, would initiate an automatic shutdown of my
system in the event of a power failure.  This has saved me on more than
one occasion.  Unfortunately, as I suspected, said program does not
compile under FreeBSD.  I'm wondering if anyone knows of a similar daemon
for FreeBSD that will work with this UPS.  The cable isn't a problem -- I
can easily obtain either the "smart" or "simple" signaling cable for this
particular UPS model, or I can custom-make a different cable.

Thanks in advance!

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