From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 1 10:45:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E7D116A4CF for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:45:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3FE943FBF for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:45:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) hA1Ihedl067912 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 1 Nov 2003 18:45:00 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id hA1Ihe5C067911; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 18:43:40 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 18:43:40 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Bernhard Valenti Message-ID: <20031101184340.GB67313@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Bernhard Valenti , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3FA3BDBD.4050909@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="E39vaYmALEf/7YXx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FA3BDBD.4050909@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: APC Smart-UPS 620VA X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 18:45:06 -0000 --E39vaYmALEf/7YXx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 03:05:49PM +0100, Bernhard Valenti wrote: > is the APC Smart-UPS 620VA supported in freebsd? > i searched the lists, but didnt find anything on that. > anyways, if you can recommend any other APC UPS for freebsd, i'd like to= =20 > hear your experiences. if i understand correctly i need a smart UPS to=20 > make freebsd shutdown in case battery gets empty? the UPS i need should= =20 > be around 250euros. FreeBSD itself doesn't have any specific support for UPSes -- so long as you feed AC into the power supply, FreeBSD will be happy. In order to interface with a UPS, check out the sysutils/nut port (http://www.exploits.org/nut/) -- this will let you monitor UPSes attached to a serial port or attached by USB: pretty much all APC hardware should be supported, but you may need to use a specific cable. You don't need a 'smart' UPS per-se but less fancy boxes won't let you monitor the state of the UPS is such detail. Generally if the UPS can indicate it's on battery vs. on mains power then NUT can probably work with it. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --E39vaYmALEf/7YXx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/o/7cdtESqEQa7a0RAgZ0AJ9OMF9y/jVWFkO5YBm/ddixRZZtsgCcD1Je oMa2XqrWZ7QvkINE25+fuHA= =ET+f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --E39vaYmALEf/7YXx--