From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 1 09:41:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA14844 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 09:41:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from cerberus.partsnow.com (gatekeeper.partsnow.com [207.155.26.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA14832 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 09:41:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from don@localhost) by cerberus.partsnow.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) id BAA02762; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 01:42:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 01:42:20 -0800 (PST) From: Don Wilde To: Doug White cc: "Paul T. Root" , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UPSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Having also evaluated Linux, I pull this from their UPS How-To: male DB9 (UPS) fem DB9 (UNIX) 1 CD 7 RTS 2 RD 1 CD 9 RING 5 SGND This is apparently how the APC cable is wired, although the same author says it would be better (due to the power-up initialization of the UART) to use TX (computer pin 3) rather than RTS (pin 7). Haven't had a chance to DO it, but it's on the list. I spend too much time reading mail! oooOOO O O O o * * * * * * o ___ V_=_=_DW ===--- Don Wilde [ don@PartsNow.com ] /oo0000oo-oo--oo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Paul T. Root wrote: > > > I grabbed upsd (for my APC Smart-ups 700) and it compiled fine. But the > > documentation is lacking to say the least. > > > > What type of cable do I use? I tried copying a cable I had for APC > > software on a sparc. Should I use a null-modem? or a straight through. > > It's a special APC cable. The pinout is proprietary. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > >