On 21 Dec 1999, Ian Zimmerman wrote: itz >OK, out with the secret: what is "the grey cable" and "the black itz >cable" ?!? itz > itz >My situation: I have a BackUPS 650 that came, sure enough, with a itz >grey cable. I have tried apcd and genpowerd with the APC cable itz >definition, neither works.
Is it a back UPS pro ? or back ups ? i can't speak for a back UPS, but a back UPS pro requires a black cable(under *nix) to function in 'smart' mode. I spent 10-20 hours tweaking my system's settings and trying it on other mainboards before i contacted APC(their tech support sucks, but once u get to a place where u can type its ok, it was a bitch to get through their questions) they sent me a black cable. whats even stranger, powerchute for win* under vmware worked fine in linux, but if i tried powerchute for linux on the same com port it didnt. screwy but the new cable fixed it nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 2:29pm up 124 days, 2:19, 3 users, load average: 0.27, 0.32, 0.33
