On 2009-06-11, Diana Eichert <deich...@wrench.com> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Thanasis wrote: > >> on 06/11/2009 02:03 AM Thanasis wrote the following: > SNIP >>> Thanks Diana. I checked the pinout of the DB25-Male to DB9-Female, and >>> also that of the gender changer and they appear good as far as >>> continuity exists between the pins as shown on the site you mention. :-) >>> >>> I also checked the continuity between the ends of the black serial cable >>> supplied by APC, and for the record, it is like so: >>> >>> APC cable (940-0024D) pinout: >>> DB9 Female (PC side) <---> DB9 Male (UPS side) >>> pin 2 <------------------> pin 2 >>> pin 3 <------------------> pin 1 >>> pin 5 <------------------> pin 9 >>> All other pins are not connected. >>> >>> So, now I believe my problem is not hardware but software related. >>> I'll post any successful results from tests of other software. >>> >> I downloaded the latest version of apcupsd from http://www.apcupsd.com >> (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54413) >> and compiled and installed with gmake. Straightfoward. >> Communication with the UPS perfect from the first trial. >> :-) > > Glad to hear you got things working. > > Now you ought to consider creating an updated OpenBSD port for apcupsd. > This would be a great contribution back to the project. > > g.day > >
There's already a port on ports@ but it needs a bit more work.
