RE: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-03-03 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD > > > >Hi Don, > > Thanks for the reply. But yes, APC is selling in India the >models it can't sell anywhere else. My 500 VA Back UPS >(purchased new last month) does not have any cuaa/usb &g

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-03-01 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
Hi Mannish, I guess all you have to do is look at the first four letters in FreeBSD. One of the many reasons why I love this operating system, and it just keeps getting better, even I'm not. Don On Wednesday 01 March 2006 13:15, manish jain wrote: > Hi Don, > > Thanks for the reply. But ye

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-03-01 Thread manish jain
Hi Don, Thanks for the reply. But yes, APC is selling in India the models it can't sell anywhere else. My 500 VA Back UPS (purchased new last month) does not have any cuaa/usb interface. It's not just APC alone, there's a whole lot of companies that throw their junk in here in this countr

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-22 Thread David Kelly
On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 03:07:21AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > Fortunately, the used market is awash in UPSes that have burned out > batteries. Just find the local supplier of lead-acid gell cells and > make friends with him and your in like flyn. Any large city has at > least 1 of them.

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-22 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
;Cc: manish jain; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD > > > > > > > >Then, thats got to be a really old, old one. I've been working > > (playing with actually) with computers since the color computer. I

RE: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-22 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Donald J. >O'Neill >Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 8:47 AM >To: Chuck Swiger >Cc: manish jain; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic)

RE: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-22 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
nt: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 6:09 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD > > >Hi, > > I just purchased an APC 500 Back UPS (the basic model, not >the pro/smart one). It does not have any serial/usb interface. >Can

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread Paul Mather
Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 February 2006 08:26, Chuck Swiger wrote: > [ ... ] > >> No. If your UPS isn't smart and does not have an external USB or > >> serial port, apcupsd has nothing to work with. > > > > As best I can tell from the OP

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread David Kelly
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:35:40AM -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > > I think in this case, he was referring to extra sensory perception. But, > since this is evidently a model that just sits there and supplies > backup power until the battery is too depleted to AC power to the > computer at an

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 11:46, Ian Lord wrote: > > Lol in my own opinion, if the user that asked the question can't > figure out there is a usb/serial port on the unit (I took the > assumption as true :) I can hardly see how he would manage to compile > and configure apcupsd :) > What can I sa

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread Graham Bentley
Back-UPS CS 350 is the lowest model I got to work on *nix. However, you have to ring / mail APC and ask them to send you out a serial lead. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To uns

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread Ian Lord
At 11:47 2006-02-21, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: On Tuesday 21 February 2006 10:08, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 February 2006 08:26, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > [ ... ] > > >> No. If your UPS isn't smart and does not have an external USB or > >> serial port, apcupsd

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 10:08, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 February 2006 08:26, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > [ ... ] > > >> No. If your UPS isn't smart and does not have an external USB or > >> serial port, apcupsd has nothing to work with. > > > > As best I can

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 09:53, Ian Lord wrote: > At 10:32 2006-02-21, Peter wrote: > >--- Ian Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At 09:09 2006-02-21, manish jain wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > > I just purchased an APC 500 Back UPS (the > > > > basic model, not the pro/smart one). It does

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread Chuck Swiger
Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > On Tuesday 21 February 2006 08:26, Chuck Swiger wrote: [ ... ] >> No. If your UPS isn't smart and does not have an external USB or >> serial port, apcupsd has nothing to work with. > > As best I can tell from the OP's description, and the APC website, they > all have a

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread Ian Lord
At 10:32 2006-02-21, Peter wrote: --- Ian Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 09:09 2006-02-21, manish jain wrote: > >Hi, > > > > I just purchased an APC 500 Back UPS (the > > basic model, not the pro/smart one). It does > > not have any serial/usb interface. Can I get > > apcupsd or any oth

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 08:26, Chuck Swiger wrote: > manish jain wrote: > > I just purchased an APC 500 Back UPS (the basic model, not the > > pro/smart one). > > It does not have any serial/usb interface. Can I get apcupsd or any > > other daemon to work with it so that the system automaticall

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread Peter
--- Ian Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 09:09 2006-02-21, manish jain wrote: > >Hi, > > > > I just purchased an APC 500 Back UPS (the > > basic model, not the pro/smart one). It does > > not have any serial/usb interface. Can I get > > apcupsd or any other daemon to work with it so > >

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread Chuck Swiger
manish jain wrote: > I just purchased an APC 500 Back UPS (the basic model, not the pro/smart > one). > It does not have any serial/usb interface. Can I get apcupsd or any other > daemon > to work with it so that the system automatically shuts down before backup > supply > runs out ? No. If you

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread Ian Lord
At 09:09 2006-02-21, manish jain wrote: Hi, I just purchased an APC 500 Back UPS (the basic model, not the pro/smart one). It does not have any serial/usb interface. Can I get apcupsd or any other daemon to work with it so that the system automatically shuts down before backup supply runs

Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

2006-02-21 Thread manish jain
Hi, I just purchased an APC 500 Back UPS (the basic model, not the pro/smart one). It does not have any serial/usb interface. Can I get apcupsd or any other daemon to work with it so that the system automatically shuts down before backup supply runs out ? If someone can attach a samp