RE: APC UPS question
I have a backups 280 and there is no serial port on it. Are you sure your looking at the right thing? In any case a 280 is barely enough to keep a PC powered much less a PC and monitor. I use mine for my DSL modem and DSL router. There's lots of SmartUPS 450 UPSs on Ebay. Find one that the seller isn't claiming that he has 'refurbished' with new batteries. Buy it and when it arrives just buy new batteries from any electrical store and give them your old ones. (since it's going to be a given that the batteries will be toasted no matter what the seller claims) APS themselves also sells refurbs off their website. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Navarre Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: APC UPS question I'm in the market for a UPS that works with FreeBSD. Does anyone know if the APC Back-UPS Pro 280VA Just Works with FreeBSD 4-STABLE and apcupsd? As far as I can tell apcupsd support for usb on FreeBSD is not reliable, but this one's serial and affordable but I'd like to know if it works before I buy. Thanks. -- We all enter this world in the same way: naked, screaming, and soaked in blood. But if you live your life right, that kind of thing doesn't have to stop there. -- Dana Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: APC UPS question
http://buy.apc.com/commerce/storefronts/factoryoutlet/default.asp Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: I have a backups 280 and there is no serial port on it. Are you sure your looking at the right thing? In any case a 280 is barely enough to keep a PC powered much less a PC and monitor. I use mine for my DSL modem and DSL router. There's lots of SmartUPS 450 UPSs on Ebay. Find one that the seller isn't claiming that he has 'refurbished' with new batteries. Buy it and when it arrives just buy new batteries from any electrical store and give them your old ones. (since it's going to be a given that the batteries will be toasted no matter what the seller claims) APS themselves also sells refurbs off their website. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Navarre Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: APC UPS question I'm in the market for a UPS that works with FreeBSD. Does anyone know if the APC Back-UPS Pro 280VA Just Works with FreeBSD 4-STABLE and apcupsd? As far as I can tell apcupsd support for usb on FreeBSD is not reliable, but this one's serial and affordable but I'd like to know if it works before I buy. Thanks. -- We all enter this world in the same way: naked, screaming, and soaked in blood. But if you live your life right, that kind of thing doesn't have to stop there. -- Dana Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: APC UPS question
I have purchased a few APC Ups's from a vendor on Ebay. Wonderful to work with. a few weeks ago the UPS I purchased about 1 and a half years ago had a electrical problem and the ups failed. He sent me another unit and it arrived in just a few days. I Paid $179 for a APC Smart 1400 RM UPS. I currently have 3 servers attached to it with my various other routers and it will run for about 20 or 30 minutes. With only 1 server it will run for almost 90 minutes or so. He sends out NEW batteries with the unit's... http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZupspowerQQsosortorderZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1 already i see he has a few Net UPS 650's for $79 or a Smart UPS 700 for $100 On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:05:32 -0700, Matt Navarre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the market for a UPS that works with FreeBSD. Does anyone know if the APC Back-UPS Pro 280VA Just Works with FreeBSD 4-STABLE and apcupsd? As far as I can tell apcupsd support for usb on FreeBSD is not reliable, but this one's serial and affordable but I'd like to know if it works before I buy. Thanks. -- We all enter this world in the same way: naked, screaming, and soaked in blood. But if you live your life right, that kind of thing doesn't have to stop there. -- Dana Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: APC UPS question
Ted Mittelstaedt writes: I have a backups 280 and there is no serial port on it. Are you sure your looking at the right thing? I believe they have the BackUPS _Pro_ 280, the larger brothers (420 and 650) of which are sitting two feet behind me. Both have serial ports only. (They are 5+ years old.) Robert Huff ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: APC UPS question
On Thursday 21 October 2004 07:35, Robert Huff wrote: Ted Mittelstaedt writes: I have a backups 280 and there is no serial port on it. Are you sure your looking at the right thing? I believe they have the BackUPS _Pro_ 280, the larger brothers (420 and 650) of which are sitting two feet behind me. Both have serial ports only. (They are 5+ years old.) Robert Huff Does the 650 work well with FreeBSD? I can get a refurb 650 from APC for the same price as I can find the 280. -- We all enter this world in the same way: naked, screaming, and soaked in blood. But if you live your life right, that kind of thing doesn't have to stop there. -- Dana Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: APC UPS question
they all use the same protocol, the difference is between the smart ups and the backups. all smartups use one protocol all backups use another. The very newest ones with usb and such might have changed this, I don't know. incidentally with the smartups you can query the ups for the amount of runtime left so you know how much life is left in the battery, the ups self-tests this periodically and you can send a command to it to do this. Very useful. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Navarre Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 8:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Robert Huff Subject: Re: APC UPS question On Thursday 21 October 2004 07:35, Robert Huff wrote: Ted Mittelstaedt writes: I have a backups 280 and there is no serial port on it. Are you sure your looking at the right thing? I believe they have the BackUPS _Pro_ 280, the larger brothers (420 and 650) of which are sitting two feet behind me. Both have serial ports only. (They are 5+ years old.) Robert Huff Does the 650 work well with FreeBSD? I can get a refurb 650 from APC for the same price as I can find the 280. -- We all enter this world in the same way: naked, screaming, and soaked in blood. But if you live your life right, that kind of thing doesn't have to stop there. -- Dana Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: APC UPS question
Ted Mittelstaedt writes: incidentally with the smartups you can query the ups for the amount of runtime left so you know how much life is left in the battery, the ups self-tests this periodically and you can send a command to it to do this. Very useful. That's also true for the BackUPS Pro providing you get the right cable (I used the -0095A) and the right software (PowerChute Personal Edition (Windows) or apcupsd (FreeBSD)). Robert Huff ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: APC UPS question
Matt Navarre writes: I believe they have the BackUPS _Pro_ 280, the larger brothers (420 and 650) of which are sitting two feet behind me. Both have serial ports only. (They are 5+ years old.) Does the 650 work well with FreeBSD? I can get a refurb 650 from APC for the same price as I can find the 280. It worked well for many years, then died within the 3 months. It's sitting on my parts shelf in the hope I have an excuse to make a trip to Rhode Island soon. (I replaced the battery within the last year, and would like to get the electronics refurbed.) Robert Huff ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
