Re: APC BE750G Power Saving Battery Back-UPS

2013-10-13 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 13 Oct 2013, Carmel wrote: I have the opportunity to replace an aging UPS with a new APC BE750G Power Saving Battery Back-UPS one. My question is if anyone here has ever used this device under FreeBSD. APC does not have, or at least I couldn't find any, software for a FreeBSD s

APC BE750G Power Saving Battery Back-UPS

2013-10-13 Thread Carmel
I have the opportunity to replace an aging UPS with a new APC BE750G Power Saving Battery Back-UPS one. My question is if anyone here has ever used this device under FreeBSD. APC does not have, or at least I couldn't find any, software for a FreeBSD system. Without the software, the un

Re: Your UPS Invoice is Ready

2012-10-09 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:39:33 -0400 (EDT) freebsd-questi...@fongaboo.com articulated: > How is it that we are getting spam on the list like this? {SNIP} Primarily because you do not need to register to get access to this list. Apparently, there are people who feel the trivial exercise of registeri

Re: Your UPS Invoice is Ready

2012-10-09 Thread freebsd-questions
. Dear UPS Customer, New invoice(s) are available for the consolidated payment plan(s) / account(s) enrolled in the UPS Billing Center Please

Re: what software can support that UPS ?

2012-05-15 Thread Wojciech Puchar
thanks for help. found it non-FreeBSD specific. just this model is not supported by available software. Thanks again On Mon, 14 May 2012, Robert Huff wrote: Wojciech Puchar writes: > /usr/ports/sysutils/apcupsd ? ? - so what to give as device? /dev/ugen1.3? set UPSCABLE usb UPSTYPE us

Re: what software can support that UPS ?

2012-05-14 Thread Wojciech Puchar
UPSCABLE usb UPSTYPE usb My BackUPS RS 500 works fine using those and a empty "DEVICE" field. how your UPS shows in dmesg? It is possible this is a new/redesigned model that Apcupsd does not handle correctly. (APC is famous for not having a consistant inter

Re: what software can support that UPS ?

2012-05-14 Thread Robert Huff
Wojciech Puchar writes: > > /usr/ports/sysutils/apcupsd ? > > ? - so what to give as device? /dev/ugen1.3? > set > > UPSCABLE usb > UPSTYPE usb My BackUPS RS 500 works fine using those and a empty "DEVICE" field. It is possible this is a new/redesigned model that Apcupsd

Re: what software can support that UPS ?

2012-05-14 Thread Wojciech Puchar
/usr/ports/sysutils/apcupsd ? ? - so what to give as device? /dev/ugen1.3? set UPSCABLE usb UPSTYPE usb not set DEVICE as specified in comments for USB devices. can't find UPS. tried setting DEVICE to /dev/ugen1.3 - no avail. tried /usr/ports/sysutils/nut selected "EVER"

Re: what software can support that UPS ?

2012-05-14 Thread Julien Cigar
/usr/ports/sysutils/apcupsd ? On 05/14/2012 14:06, Wojciech Puchar wrote: seems like it is very badly made USB interface, all class data is empty, ugen1.3: at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON bLength = 0x0012 bDescriptorType = 0x0001 bcdUSB = 0x0101 bDeviceClass = 0x

what software can support that UPS ?

2012-05-14 Thread Wojciech Puchar
seems like it is very badly made USB interface, all class data is empty, ugen1.3: at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON bLength = 0x0012 bDescriptorType = 0x0001 bcdUSB = 0x0101 bDeviceClass = 0x bDeviceSubClass = 0x bDeviceProtocol = 0x bMaxPacketSize0

Re: APC UPS Trip Lite - usb device keeps disconnecting

2012-02-08 Thread Matt Mullins
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:29 AM, jbiskofski wrote: > And then about 20 seconds later : > >    ugen1.2: at usbus1 (disconnected) >    uhid1: at uhub1, port 2, addr 2 (disconnected) > > 20 seconds after that : > >    ugen1.2: at usbus1 >    uhid1: on > usbus1 I

APC UPS Trip Lite - usb device keeps disconnecting

2012-02-08 Thread jbiskofski
Gentlemen, I have recently purchased a small APC UPS unit for my office server. We have power outages from time to time that can last a couple of hours ( Mexico City ). I would like to setup apcupsd to automatically shutdown the server when there is a power outage. Upon connecting the UPS with a

Re: UPS question

2010-08-14 Thread Ryan Coleman
Just going to reply to this one bit for now: The computer used to be a gaming computer, converted this past fall into a file server when I lacked time to play any games in a year. >> Additionally I spent $34 on a video card today that reduces my power >> consumption by 150Watts, resulting in a

Re: UPS question

2010-08-14 Thread Ian Smith
> > A bit of advice: If this is an unattended system, give some thought to how > > you will boot the server back up if the outage is longer than two minutes > > but shorter than six hours. Most UPS installations have *some* kind of > > race condition issue if power com

Re: UPS question

2010-08-13 Thread David Brodbeck
On Thu, August 12, 2010 8:14 pm, Al Plant wrote: >> #3. Thats why setting the bios "not" to self boot would work. (Stopping >> the bios from turning the server on after an outage.) Someone would have >> to check the power status manually before throwing the switch manually >> to make it come up aft

Re: UPS question

2010-08-12 Thread Al Plant
thought to how you will boot the server back up if the outage is longer than two minutes but shorter than six hours. Most UPS installations have *some* kind of race condition issue if power comes back after the servers have begun a shutdown, but in your case it's an unusually long window. Me

Re: UPS question

2010-08-12 Thread Ryan Coleman
battery mid-way through the boot before it gets the chance to load the >> UPS controller. > > You may want to think about using two UPS units -- a large one for your > server, and a smaller one for your network stack. This way you can use UPS > monitoring software (like NUT

Re: UPS question

2010-08-12 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: Yes. The downside comes from when the BIOS is told to turn on the server at, say, 10pm and the power is still out... it starts the process and runs out of battery mid-way through the boot before it gets the chance to load the UPS controller

Re: UPS question

2010-08-12 Thread Ryan Coleman
;>> modem (w/ wireless) and switch running with power for up to 6 hours. >>>> A bit of advice: If this is an unattended system, give some thought to >>>> how >>>> you will boot the server back up if the outage is longer than two >>>> minutes >&

Re: UPS question

2010-08-12 Thread Al Plant
longer than two minutes but shorter than six hours. Most UPS installations have *some* kind of race condition issue if power comes back after the servers have begun a shutdown, but in your case it's an unusually long window. Meaning that my 2-minute window is unusually long? If the UPS can su

Re: UPS question

2010-08-12 Thread Michael Powell
Oliver Fromme wrote: > Ryan Coleman wrote: > > He thinks that at 500W needed it would give me about 12 minutes on > > a 1400VA. > > That W and VA numbers of the UPS are pretty much irrelevant, > because they tell nothing about the capacity of the battery. > Those

Re: UPS question

2010-08-12 Thread Ryan Coleman
r for up to 6 hours. >>> >>> A bit of advice: If this is an unattended system, give some thought to >>> how >>> you will boot the server back up if the outage is longer than two >>> minutes >>> but shorter than six hours. Most UPS installati

Re: UPS question

2010-08-12 Thread David Brodbeck
ive some thought to >> how >> you will boot the server back up if the outage is longer than two >> minutes >> but shorter than six hours. Most UPS installations have *some* kind of >> race condition issue if power comes back after the servers have begun a >> shutdo

Re: UPS question

2010-08-11 Thread Oliver Fromme
Ryan Coleman wrote: > He thinks that at 500W needed it would give me about 12 minutes on > a 1400VA. That W and VA numbers of the UPS are pretty much irrelevant, because they tell nothing about the capacity of the battery. Those numbers only give an upper limit on the power that the U

Re: UPS question

2010-08-11 Thread Ryan Coleman
has not been returned, shut down the server but leave the >> modem (w/ wireless) and switch running with power for up to 6 hours. > > A bit of advice: If this is an unattended system, give some thought to how > you will boot the server back up if the outage is longer than two minutes >

Re: UPS question

2010-08-11 Thread David Brodbeck
(w/ wireless) and switch running with power for up to 6 hours. A bit of advice: If this is an unattended system, give some thought to how you will boot the server back up if the outage is longer than two minutes but shorter than six hours. Most UPS installations have *some* kind of race condition is

Re: UPS question

2010-08-11 Thread Ryan Coleman
Thanks, Chuck. I talked with a former colleague that has a lot of experience in specing out UPS requirements (between battery-ready and generator-ready backups at the office they have up to 5 minutes of battery backup before the gas generator is needed with a 128-hour recharge time just to

Re: UPS question

2010-08-11 Thread Chuck Swiger
fecalc.html > It requires Amps... 495W / 120 voltage = 4.125 amps... doesn't seem right > but... > 192 hours... that's not right, right? Assume for discussion their number was right. In order to get 495W of output load, the UPS needs to provide 693 volt-amps of juice to your eq

UPS question

2010-08-11 Thread Ryan Coleman
I know that APC's website states this load on this unit results in this runtime. However I do not trust these figures, typically, when coming from smaller manufacturers than APC. I am looking at a 1400VA / 980W UPS to run a single server with a usually not on monitor, a DSL modem and a s

Re: FreeBSD and UPS

2009-03-06 Thread Wojciech Puchar
because the soft did shutdown the server automatically when the UPS went out of battery? and I had not tested that (lack of time). So the soft even went beyond my expectations? it is important too to make sure BIOS settings are set to automatically power up computer when power is present. by

Re: FreeBSD and UPS

2009-03-06 Thread Wojciech Puchar
install apcupsd from ports On Fri, 6 Mar 2009, Pieter Donche wrote: The vendor of our new server, tells me that an APC Smart-UPS 2200VA or APC Smart-UPS 3000VA does not have software for automatic shutdown when power is lost, which is compatible with FreeBSD, it is only compatible with

Re: FreeBSD and UPS

2009-03-06 Thread bsd
be the most stable use). I was very surprised because the soft did shutdown the server automatically when the UPS went out of battery… and I had not tested that (lack of time). So the soft even went beyond my expectations… Port: apcupsd-3.14.5 Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/apcupsd Info

Re: FreeBSD and UPS

2009-03-06 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Pieter Donche : > The vendor of our new server, tells me that an APC Smart-UPS 2200VA > or APC Smart-UPS 3000VA does not have software for automatic shutdown when > power is lost, which is compatible with FreeBSD, it is only compatible > with Windows and Linux. >

FreeBSD and UPS

2009-03-06 Thread Pieter Donche
The vendor of our new server, tells me that an APC Smart-UPS 2200VA or APC Smart-UPS 3000VA does not have software for automatic shutdown when power is lost, which is compatible with FreeBSD, it is only compatible with Windows and Linux. Is this true? Has someone experience with that

Re: UPS Gembird 1200VA

2008-12-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Octavian Ionescu wrote: > hi, > > i have received an Gembird UPS 1200 VA for one of the servers and i am > trying to get it work. The main problem is that the cd came with a > compiled aplication for linux and with linux_base-fc8 installed it > does not detect it. > the apcup

UPS Gembird 1200VA

2008-12-09 Thread Octavian Ionescu
hi, i have received an Gembird UPS 1200 VA for one of the servers and i am trying to get it work. The main problem is that the cd came with a compiled aplication for linux and with linux_base-fc8 installed it does not detect it. the apcupsd does not recognize it either. is there a way to

Re: A silent UPS - (A little OT, I know...)

2008-04-09 Thread Da Rock
t;> > >>>> On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 23:45 +0200, Erik Cederstrand wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Da Rock wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> This may sound l

Re: A silent UPS - (A little OT, I know...)

2008-04-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
question, but is there a way to mute the voice box of a UPS? I have a highly specialised application for one- I need a mobile desktop pc (very cheap). I need to setup a pc for my little girl so that she has music, video, and visualisations while she's in her cot- which is mobile and moved from ro

Re: A silent UPS - (A little OT, I know...)

2008-04-09 Thread Da Rock
>>> This may sound like a strange question, but is there a way to mute the > > >>> voice box of a UPS? I have a highly specialised application for one- I > > >>> need a mobile desktop pc (very cheap). I need to setup a pc for my > > >>> little

Re: A silent UPS - (A little OT, I know...)

2008-04-08 Thread Da Rock
On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 01:02 +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Da Rock wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 23:45 +0200, Erik Cederstrand wrote: > > > >> Da Rock wrote: > >> > >>> This may sound like a strange question, but is there a way to mute

Re: A silent UPS - (A little OT, I know...)

2008-04-08 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 07:49:27AM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > I don't have one yet, but I was hoping someone might have a suggestion > as to which one might be capable of switching off the audio alert. Open up the box. Find the wires to the speaker, and cut them. ;-) Roland -- R.F.Smith

Re: A silent UPS - (A little OT, I know...)

2008-04-08 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Da Rock wrote: On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 23:45 +0200, Erik Cederstrand wrote: Da Rock wrote: This may sound like a strange question, but is there a way to mute the voice box of a UPS? I have a highly specialised application for one- I need a mobile desktop pc (very cheap). I need to setup

Re: A silent UPS - (A little OT, I know...)

2008-04-08 Thread Da Rock
On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 23:45 +0200, Erik Cederstrand wrote: > Da Rock wrote: > > This may sound like a strange question, but is there a way to mute the > > voice box of a UPS? I have a highly specialised application for one- I > > need a mobile desktop pc (very cheap). I need

Re: A silent UPS - (A little OT, I know...)

2008-04-08 Thread Da Rock
On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 17:10 -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Da Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > This may sound like a strange question, but is there a way to mute the > > voice box of a UPS? I have a highly specialised application for one- I > > need a mob

Re: A silent UPS - (A little OT, I know...)

2008-04-08 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Da Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This may sound like a strange question, but is there a way to mute the > voice box of a UPS? I have a highly specialised application for one- I > need a mobile desktop pc (very cheap). I need to setup a pc for my > little girl so

A silent UPS - (A little OT, I know...)

2008-04-08 Thread Da Rock
This may sound like a strange question, but is there a way to mute the voice box of a UPS? I have a highly specialised application for one- I need a mobile desktop pc (very cheap). I need to setup a pc for my little girl so that she has music, video, and visualisations while she's in he

Re: UPS / USB / system reboot

2008-02-18 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, 2008/2/18, Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > /dev/ad3s1d/backup ufs rw 2 2 > > > > ad3s1d is a USB hard drive. It is normally unmounted and I think it > > so add noauto after rw Thanks! A lot! -- Zbigniew Szalbot _

Re: UPS / USB / system reboot

2008-02-18 Thread Wojciech Puchar
/dev/ad3s1d/backup ufs rw 2 2 ad3s1d is a USB hard drive. It is normally unmounted and I think it so add noauto after rw ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listin

UPS / USB / system reboot

2008-02-18 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, I am running apcupsd. Toady we had several power failures. One of them lasted longer than the UPS was able to sustain. So: Mon Feb 18 15:21:06 CET 2008 Power failure. Mon Feb 18 15:21:12 CET 2008 Running on UPS batteries. Mon Feb 18 16:40:19 CET 2008 Battery power exhausted. Mon Feb 18

Re: AAARRRGH: network foul-ups.

2007-12-29 Thread Chuck Robey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brian A. Seklecki (Mobile) wrote: > On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 18:38 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: >> The trouble is that two of my machines report the identical >> private IP: 10.0.0.250. Previously "tao" was 10.0.0.247 and > > > Be sure to flush o

Re: AAARRRGH: network foul-ups.

2007-12-27 Thread Brian A. Seklecki (Mobile)
On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 18:38 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > The trouble is that two of my machines report the identical > private IP: 10.0.0.250. Previously "tao" was 10.0.0.247 and Be sure to flush old entries from: /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient.leases on DHCP Clients ~BAS > "tao2

AAARRRGH: network foul-ups.

2007-12-27 Thread Gary Kline
The trouble is that two of my machines report the identical private IP: 10.0.0.250. Previously "tao" was 10.0.0.247 and "tao2" was 10.0.0.250. Today I switched the names in /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf, shutdown, and rebooted my mailserver--also my DNS server

Re: OT: Looking for some inpiration with UPS setup

2007-11-10 Thread Ian Smith
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:33:34 + Christopher Key <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've a FreeBSD fileserver, a solid state router (Linksys box running > OpenWRT) and a couple of gigabit switches that I'd like to move onto a > UPS (I'm primarily looking at the A

Re: OT: Looking for some inpiration with UPS setup

2007-11-10 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
Christopher Key wrote: NetOpsCenter wrote: Christopher Key wrote: I've a FreeBSD fileserver, a solid state router (Linksys box running OpenWRT) and a couple of gigabit switches that I'd like to move onto a UPS (I'm primarily looking at the APC Smart-UPS line). I have a s

Re: OT: Looking for some inpiration with UPS setup

2007-11-10 Thread Christopher Key
NetOpsCenter wrote: Christopher Key wrote: I've a FreeBSD fileserver, a solid state router (Linksys box running OpenWRT) and a couple of gigabit switches that I'd like to move onto a UPS (I'm primarily looking at the APC Smart-UPS line). I have a similar setup in my noc she

OT: Looking for some inpiration with UPS setup

2007-11-09 Thread Christopher Key
Hello, Apolgies for the slightly OT post, but I'm hoping that some of the ammased expertise might be able to suggest a solution. I've a FreeBSD fileserver, a solid state router (Linksys box running OpenWRT) and a couple of gigabit switches that I'd like to move onto a UPS

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-12 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, > the *why*. Is there a best type to save me from this? Do any of > these power supplies come with scripts to shutdown a Unix {or > Linux} computer? Is there a UPS that is designed for heavy use > and a very short (5- to 10-second) uptime? I'll

RE: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-12 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
Hi Gary, I've owned and worked with at least a dozen different UPS brands. The best UPS I have - which I have right now powering several systems, is a Best Power Ferrups FE series. I don't think they make it anymore, sorry! As for the APC units - the APC standby units are everyo

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-10 Thread Christopher Sean Hilton
of their units which will generate SNMP traps when events occur with the power. I'm using apcupsd from the ports collection to control the servers in the event of a long term power outage. It has a configurable master/slave mode. You connect the master to the UPS and then slave from the ma

Re[2]: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-09 Thread Gerard
On October 08, 2007 at 10:41PM Bart Silverstrim wrote: [snip] > > what is this? HVAC? > > Heating and air conditioning, I believe. No? HVAC (pronounced either "H-V-A-C" or, occasionally, "H-VAK") is an initialism/acronym that stands for "heating, ventilation, and air conditioning". HVAC may

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Ray wrote: On Monday 08 October 2007 8:36:39 pm Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Rob wrote: think. Most the draw in a residence is the HVAC. what is this? HVAC? Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning move the machine around to be used for heating during winter. Compared to that PCs are a m

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Ray
On Monday 08 October 2007 8:36:39 pm Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > Rob wrote: > > think. Most the draw in a residence is the HVAC. > > what is this? HVAC? > Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning > Erich > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing li

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Bart Silverstrim
Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Rob wrote: think. Most the draw in a residence is the HVAC. what is this? HVAC? Heating and air conditioning, I believe. No? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/f

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Rob wrote: think. Most the draw in a residence is the HVAC. what is this? HVAC? Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Rob
Gary Kline wrote: Outstanding; thanks++ for the URL for the watt/amp/volt/Hz/VA meter. I just ordred one. Also for the ups_selector page. Glad to help. When you're experimenting with the meter, remember that for many devices you need to plug it in for a couple days to average o

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 02:05:17PM -0400, Rob wrote: > Pieter de Goeje wrote: > >verify my guess on the overall power usage of my servers I bought a > >VA/Watts meter (EUR. 39,-). Turns out average wattage is about 90watts per > >server idle and max 130watts under load. On powerup they will use a

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Rob
Pieter de Goeje wrote: verify my guess on the overall power usage of my servers I bought a VA/Watts meter (EUR. 39,-). Turns out average wattage is about 90watts per server idle and max 130watts under load. On powerup they will use a max. of 180watts for I've got one of these: http://www.ne

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Gary Kline
sks > each. (no screens or other devices attached) Also, the powerfactor was ~0,95 > so that means that for every Watt of apparent power (VA) almost a Watt of > real power was used. Thus, for my servers I would need something like a > 500Watt/600VA UPS. > > So my advice i

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Pieter de Goeje
att of apparent power (VA) almost a Watt of real power was used. Thus, for my servers I would need something like a 500Watt/600VA UPS. So my advice is: don't guess but measure. Cheers, Pieter de Goeje ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list ht

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-07 Thread Erich Dollansky
parallel. The first thing is to be sure of getting large enough UPS to bridge the few-seconds power outtages or fraction/section surges. If they define 17 minutes, this device will be good for you. Just get the online version to avoid surprises lat

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-07 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 11:12:00AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > there are basically two types of UPS' around: online and stand-by or fly-by. > > The online version is much more expensive but also much better in > critical conditions. > > Gary

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-06 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, there are basically two types of UPS' around: online and stand-by or fly-by. The online version is much more expensive but also much better in critical conditions. Gary Kline wrote: Hi Folks, Recently, a storm happened and the power surge blew me off-line. Ti

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-06 Thread Bart Silverstrim
Gary Kline wrote: Hi Folks, Recently, a storm happened and the power surge blew me off-line. Time to get serious about buying a UPS that will handle my four main servers for at-most, a 10-second power outage. After that, shut down my computers. It took me 90

what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-06 Thread Gary Kline
Hi Folks, Recently, a storm happened and the power surge blew me off-line. Time to get serious about buying a UPS that will handle my four main servers for at-most, a 10-second power outage. After that, shut down my computers. It took me 90

Re: FBSD-friendly UPS for home needs

2007-08-25 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
at have a > serial interface. Some USB interfaces work, some do not. So I would use > a > UPS with a seral interface assuming you have a free serial port on the > server. Thank you - thank you very much for all the responses. Very helpful. Have a nice week-end. Regards,

Re: FBSD-friendly UPS for home needs

2007-08-25 Thread Derek Ragona
At 11:15 AM 8/25/2007, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, I am going to get a UPS device for my home freebsd gateway/router and wonder if there is anything that you would recommend? At work I use APC units and there is a dedicated software to manage it (apcupsd). Not sure if that's the case

Re: FBSD-friendly UPS for home needs

2007-08-25 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Saturday 25 August 2007 12:53:19 Robert Huff wrote: > Zbigniew Szalbot writes: > > I am going to get a UPS device for my home freebsd gateway/router > > and wonder if there is anything that you would recommend? At work > > I use APC units and there is a dedicated

FBSD-friendly UPS for home needs

2007-08-25 Thread Robert Huff
Zbigniew Szalbot writes: > I am going to get a UPS device for my home freebsd gateway/router > and wonder if there is anything that you would recommend? At work > I use APC units and there is a dedicated software to manage it > (apcupsd). Not sure if that's the case with ot

FBSD-friendly UPS for home needs

2007-08-25 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, I am going to get a UPS device for my home freebsd gateway/router and wonder if there is anything that you would recommend? At work I use APC units and there is a dedicated software to manage it (apcupsd). Not sure if that's the case with other manufacturers? I'd like to get

Re: UPS enabled Shutdown

2007-06-27 Thread Ivan Carey
Jonathan Horne wrote: On Sunday 24 June 2007 07:18:56 Ivan Carey wrote: Hello, How do I setup FreeBSD 6.2 to allow a UPS to shutdown a system via a USB port. I may be using a Powerware UPS, I'm not sure which one yet. Thanks, Ivan ___ fr

FreeBSD 6.2 and UPS (Zebra) LP 2844 Printer USB

2007-06-25 Thread M Lubratt
Hello! I'm trying to attach a UPS (United Parcel Services) LP 2844 printer to my FreeBSD box (6.2-STABLE) via a USB cable. My goal is to share this label printer on my internal network via SAMBA/CUPS. I believe this printer is essentially the same as the Zebra LP 2844 model. When I co

Re: UPS enabled Shutdown

2007-06-24 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Ivan Carey wrote: > Hello, > How do I setup FreeBSD 6.2 to allow a UPS to shutdown a system via a > USB port. > > I may be using a Powerware UPS, I'm not sure which one yet. > > Thanks, > Ivan > As others said, if you get an APC then apcupsd works flawlessly. I am u

Re: UPS enabled Shutdown

2007-06-24 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Sunday 24 June 2007 07:18:56 Ivan Carey wrote: > Hello, > How do I setup FreeBSD 6.2 to allow a UPS to shutdown a system via a USB > port. > > I may be using a Powerware UPS, I'm not sure which one yet. > > Thanks, > Ivan > ___

Re: UPS enabled Shutdown

2007-06-24 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Jun 24, 2007, at 7:18 AM, Ivan Carey wrote: Hello, How do I setup FreeBSD 6.2 to allow a UPS to shutdown a system via a USB port. I may be using a Powerware UPS, I'm not sure which one yet. I use the apcupsd port in sysutils. I'm not sure whether it supports your Pow

UPS enabled Shutdown

2007-06-24 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, How do I setup FreeBSD 6.2 to allow a UPS to shutdown a system via a USB port. I may be using a Powerware UPS, I'm not sure which one yet. Thanks, Ivan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/lis

Re: APCUPSD with Belkin Model F6C900-UNV UPS on FreeBSD 6.2?

2007-05-26 Thread Thanos Rizoulis
O/H L Goodwin έγραψε: I'm still looking for the right UPS for a server running FreeBSD 6.2. Staples has the Belkin Enterprise Series 900VA UPS (model F6C900-UNV) on sale for $89.99. Will apcupsd on FreeBSD 6.2 work with this unit??? Theoretically no (http://www.apcupsd.org/m

APCUPSD with Belkin Model F6C900-UNV UPS on FreeBSD 6.2?

2007-05-24 Thread L Goodwin
I'm still looking for the right UPS for a server running FreeBSD 6.2. Staples has the Belkin Enterprise Series 900VA UPS (model F6C900-UNV) on sale for $89.99. Will apcupsd on FreeBSD 6.2 work with this unit??? FYI, I'm posting to freebsd-questions because I've had zero repl

Re: CyberPower UPS and PowerPanel Linux daemon on FreeBSD

2007-05-07 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On May 7, 2007, at 12:55 PM, L Goodwin wrote: I need to buy a UPS for a FreeBSD 6.2 fileserver. The APC model I was going to buy is over-priced at local stores, so I'm looking at other brands available locally. The CyberPower CP800AVR 800VA/450W UPS has USB and RS-232 ports and supports

Re: CyberPower UPS and PowerPanel Linux daemon on FreeBSD

2007-05-07 Thread Howard Goldstein
L Goodwin wrote: The CyberPower CP800AVR 800VA/450W UPS has USB and RS-232 ports and supports auto-shutdown for Linux (and Mac OS X). Although I don't have the answer to your question I did want to put in a good word for that precise model. I've had mine for some time and re

CyberPower UPS and PowerPanel Linux daemon on FreeBSD

2007-05-07 Thread L Goodwin
I need to buy a UPS for a FreeBSD 6.2 fileserver. The APC model I was going to buy is over-priced at local stores, so I'm looking at other brands available locally. The CyberPower CP800AVR 800VA/450W UPS has USB and RS-232 ports and supports auto-shutdown for Linux (and Mac OS X). Woul

Re: using nut-ups with apc UPS on USB

2007-03-28 Thread Michael P. Soulier
g identified. It's there. ugen0: APC Back-UPS ES 500 FW:824.B1.D USB FW:B1, rev 1.10/1.06, addr 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# usbdevs addr 1: OHCI root hub, SiS addr 2: Back-UPS ES 500 FW:824.B1.D USB FW:B1, APC addr 1: OHCI root hub, SiS Hmm, seems that I have it now. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l

Re: using nut-ups with apc UPS on USB

2007-03-28 Thread Derek Ragona
I still have one server running 5.X release. 5.X also should automatically generate the devs. Do you have support for usb in your kernel? If you do have usb compiled in your kernel, check your dmesg that the usb devices are properly being identified. -Derek At 07:27 PM 3/27/2007,

Re: using nut-ups with apc UPS on USB

2007-03-27 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 27/03/07 Derek Ragona said: > Which FreeBSD version are you running? In 6.X the devs are created > automatically on bootup. In earlier versions you may need to make > it. Look at the Makefile in /dev for the correct make option. I'm running 5-STABLE. I don't see a Makefile in /dev. Mike

Re: using nut-ups with apc UPS on USB

2007-03-27 Thread Derek Ragona
: > I use nut-ups on a number of systems both attached to a UPS and some as > network slaves. In all my systems I use UPS's that have serial interfaces > and USB, but connect them via serial. > > If you read the docs on nut-ups you will see some drivers do support the > U

Re: using nut-ups with apc UPS on USB

2007-03-27 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 26/03/07 Derek Ragona said: > I use nut-ups on a number of systems both attached to a UPS and some as > network slaves. In all my systems I use UPS's that have serial interfaces > and USB, but connect them via serial. > > If you read the docs on nut-ups you will see som

Re: using nut-ups with apc UPS on USB

2007-03-26 Thread Derek Ragona
I use nut-ups on a number of systems both attached to a UPS and some as network slaves. In all my systems I use UPS's that have serial interfaces and USB, but connect them via serial. If you read the docs on nut-ups you will see some drivers do support the USB's. You will need

Re: using nut-ups with apc UPS on USB

2007-03-25 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Mar 25, 2007, at 9:18 PM, Michael P. Soulier wrote: Hey, I'm new to using nut-ups, or any UPS monitoring software. Mainly I want some kind of reporting on power failures, and for a clean shutdown in the event of a prolonged outage. The UPS is an APC Back-UPS ES 500, with a USB inte

using nut-ups with apc UPS on USB

2007-03-25 Thread Michael P. Soulier
Hey, I'm new to using nut-ups, or any UPS monitoring software. Mainly I want some kind of reporting on power failures, and for a clean shutdown in the event of a prolonged outage. The UPS is an APC Back-UPS ES 500, with a USB interface. With usbd running, usbdevs shows it connected. [

Re: How to choose an UPS?

2006-11-28 Thread David Robillard
Usually, if you are willing to interface the UPS with your Computer, like it should automatically shutdown the computer when there's a power failure, then you may want to buy one with USB support. But I am not sure that you can interface it with FreeBSD. It can be done with Linux and Wi

Re: How to choose an UPS?

2006-11-28 Thread jdow
Look at the port for nut in /usr/ports/sysutils. This supports only serial port models in the stable version but supports USB in the experimental version. I use the stable version and have bought Belkin's that have both USB and serial ports on their units for monitoring. This is in thei

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