[Fwd: Re: APC Smart-UPS 620VA]
Original Message Subject: Re: APC Smart-UPS 620VA From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:Mon, November 3, 2003 11:04 pm To: Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- A Great port I use is APCUPSD. I have a APC 1400XL RackMount UPS (got it on ebay for around $130... I use the serial cable that came with it and installed the APCUPSD port. This allows me to monitor the UPS, send myself an email at work when the power goes out and come back up, as well as other power draw, battery life, time left on batteries, etc... is the APC Smart-UPS 620VA supported in freebsd? i searched the lists, but didnt find anything on that. anyways, if you can recommend any other APC UPS for freebsd, i'd like to hear your experiences. if i understand correctly i need a smart UPS to make freebsd shutdown in case battery gets empty? the UPS i need should be around 250euros. FreeBSD itself doesn't have any specific support for UPSes -- so long as you feed AC into the power supply, FreeBSD will be happy. In order to interface with a UPS, check out the sysutils/nut port (http://www.exploits.org/nut/) -- this will let you monitor UPSes attached to a serial port or attached by USB: pretty much all APC hardware should be supported, but you may need to use a specific cable. You don't need a 'smart' UPS per-se but less fancy boxes won't let you monitor the state of the UPS is such detail. Generally if the UPS can indicate it's on battery vs. on mains power then NUT can probably work with it. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
APC Smart-UPS 620VA
hi, is the APC Smart-UPS 620VA supported in freebsd? i searched the lists, but didnt find anything on that. anyways, if you can recommend any other APC UPS for freebsd, i'd like to hear your experiences. if i understand correctly i need a smart UPS to make freebsd shutdown in case battery gets empty? the UPS i need should be around 250euros. ok, thanks for any hints, bernhard ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: APC Smart-UPS 620VA
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 03:05:49PM +0100, Bernhard Valenti wrote: is the APC Smart-UPS 620VA supported in freebsd? i searched the lists, but didnt find anything on that. anyways, if you can recommend any other APC UPS for freebsd, i'd like to hear your experiences. if i understand correctly i need a smart UPS to make freebsd shutdown in case battery gets empty? the UPS i need should be around 250euros. FreeBSD itself doesn't have any specific support for UPSes -- so long as you feed AC into the power supply, FreeBSD will be happy. In order to interface with a UPS, check out the sysutils/nut port (http://www.exploits.org/nut/) -- this will let you monitor UPSes attached to a serial port or attached by USB: pretty much all APC hardware should be supported, but you may need to use a specific cable. You don't need a 'smart' UPS per-se but less fancy boxes won't let you monitor the state of the UPS is such detail. Generally if the UPS can indicate it's on battery vs. on mains power then NUT can probably work with it. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
