Two people (and one off-line) have mentioned apcupsd. What cable are you using with that? The special APC cable that plugs into the serial port? Or a USB cable?
On 4/15/2013 5:50 PM, Robert Huff wrote: > Jon Dustin writes: > > >> > We are using nut (network ups tools) under FreeBSD to let us know when >> > the power goes out so we can take appropriate actions. Unfortunately, it >> > seems that after getting it working, at some indefinite time in the >> > future it stops working, that is, the UPS stops responding. This seems >> > to happen with both APC and TrippLite UPSs and with both USB and serial >> > cables. Has anyone had good luck with a particular combination of UPS >> > brand and communication technology? >> >> I've had success with APCUPSD in the past. This is a >> "non-official" UPS monitoring software package, but it worked >> extremely well. >> >> No FreeBSD boxes for me, but the web site says it is >> supported. Good luck! > While I'm having issues at the moment that I haven't had time > to resolve, I have used FreeBSD+apcupsd+APC UPSs for years. > > > Robert Huff > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
