thanks all who responded. between 2 mailing lists, there were 7 votes for APC, 1 for Tripp-Lite... if anyone's interested.
joe --- Original Message --- From: KevinO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] UPSs >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >James Sparenberg wrote: >> Is there anyone here capable of writing up how they got apcupsd >> working (hookups as in wiring/ configs etc.) so we could add this to the >> twiki? I know I for one had lousy luck (but that may be because this >> box is running a 7.2 firewall on an older AMD k-6) > >It has been a while since I have set this all up so I am in no position to >write up another how-to for it. I suggest starting here : > >http://www.apcupsd.com/ > >when looking for latest instructions. > >We have two APC SmartUPS Net uinits here, a 1000VA and a 1400VA. The larger >one in hooked up using one of APC's special 'serial' cables to a Mandrake 7.0 >box working as the master and supplies power to 5 slaves including MDK 8.0, >MDK 8.2, MDK 9.0. The smaller UPS is 'serial' connected to a MDK 8.1 box that >is the master and has two slaves -- a Smoothwall firewall box and a Solaris box. > >Everything works fine. I did have to change a battery last winter in the 1400 >and to reset the battery status in the UPS I resorted briefly to running >powerchute. > >The MDK 7.0 box currently has 672 days continous uptime.... > >- -- >KevinO > >Hickory Dickory Dock, The mice ran up the clock, The clock struck one, The >others escaped with minor injuries. > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iD8DBQE+6h0ljBS1mMJB+bQRAhaWAJ97tSAykn2PVYXHWNLMLarcMe3qbQCg5nN5 >rOajhSD8j4qoCHuC/TAtdHs= >=R9Sr >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
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