> On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 02:32:55AM +0400, Kirill Bychkov wrote: > > Is anyone still using this old crap from previous century? > > As apcupsd is in tree for a long time, I suggest to put it to death. > > OK?
Theo, do you still use apc-upsd? On 2012/10/09 15:56, Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse wrote: > Does apcupsd support any devices that nut/apc/apc-upsd don't support? apc-upsd (old one which hasn't been touched in a long time) is a really simple daemon (<1K lines of code) that just supports the older rs232-only devices. apcupsd (actively maintained) is a newer daemon which supports older APCs and many of the newer APC devices, at least via usb/snmp (note, newer APC devices from the last few years have a different serial protocol "microlink" (a binary protocol) which afaik is not supported by open-source software at all, you have to use the USB port with these (or an add-on card to get partial support). [reference: http://forums.isxusergroups.com/thread.jspa?threadID=3374&start=15&tstart=0] nut (also actively maintained) works with devices from many vendors and does support APC, though setup is a bit more complex.
