UPSd software for APC/UPS
Mixtim
> I'm trying to set up upsd for my ups unit I got it from /usr/ports, after I
> run it here's what I got
If you don't mind running your APC product in "dumb" mode then the
"Linux" Simple Signaling Daemon available at APC's web site works with
just a few source code changes on FreeBSD.
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Mike Meyer
> hi
>
> I'm trying to set up upsd for my ups unit I got it from /usr/ports, after I
> run it here's what I got
>
> Sep 5 19:14:49 db upsd[633]: last test: , light test:
> Sep 5 19:14:49 db upsd[633]: frequency: 0.00, maxvac: 0.0, minvac: 0.0,
> voltage: 0.0
> Sep 5 19:14:49 db upsd[633]: load: 0.0, recharge: 0.0, temp: 0.0, vdc:
> 0.00, output voltage: 0.0
> Sep 5 19:15:12 db upsd[633]: Cannot put the UPS into smart mode!
>
> and last message keep repeating over and over
>
> is anyone here had any experience with upsd?
As others have mentioned, you have to have the Smart-UPS, not one of
the other things that APC produces. You also have to have the correct
- non-standard - serial cable.
Personally, I use nut - also in the ports - instead of upsd. It deals
with a variety of different UPS's. The documentation it installs also
covers the serial cable issues pretty thoroughly.
<mike
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alexus
Smart-UPS 1400 RM 3U XL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kory Hamzeh" <ko...@avatar.com>
To: "alexus" <m...@db.nexgen.com>; <freebsd-...@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 8:42 PM
Subject: RE: UPSd software for APC/UPS
>
> upsd only seems to work with APC Smart-UPS (not the Back-UPS or the dump
> UPS). Is that what you have?
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freeb...@FreeBSD.ORG
> > [mailto:owner-freeb...@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of alexus
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 5:26 PM
> > To: freebsd-...@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject: UPSd software for APC/UPS
> >
> >
> > hi
> >
> > I'm trying to set up upsd for my ups unit I got it from
> > /usr/ports, after I
> > run it here's what I got
> >
> > Sep 5 19:14:09 db upsd[633]: ups daemon started
> > Sep 5 19:14:49 db upsd[633]: last test: , light test:
> > Sep 5 19:14:49 db upsd[633]: frequency: 0.00, maxvac: 0.0, minvac: 0.0,
> > voltage: 0.0
> > Sep 5 19:14:49 db upsd[633]: load: 0.0, recharge: 0.0, temp: 0.0, vdc:
> > 0.00, output voltage: 0.0
> > Sep 5 19:15:12 db upsd[633]: Cannot put the UPS into smart mode!
> >
> > and last message keep repeating over and over
> >
> > is anyone here had any experience with upsd?
> >
> > anyone?
> >
> > thanks
alexus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mixtim" <mix...@mixtim.homeip.net>
To: "alexus" <m...@db.nexgen.com>
Cc: <freebsd-...@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: UPSd software for APC/UPS
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:26:17PM -0400, alexus wrote:
> > I'm trying to set up upsd for my ups unit I got it from /usr/ports,
after I
> > run it here's what I got
>
> If you don't mind running your APC product in "dumb" mode then the
> "Linux" Simple Signaling Daemon available at APC's web site works with
> just a few source code changes on FreeBSD.
>
alexus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Meyer" <m...@mired.org>
To: "alexus" <m...@db.nexgen.com>
Cc: <ques...@freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: UPSd software for APC/UPS
> alexus <m...@db.nexgen.com> types:
> > hi
> >
> > I'm trying to set up upsd for my ups unit I got it from /usr/ports,
after I
> > run it here's what I got
> >
> > Sep 5 19:14:09 db upsd[633]: ups daemon started
> > Sep 5 19:14:49 db upsd[633]: last test: , light test:
> > Sep 5 19:14:49 db upsd[633]: frequency: 0.00, maxvac: 0.0, minvac: 0.0,
> > voltage: 0.0
> > Sep 5 19:14:49 db upsd[633]: load: 0.0, recharge: 0.0, temp: 0.0, vdc:
> > 0.00, output voltage: 0.0
> > Sep 5 19:15:12 db upsd[633]: Cannot put the UPS into smart mode!
> >
> > and last message keep repeating over and over
> >
> > is anyone here had any experience with upsd?
>
> As others have mentioned, you have to have the Smart-UPS, not one of
> the other things that APC produces. You also have to have the correct
> - non-standard - serial cable.
>
i just bought Smart-UPS 1400 RM 3U XL from them itself
and i have cable that they provide me with
> Personally, I use nut - also in the ports - instead of upsd. It deals
> with a variety of different UPS's. The documentation it installs also
> covers the serial cable issues pretty thoroughly.
>
i'm lookin into "nut"
Kory Hamzeh
non-standard serial cable. Why oh why do manufacturers do crap like this?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alexus [mailto:m...@db.nexgen.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 10:42 AM
> To: Kory Hamzeh; freebsd-...@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: UPSd software for APC/UPS
alexus
let me ask you this
that cable the one that came with this unit.. should it work? i hope it'll
work ... it's better work:)
Mixtim
> > If you don't mind running your APC product in "dumb" mode then the
> > "Linux" Simple Signaling Daemon available at APC's web site works with
> > just a few source code changes on FreeBSD.
>
Well, the APC docs actually refer to it as "simple" mode I just call it
"dumb" mode. In "simple" mode the UPS only tells you things like when
the battery is in use. If all you want to do is shutdown the machine if
the power goes out for more than a few minutes then "simple" mode is
good enough.
The "smart" mode also tells you things like battery temperature,
remaining power, etc. -- features useful for monitoring your UPS but not
terribly useful if all you want to do is shutdown in the event of an
extended power failure.