Re: APC UPS under Linux?

2006-10-18 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Wednesday 18 October 2006 20:00, Colin wrote: > Stephen Cormier wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 October 2006 12:45, Yura wrote: > > > > Make sure that you have these set they work for me. > > #UPSTYPE apcsmart > > #DEVICE /dev/ttyS0 > > UPSTYPE usb > > DEVICE /dev/usb/hid/hiddev[0-9] > > You don't ha

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

2006-10-18 Thread Colin
Stephen Cormier wrote: > On Wednesday 18 October 2006 12:45, Yura wrote: > > Make sure that you have these set they work for me. > #UPSTYPE apcsmart > #DEVICE /dev/ttyS0 > UPSTYPE usb > DEVICE /dev/usb/hid/hiddev[0-9] You don't have to specify the DEVICE setting anymore (at least in the etch and

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

2006-10-18 Thread P. Johnson
Yura wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:09:15PM +0300, Yura wrote: >> >>> Thank you. I'll try to set it up.If you have some good tutorial, etc. >>> please send. >>> >>> >> >> I'm afraid I don't. Though, the documentation is fine. >> >> Rega

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

2006-10-18 Thread P. Johnson
Yura wrote: > What is the best program that control/monitor the status of an APC UPS > under Linux? I use apcupsd and it works pretty well for me. Pretty much dropped right in. Config files have great comments and it just works. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

2006-10-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/18/06 10:45, Yura wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:09:15PM +0300, Yura wrote: >> >>> Thank you. I'll try to set it up.If you have some good tutorial, etc. >>> please send. >>> >>> >> >> I'

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

2006-10-18 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Wednesday 18 October 2006 12:45, Yura wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:09:15PM +0300, Yura wrote: > >> Thank you. I'll try to set it up.If you have some good tutorial, etc. > >> please send. > > > > I'm afraid I don't. Though, the documentation is fine. > > > >

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

2006-10-18 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:45:56PM +0300, Yura wrote: > > > One more question: Does it work with USB data cable? > For some. You will need to check the documentation. If you are using the version in Sid or Etch, then you should probably have support for even very recent APC models. Regards,

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

2006-10-18 Thread Yura
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:09:15PM +0300, Yura wrote: Thank you. I'll try to set it up.If you have some good tutorial, etc. please send. I'm afraid I don't. Though, the documentation is fine. Regards, -Roberto One more question: Does it work

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

2006-10-18 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:09:15PM +0300, Yura wrote: > > > Thank you. I'll try to set it up.If you have some good tutorial, etc. > please send. > I'm afraid I don't. Though, the documentation is fine. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

2006-10-18 Thread Yura
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:50:23PM +0300, Yura wrote: What is the best program that control/monitor the status of an APC UPS under Linux? Depends. I use apcupsd on all my machines. If the machine has it connected locally, I open up the firewall port (3551

Re: APC UPS under Linux?

2006-10-18 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:50:23PM +0300, Yura wrote: > What is the best program that control/monitor the status of an APC UPS > under Linux? > Depends. I use apcupsd on all my machines. If the machine has it connected locally, I open up the firewall port (3551) and then any othe

APC UPS under Linux?

2006-10-18 Thread Yura
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Re: APC UPS with USB on Woody

2004-07-11 Thread Brad Sawatzky
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004, Jack Dodds wrote: > I have an APC BackUPS 350 which is interfaced to my P4 via USB. > > I am running Debian Woody. Hi Jack, I found that nut (network UPS tools) works pretty well and it supports the 350 (use the hidups driver). Configuration isn't too bad. Follow the exa

APC UPS with USB on Woody

2004-07-11 Thread Jack Dodds
I have an APC BackUPS 350 which is interfaced to my P4 via USB. I am running Debian Wody. The APC package apcupsd in Woody is version 3.8.5 which does not support USB. I am aware of just one page that talks about installing apcupsd 3.10.3 (which supports USB). It is at http://www.jimweller.net/

(Fwd) Re: APC ups problems - backupspro

2001-04-18 Thread Tony Crawford
Lindsay Allen wrote (on 18 Apr 2001, at 22:44): > > > The daemon clearly talks to the UPS. It knows the voltages and the times > > > and the events. When the power fails it stops people logging in. But it > > > does not shut down the server. Any event scripts in your configuration directory th

Re: APC ups problems - backupspro

2001-04-18 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > > The daemon clearly talks to the UPS. It knows the voltages and the times > > and the events. When the power fails it stops people logging in. But it > > does not shut down the server. > > I have a B

Re: APC ups problems - backupspro

2001-04-18 Thread iehrenwald
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Lindsay Allen wrote: > The daemon clearly talks to the UPS. It knows the voltages and the times > and the events. When the power fails it stops people logging in. But it > does not shut down the server. I have a BackUPS Pro 1000 with the simple gray cable so my suggestions

Re: APC ups problems - backupspro

2001-04-18 Thread Igor Mozetic
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APC ups problems - backupspro

2001-04-18 Thread Lindsay Allen
Playing with a new Backupspro and apcuspd from sid. The cable is a 95B. The daemon clearly talks to the UPS. It knows the voltages and the times and the events. When the power fails it stops people logging in. But it does not shut down the server. Anbody else got this working? Lindsay --

Re: APC UPS-Pro 650 anyone ?

2000-11-04 Thread Luca Filipozzi
On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 10:57:10AM -0300, Felipe Alvarez Harnecker wrote: > > Hi, im using PowerChute fromn APC. All works well except that the UPS > doesn't put itself to sleep, so it runs "On battery" forever. > > I've tried the same ups an same cable with a WinBug box and all work > well. > >

APC UPS-Pro 650 anyone ?

2000-11-04 Thread Felipe Alvarez Harnecker
Hi, im using PowerChute fromn APC. All works well except that the UPS doesn't put itself to sleep, so it runs "On battery" forever. I've tried the same ups an same cable with a WinBug box and all work well. So the choice are the Linux "powerChute" bugware or the serial port. Anyone with success

Re: CyberPower (was APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-22 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 22 Dec, Pann McCuaig wrote about "CyberPower (was APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)" > On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 22:17, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > >> Then buy a CyberPower instead. Much cheaper. I picked up a 1500 VA >> CyberPower for US$99. It runs my computer for

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-22 Thread glhenni
"Ralf G. R. Bergs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:27:21 + (/etc/localtime), Alberto Maurizi wrote: | | > I'm getting more and more confused reading all the | > documentation (HOWTO etc ...) about cables, signals, | > and so on. | | So do I. Even worse: NONE of

Re: CyberPower (was APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-22 Thread Peter S Galbraith
aphro wrote: > id like to know where to get one of those 1500s to :) I picked up 3 320VA > cyberpower UPSs at a local store for $39 a piece a couple days ago at a > local store..hooked 1 to my monitor, 1 to my speakers/hub and 1 to my > tv/vcr/cablebox..then i got a apc back ups 400 on one machin

Re: CyberPower (was APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-22 Thread aphro
id like to know where to get one of those 1500s to :) I picked up 3 320VA cyberpower UPSs at a local store for $39 a piece a couple days ago at a local store..hooked 1 to my monitor, 1 to my speakers/hub and 1 to my tv/vcr/cablebox..then i got a apc back ups 400 on one machine and a apc back ups pr

CyberPower (was APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-22 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 22:17, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > Then buy a CyberPower instead. Much cheaper. I picked up a 1500 VA > CyberPower for US$99. It runs my computer for an hour! Vendor, anyone? Thanks. Pann -- geek by nature, Linux by choice L I N U X .~.

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-22 Thread Peter S Galbraith
"Ralf G. R. Bergs" wrote: > This is also our observation. Windoze works fine, apcupsd doesn't. :-( Is this bug 52206? File more info if you have it I suppose. Can the UPS run in dumb mode on that cable? If so, you could try shutting down the UPS using another package, e.g. powstatd. -- Peter

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-22 Thread Peter S Galbraith
"Ralf G. R. Bergs" wrote: > The cable issue is a most confusing one, and I wish APCC would stop causing > their customers much trouble and grief. :-( Then buy a CyberPower instead. Much cheaper. I picked up a 1500 VA CyberPower for US$99. It runs my computer for an hour! -- Peter Galbraith,

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:32:55 -0800 (PST), aphro wrote: >On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > >rabe >I don't know which cable we got -- since I've set up the machine remotely. >rabe >I've never seen it... :-) > >If powerchute can't communicate with the ups then u got the wrong cable, >t

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 16:02:12 -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: [...] >> i was suprised to see that the cables were so different, my back ups pro >> was brand new(boxed) and yet it came with a cable that only appeared to >> work with windows. even more odd is that powerchute for win* worked fine >> through

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Nate Duehr
On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 02:32:55PM -0800, aphro wrote: > On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > > rabe >I don't know which cable we got -- since I've set up the machine > remotely. > rabe >I've never seen it... :-) > > If powerchute can't communicate with the ups then u got the wrong ca

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
On 21 Dec 1999, Ian Zimmerman wrote: itz >OK, out with the secret: what is "the grey cable" and "the black itz >cable" ?!? itz > itz >My situation: I have a BackUPS 650 that came, sure enough, with a itz >grey cable. I have tried apcd and genpowerd with the APC cable itz >definition, neither wor

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
i have powerchute for linux on 2 machines, about to install it on a 3rd..2 of them are smart UPS 620 and 1 is back ups pro 650. the one downside is on the machine i got at home, powerchute wont work unless i got a connection to the 'net. I have a small home network(100baseT) and a hub and shit i

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: rabe >I don't know which cable we got -- since I've set up the machine remotely. rabe >I've never seen it... :-) If powerchute can't communicate with the ups then u got the wrong cable, this happened to me, i had 1 out of 4(or 5?) ups programs that s

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Ian Zimmerman
> "nate" == aphro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: nate> you try powerchute plus for linux yet ? its been out for a few nate> months now..kinda nice..make sure you got trhe black cable and nate> not a grey cable though. OK, out with the secret: what is "the grey cable" and "the black cable" ?!?

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Aaron Solochek
I just went though all this with a smartups 620. If the cable came with the ups, it should have a part number on it. The documentation of apcupsd mentioned the different type and their numbers. I tried apcd without success, but apcupsd workes great. And it also seems to be more powerful than

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 09:21:42 -0800 (PST), aphro wrote: >you try powerchute plus for linux yet ? its been out for a few months Nope, but it seems as if I *should* give it a try >now..kinda nice..make sure you got trhe black cable and not a grey cable >though. I don't know which cable we got

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Peter S Galbraith
If you can stand to use dumb-mode, try powstatd. http://www.debian.org/~psg/ Peter Alberto Maurizi wrote: > > Does anybody out there use this UPS to protect > Linux boxes from power failure? > I'm trying to figure out what is the best among > all the available package

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
you try powerchute plus for linux yet ? its been out for a few months now..kinda nice..make sure you got trhe black cable and not a grey cable though. nate On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: rabe >On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:27:21 + (/etc/localtime), Alberto Maurizi wrote: rabe > rabe

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
i use powerchute plus for linux (www.apcc.com click on software downloads) since its a back ups pro make sure u got the black cable, my back ups pro came with a grey cable and i spent hours trying to get it to work to no avail, APC sent me a black cable free of charge which was cool of them i gue

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Alberto Maurizi
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > So do I. Even worse: NONE of the ups daemons seem to work. > > We use the apcupsd to drive a SmartUPS 2200. Shutting the machine down DOES > work, but the daemon doesn't shut down the UPS?! > > Hints anyone?! > apcupsd seems to see all

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:27:21 + (/etc/localtime), Alberto Maurizi wrote: > I'm getting more and more confused reading all the > documentation (HOWTO etc ...) about cables, signals, > and so on. So do I. Even worse: NONE of the ups daemons seem to work. We use the apcupsd to

APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Alberto Maurizi
Does anybody out there use this UPS to protect Linux boxes from power failure? I'm trying to figure out what is the best among all the available packages (apcd, pacupsd, genpower, ...), to manage such a kind of UPS. I'm getting more and more confused

APC UPS

1998-02-25 Thread adavis
I have a small APC BackUPS Pro working with debian linux. The genpower debian package is really easy to get working for that unit. Alan Davis -- "Our loyalties are to the species and the Alan E. Davis planet. We speak for Earth. Our[EMAIL PROTECTED] obligation