Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

[Ian Lord]

At 09:09 2006-02-21, manish jain wrote:
>Hi,
>
>   I just purchased an APC 500 Back UPS (the 
> basic model, not the pro/smart one). It does 
> not have any serial/usb interface. Can I get 
> apcupsd or any other daemon to work with it so 
> that the system automatically shuts down before backup supply runs out ?
>
>   If someone can attach a sample configuration file, I shall be grateful.
>
>   Thanks
>   Manish Jain

How do you think freebsd will know the ups is 
about to stop providing energy if the ups has no serial or usb port ?

:)




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