fedora-list Digest, Vol 10, Issue 15

[Hans Ottens]

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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 20:42:23 +0000
> From: David Fletcher <fm_maillists at ntlworld.com>
> Subject: Re: APC UPS and APC-Software under FC1
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <200412012042.23764.fm_maillists at ntlworld.com>
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> On Wednesday 01 Dec 2004 12:26 pm, Olaf Eichhorn wrote:
> > Hi Fedora users,
> >
> > Is anybody using an APC Smart UPS with the APC-Software under Fedora
> > Core 1? How did You installed and configured it?
> > Thats what I did:
> > I connected the UPS on ttys0 (APC Smart UPS 750) and installed the
> > software pbeagent-7.0.2-110.i386 with rpm -i pbeagent-7.0.2-110.i386.rpm
> > I have run the config.sh wich asked me for an username and password and
> > the connection type.
> > But there is no gui, but there should be one (Java).
> > Java 1.5.0 is installed and working.
> > I know there are nut and apcupsd but I wanted to try the vendows
> > software first.
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> > Olaf
> 
> I'm still using RH9 on this machine, and will be until I get a new one built. 
> When I bought my UPS a few months ago, APC were providing Linux software, but 
> at the time there was no support for USB.
> 
> I installed apcupsd, tested it with 30 seconds in the dumb shutdown option, 
> cut the power and the machine shut down. So as far as I can tell it works, 
> but you need to read the documentation to set up the config file properly.
> 
> Dave Fletcher
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I am trying to get my BR800, an usb UPS working with FC3. Apparently we
need hiddev which FC3 does seem to be able to find. Do we have to use
udev (somehow) to get this device running?

Hans Ottens