APC Back-UPS CS 350VA USB and SuSE 7.3
Greetings! I'm thinking about getting an APC Back-UPS CS 350VA USB to automatically shutdown my small file/DSL/firewall server (AOpen micro-ATX motherboard, Cyrix M2-333Mhz, 128MB, 10GB IDE hard drive, SCSI cdrom drive, and no monitor). Does anyone have any experience with this particular UPS? Does the stock SuSE 7.3 kernel support a USB UPS or do I have to hack and patch the kernel to make it work? Recommend a similar model with serial support for under $100 USD? Thanks! Christopher Reimer
I bought this exact model (at least that is what it says on the box sitting here), and in the package is a mail in offer to get a serial cable for the UPS, which you can actually fill out online (once you have a serial number and some other info). It takes about 3 weeks for them to ship it to you, but once you have that cable it should work with the UPS tools that are available for Linux. I haven't really tested it yet but I am assuming it will work. APC is probably the best brand of UPS for Linux support. Good luck. On Thursday 29 November 2001 10:22 pm, you wrote:
Greetings!
I'm thinking about getting an APC Back-UPS CS 350VA USB to automatically shutdown my small file/DSL/firewall server (AOpen micro-ATX motherboard, Cyrix M2-333Mhz, 128MB, 10GB IDE hard drive, SCSI cdrom drive, and no monitor).
Does anyone have any experience with this particular UPS?
Does the stock SuSE 7.3 kernel support a USB UPS or do I have to hack and patch the kernel to make it work?
Recommend a similar model with serial support for under $100 USD?
Thanks!
Christopher Reimer
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:22, Christopher D. Reimer wrote:
Greetings!
I'm thinking about getting an APC Back-UPS CS 350VA USB to automatically shutdown my small file/DSL/firewall server (AOpen micro-ATX motherboard, Cyrix M2-333Mhz, 128MB, 10GB IDE hard drive, SCSI cdrom drive, and no monitor).
Does anyone have any experience with this particular UPS?
Does the stock SuSE 7.3 kernel support a USB UPS or do I have to hack and patch the kernel to make it work?
Recommend a similar model with serial support for under $100 USD?
Thanks!
Christopher Reimer
I have not used that model APC UPS, but I suggest you have a look at the following URL regarding software & interfacing. http://www.sibbald.com/apcupsd/ -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 24 February 2003 12:47 pm, Graham Smith wrote:
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:22, Christopher D. Reimer wrote:
Greetings!
I'm thinking about getting an APC Back-UPS CS 350VA USB to automatically shutdown my small file/DSL/firewall server (AOpen micro-ATX motherboard, Cyrix M2-333Mhz, 128MB, 10GB IDE hard drive, SCSI cdrom drive, and no monitor).
Does anyone have any experience with this particular UPS?
Does the stock SuSE 7.3 kernel support a USB UPS or do I have to hack and patch the kernel to make it work?
Recommend a similar model with serial support for under $100 USD?
Thanks!
Christopher Reimer
I have not used that model APC UPS, but I suggest you have a look at the following URL regarding software & interfacing. http://www.sibbald.com/apcupsd/
I had little trouble with nut and a USB APC UPS: 1. Make sure the 'nut' package is installed 2. Edit /etc/sysconfig/smartups for the following values and run SuSEconfig: SMARTUPS_MODEL="hidups" SMARTUPS_DEVICE="usb/hid/hiddev0" 3. Edit /etc/init.d/ups and comment out the following lines (bit of an oversight on SuSE's part): # case "$SMARTUPS_DEVICE" in # ttyS[0-9]|ttyS[1][0-9]|ttyS[2][0-3]) # ;; # *) # echo -n "change SMARTUPS_DEVICE in /etc/sysconfig/smartups" # rc_failed 6 # rc_status -v # rc_exit # esac 4. Run 'insserv ups', then 'rcups start' You should be able to use the following command to get the status: upsc myups@localhost You'll get output similar to mine: host: myups@localhost MFR: Generic MODEL: Back-UPS ES 725 FW:802.n2.D USB SERIAL: ********** STATUS: OL BATTVOLT: 1.2 BATTPCT: 100 RUNTIME: 1275 LOADPCT: 2 If you want access from other systems, (I have two computers on mine) setup the ACLs in /etc/ups/upsd.conf to grant 'monitor' access to your slave's IP(s). Then you can run a second node in slave mode by simply setting SMARTUPS_MASTER to your server's IP in /etc/sysconfig/smartups, then SuSEconfig, 'insserv ups', then 'rcups start'. If you want to use the nice CGIs, then you have to edit /etc/ups/hosts.conf. Hope that helps. - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+WmU6+FOexA3koIgRAoAsAJ9LyBl4hWdPSx232NIdWkzUD3gEBACeNPrN 5SVQJp7EZr4Ifkp/DKKxMQc= =q+je -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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