On Sunday 27 February 2005 09:15 pm, Jim Flanagan wrote:
Hi all,
Does anyone know how to set up an APC Back_UPS XS 1500 battery backup? This APC ups works with a USB cable on the PC side connecting to an RJ-45 plug in the back of the ups. I'm using Suse 8.2. The apcupsd that comes with 8.2 does not seem to know how to handle the usb connection. Nor does the PowerChute I downloaded from APC, it only seems to work with serial. I tried installing rpm's from suse ftp for suse 9.0 and 9.1, but they have too many dependencies on 8.2.
Does anyone have an rpm for a newer version of apcupsd for suse 8.2?
Many thanks,
Jim Flanagan linuxjim@jjfiii.com
Not sure about USB. I contacted APC and they sent me a free adapter cable (usb on one end/serial on other) I used there free download software and it worked on SuSE 9.0 and now on 9.1 I have a Backup UPS ES 725VA. It does not have all the fancy features of the more expensive units but it works great. I also use a Backup UPS 420 but APC is not able to handle two UPS on the same system. The smaller unit is used for my USB Hub, Router and modem. -- Russ