Hi Jim! On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Jim Flanagan wrote:
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?
I ad the same problem on 9.2 and uninstalled the SuSE rpm and just built it from the source tarball. Sorry cannot help anymore but make sure that you add the option to enable USB to the configure script
Sean
I was thinking that compiling was the best way to go. I already downloaded the lates version, but have not built anything before. Now is a good a time as any.
I did notice from the apcupsd.com site that one can run 2 or more computers off the same ups, using master/slave mode in apcupsd. I may give that a go, but first things first.
I was thinking about this myself as the wife's laptop os also connected as well my my cordless phones :) But she runs windows so will have to find out how to do that Sean -- Sean Rima ICQ: 679813 AIM: tcobone Jabber.org: thecivvie Vodafone: +353879120530