Has anyone used the software from APC (their backup "Plus") for Caldera? If so, does it work properly? If not, what software do you use in KDE to control an APC UPS? Thanks, Fred -- "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!" Brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act(s) numerous Presidential Directives, etc.
On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:02:53 -0400, you wrote:
Has anyone used the software from APC (their backup "Plus") for Caldera? If so, does it work properly? If not, what software do you use in KDE to control an APC UPS?
Thanks,
Fred
Powerchute is what ships with APC power supplies (don't know what you're talking about 'backup plus') and it's crap. Look into apcupsd. If you have one of the usb comm models you'll need to build from tarball and --enable-usb, but it's completely brainless. Here's the how-to I wrote the last time I said it was totally brainless and someone didn't get it. http://www.catherders.com/tikiwiki-1.9.0/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=11 Mike- -- Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments.
On Tuesday 24 May 2005 4:57 pm, Michael W Cocke wrote:
On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:02:53 -0400, you wrote:
Has anyone used the software from APC (their backup "Plus") for Caldera? If so, does it work properly? If not, what software do you use in KDE to control an APC UPS?
Thanks,
Fred
Powerchute is what ships with APC power supplies (don't know what you're talking about 'backup plus') and it's crap. Look into apcupsd. If you have one of the usb comm models you'll need to build from tarball and --enable-usb, but it's completely brainless.
Here's the how-to I wrote the last time I said it was totally brainless and someone didn't get it. http://www.catherders.com/tikiwiki-1.9.0/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=11
Ok......thanks. Fred -- "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!" Brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act(s) numerous Presidential Directives, etc.
On Tue, 24 May 2005 17:24:48 -0400, you wrote:
On Tuesday 24 May 2005 4:57 pm, Michael W Cocke wrote:
On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:02:53 -0400, you wrote:
Has anyone used the software from APC (their backup "Plus") for Caldera? If so, does it work properly? If not, what software do you use in KDE to control an APC UPS?
Thanks,
Fred
Powerchute is what ships with APC power supplies (don't know what you're talking about 'backup plus') and it's crap. Look into apcupsd. If you have one of the usb comm models you'll need to build from tarball and --enable-usb, but it's completely brainless.
Here's the how-to I wrote the last time I said it was totally brainless and someone didn't get it. http://www.catherders.com/tikiwiki-1.9.0/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=11
Ok......thanks.
Anytime. apcupsd is one of those packages I wish I had written. My highest compliment - it just works. I've got it on 8 systems here at home. Power in north NJ goes out if it even looks like rain. Mike- -- Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments.
On Tuesday 24 May 2005 4:57 pm, Michael W Cocke wrote:
On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:02:53 -0400, you wrote:
Has anyone used the software from APC (their backup "Plus") for Caldera? If so, does it work properly? If not, what software do you use in KDE to control an APC UPS?
Thanks,
Fred
Powerchute is what ships with APC power supplies (don't know what you're talking about 'backup plus') and it's crap. Look into apcupsd. If you have one of the usb comm models you'll need to build from tarball and --enable-usb, but it's completely brainless.
Here's the how-to I wrote the last time I said it was totally brainless and someone didn't get it. http://www.catherders.com/tikiwiki-1.9.0/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=11
Ok......thanks.
Fred
Hi Fred, I used the rpm from below on 9.1, the one with USB enabled. They have one for 9.0 and 9.2 as well. Worked great. Made it netmaster and netslaved my 8.2 box too. I have been looking for a 9.3 rpm but haven't found one yet. May have to try the compile a mentioned earlier. Why the SuSE rpm does not have USB enabled is beyond me. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54413&package_id=73150&release_id=314235 Jim Flanaagan linuxjim at jjfiii.co
On Wednesday 25 May 2005 11:59 am, Jim Flanagan wrote:
I used the rpm from below on 9.1, the one with USB enabled. They have one for 9.0 and 9.2 as well. Worked great. Made it netmaster and netslaved my 8.2 box too. I have been looking for a 9.3 rpm but haven't found one yet. May have to try the compile a mentioned earlier. Why the SuSE rpm does not have USB enabled is beyond me.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54413&package_id=7315 0&release_id=314235
Ok......thanks! Yes, it should have it enabled, and I also tried it. Fred -- "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!" Brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act(s) numerous Presidential Directives, etc.
On Tuesday 24 May 2005 01:57 pm, Michael W Cocke wrote:
On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:02:53 -0400, you wrote:
Has anyone used the software from APC (their backup "Plus") for Caldera? If so, does it work properly? If not, what software do you use in KDE to control an APC UPS?
Thanks,
Fred
Powerchute is what ships with APC power supplies (don't know what you're talking about 'backup plus') and it's crap. Look into apcupsd. If you have one of the usb comm models you'll need to build from tarball and --enable-usb, but it's completely brainless.
Here's the how-to I wrote the last time I said it was totally brainless and someone didn't get it. http://www.catherders.com/tikiwiki-1.9.0/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=11
Mike-
-- Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. --
Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments. I'm using the pbeagent-7.0.2-110.i386.rpm that I downloaded from APC's website last Dec. It was the only package for linux that supported my APC Backup UPS ES 725. I know its running, but I've never seen a message from it but did experience three power outages last month and my system never went down. I guess I should look for a log file for it.
-- Russ
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