Re: [SLE] APC UPS

From: Michael W Cocke (cocke_at_catherders.com)
Date: 02/28/05

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    To: Jim Flanagan <linuxjim@jjfiii.com>, suse-linux-e@suse.com
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:20:06 -0500

    On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:15:33 -0600, you 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?

    Powerchute is crap. Use apcupsd. You're going to need to build from
    tarball because for no sane reason I cannot (and I've looked) find an
    rpm built with --enable-usb. That specifically includes the ones from
    suse.

    Build the most recent apcupsd (I'm using 3.10.15) with --enable-usb,
    then make these changes to the default apcupsd.conf file.

    UPSCABLE smart
    UPSTYPE usb
    DEVICE /dev/usb/hiddev0

    Note you may need to change the device line. That should do it.
    Don't make any other changes in the apcupsd.conf file until you're
    sure you know what you're doing.

    Mike- 

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