On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 23:13 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 22:02 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > > > >>I have a UPS which has faithfully served me for a couple of years, > >>but which I have never tried to control until today. I installed > >>the Linux software which was downloadable from the website, but > >>am not satisfied with the level of control afforded me. Essentially, > >>the software can log an event, play back the log, and wait > >>some specified period of time (30 sec. default) before initiating > >>a shutdown. > >> > >>What I would like to have happen is this: > > [snip] > > >>Is it likely that I need a special (APC compatible) cable? > >> > >>Would someone please help me to configure my machine? > > > > ---- > > APC - you really need to use an APC cable > > Are you sure? This is not an APC UPS. I suppose I could try making > up a cable, and then seeing if I get more comms using their software. > > > are you using apc's software or apcupsd? (I heavily recommend apcupsd > > for apc brand units, but again, you always should use the cable that > > comes with the unit) > > No, I'm using the software downloaded from the manufacturer's website, > which is not very configurable. All it can do is shutdown, end of > story. At least, that's what they say. It might be that they simply > send a signal to init, in which case it'll do what I put in the > powerfail script. I don't have source, so it's hard to know just > what is going on, doncha see. > > Another issue entirely is that of whether I can get a desktop to > suspend to disc. If not, and all I can really do is shutdown anyway, > then there are simpler ways of doing all this, and I can discard > their software as well. > > But, I need to know what the input signals are that correspond to > MS' UPS setup as listed in my former message. ---- APC cable only with APC unit You absolutely need to either make a cable that is specific for your unit or have one that came from manufacturer for that unit. 'nut' package might be useful to you...it works with a variety of different manufacturers brand units. software suspend is starting to work on FC-6 but generally, when you near the end of UPS battery, shutdown is the way to go. Craig
