Topic: Esmith 4.1.2 and APC UPS

[brad wright]

Hi all,

I was about to try to get powstatd running on my esmith server so it coould 'talk' to my APC Smart UPS 700. I remeber being told about needing a different serial cable than the one that comes standard withg the UPS for use on liniux-based server.

Can anyone help. Has anyone gotten a APC SmartUPS working properly with e-smith? I have got the how-to from the esmith website but it makes no mention of the serial cable. I am sure, thi, that i am not imagining being told this by a reliable source.

I do know that last year, when i tried it with the supplied cable, the server booted up, then immeadiatly began the shutdown sequence. I had to break into the bootup and disable the powstatd software to allow the server to run. I then gave up and have run the server on the UPS without any smart software. I nned to change that now, so need any advice anyone can give me aboout getting this working.

Anyone know about the 'special cable'?????

Thanks in advance.

[Boris]

I use apcupsd, works well with different APC models including SmartUPS 700
Make sure you specify cable part number in the config file according the number marked on the side of connector 940-00(20B,23A,24B,24C,24G,95A,95B,95C),
940-15(24C) etc.
Use how-to from myezserver.com (Thanks Darell).
Read apcupsd manual for detailed description of different types of signaling cables.
Good luck.

[brad wright]

will this work on e-smith 4.1.2?? Any modofications to the how-to?