Re: UPS Advice

[Michael <macallan%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Jan 29, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Rafal Boni wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 02:15:55PM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > They are magic cables, apparently dreamed up by someone who had been
> > ingesting too much of some very interesting substances...
> >
> > A bit of config magic is, I think, needed; I have this in my config
> > file:
> >
> >         ugen*   at uhub? port ? vendor "0x051d" flags 1
> >
> > which yields
> >
> > ugen0 at uhub1 port 1
> > ugen0: APC Back-UPS ES 725 FW:802.n2.D USB FW:n2, rev 1.10/1.06,  
> > addr 2
>
> The magic cables are the RS-232 ones; AFAIK the USB cables are  
> generic; I'm
> using a generic USB B->A cable that came with some other piece of  
> USB HW for
> connecting my ACP UPS to my Netra.

Older ones have an RJ45 at one end and USB at the other. I have such a  
cable here in case anyone needs the pinout.

have fun
Michael

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