So... apsupsd is configured with :

# defines the type of cable that you have.
UPSCABLE 940-0128A
#
# UPSTYPE [ backups | sharebasic | netups |
#           backupspro | smartvsups |
#           newbackupspro | backupspropnp |
#           smartups | matrixups | sharesmart ]
# defines the type of UPS you have.
UPSTYPE dumb
# name of your serial port
DEVICE /dev/tty00


And when I launch it, I get the following :

bash-3.2# apcupsd -d 10 -b
0.000 apcupsd: apcupsd.c:211 Options parsed.
0.000 apcupsd: apcupsd.c:234 Config file 
/usr/pkg/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf processed.
0.000 apcupsd: apcupsd.c:253 Attached to driver: dumb
0.002 apcupsd: apcupsd.c:355 Netmaster thread started.
0.003 apcupsd: apcnet.c:922 Master/slave network code disabled. Use 
--enable-master-slave to enable.


So... seems that something is wrong. It is compiled with the default 
options... and has :

# UPSCLASS [ standalone | shareslave | sharemaster | netslave | netmaster ]
# normally standalone unless you share a UPS with multiple machines.
UPSCLASS 
standalone                                                                                                                                                                                   

#                                                                                                                                                                                                     

# Unless you want to share the UPS (power multiple machines).
#  this should be 
disable                                                                                                                                                                             

# UPSMODE [ disable | share | net | sharenet ]
UPSMODE disable
#                                                                                                                                                                                                     

#NETACCESS <string> [ true | false ] Enable Network Access Support
NETACCESS false             

So surprising...

Ideas?

Gilles.

Thomas Bieg wrote:
> Gilles Gravier wrote:
>> Now I need to figure out what kind of serial cable APC sent me and 
>> talk to my UPS. :)
>
> Please share what you find out. From what you can read there:
> http://www.apcupsd.org/manual/Cables.html#SECTION000313000000000000000
> it will most probably be a "dumb" signalling cable.
>
> I built the "smart" cable described there myself but it didn't work and
> I've read from others with the same UPS model (CS 650) that they also
> weren't able to get smart signalling over RS232 working. To me it seems
> that APS has removed this (undocumented) ability from the newer models.
>
> Regards,
> Tom

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