Using a UPS

[Al Gordon]

On 4/24/06, Wade Smart <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
> 04242006 0706 GMT-6
>
> I had a UPS back when I was on Windows and when I installed Ubuntu a
> year or so ago I didnt even think about putting the software on my
> computer. But the power finally went off recently and the UPS didnt
> work. I installed the software on my laptop and then turned off the
> power to the UPS and it worked fine. I installed the software via WINE
> but there is a problem with it connecting to the UPS via the USB
> connection.
>
> I did a little searching but only found code that I had to write and
> didnt understand.
>
> Is there any software to help with this that someone knows about?

There are some programs available in the repositories for managing APC
UPSes.  You did not specifiy what brand/model UPS you're using,
however.

$ apt-cache search ups | grep -i apc
apcd - APC Smart UPS daemon
apcupsd - APC UPS Power Management
apcupsd-cgi - Cgi for APC UPS Power Management
apcupsd-doc - Documentation for apcupsd

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