[clug-talk] UPS

[Gustin Johnson]

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in /etc/ there should be a .conf file, the entry that points to the
actual device /dev/ttyS0 is a common one that points to the old serial
port.  You may need to change this, /dev/ttyUSB0 may be the correct one.
 It may also be a permission thing, ls -la /dev/<device> will show you.

Mitchell Brown wrote:
> Sorry for the late reply (been so busy)...
> Now I notice on bootup that its complaining of the UPS being configured
> wrongly or something ( I don't know how to fix that ) .. Oh, and that
> command you gave me did this.
> 
>     login as: mbrown
>     mbrown at skyserv's password:
>     Last login: Wed May 31 10:52:40 2006 from mbrown.localdomain
>     [mbrown at brown2 ~]$ su
>     Password:
>     [root at brown2 mbrown]# /etc/init.d/apcupsd start
>     Starting UPS monitoring:                                        [  OK  ]
>     apcupsd FATAL ERROR in linux-usb.c at line 686
>     Cannot open UPS device:
>     [root at brown2 mbrown]#
> 
> 
> Ugh. 
> 
> 
> On 5/12/06, *Shawn* < sgrover at open2space.com
> <mailto:sgrover at open2space.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Friday 12 May 2006 22:35, Mitchell Brown wrote:
>     > [root at localhost mbrown]# apcaccess
>     > FATAL ERROR in apcaccess.c at line 278
>     > tcp_open: cannot connect to server localhost on port 3551.
>     > ERR=Connection refused
>     > [root at localhost mbrown]# apcupsd
>     > apcupsd FATAL ERROR in linux-usb.c at line 686
>     > Cannot open UPS device:
>     > [root at localhost mbrown]#
> 
>     make sure the service is started first.
> 
>     /etc/init.d/apcupsd start
> 
> 
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