RE: APC Power Chute for RH 6.1?

[Brian <signal shreve net>]

Will it work with the ethernet interface for APC?  Or does it only work
via serial cable.


On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Patrick M. May wrote:

> >From APC's web site.
> 
> I bought an APC BECAUSE they had powerchute available.  It runs in the
> background, but you MUST be root to use Xpowerchute.  Shows you nice little
> bar graphs (just like it does under Windows) of the normal operating
> conditions and with red areas of where it kicks in (under/over voltage). It
> will write when it goes on battery to /var/log/messages.
> 
> The setup is just a shell script that asks you what you have connected
> (everything from a Back-UPS to a Symetra, and some kind of "instrument pack"
> thing I guess they have. Use the gray cable (what is up with the two cables?
> The black one didn't work...anyone know about that thing...extension?) like
> the docs say. It says to reboot but I guess you could do the init restart
> thing (I just went ahead and rebooted).
> 
> Patrick
> 
> As a side note: If you need to justify the purchase to a significant other
> you can use this story from a guy at Best Buy: His girlfriend got ticked at
> him for buying a APC 600 Pro (or 640) until the power went out and she
> needed to use her hair dryer. He unplugged the computer and told her to dry
> her hair with that.  Hasn't heard anything about it since.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael J. McGillick [mailto:mike universe ne mediaone net]
> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 11:01
> > To: Red Hat List
> > Cc: Stanley C. Rogacki
> > Subject: Re: APC Power Chute for RH 6.1?
> >
> >
> >
> > Where can this RPM be picked up from?
> >
> > - Mike
> >
> > On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Carey F. Cox wrote:
> >
> > > Stanley:
> > >
> > > I'm using it on a RH6.0 box without problems. I downloaded the rpm.
> > >
> > > # rpm -q PowerChutePlus
> > > PowerChutePlus-4.5.2-1
> > >
> > > Very easy to install and configure. You can tell that they are used to
> > > dealing with M$ people, however. After installation, they tell you to
> > > reboot your computer for changes to take effect, :).
> > >
> > > IIRC, the tarball was for 5.x.
> > >
> > > Carey
> > >
> > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Stanley C. Rogacki wrote:
> > >
> > > > Anyone using APC's "Power Chute" UPS monitoring software with
> > RH 6.1?  If
> > > > so, which version did you install, RPM or tar?
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > Stanley C. Rogacki, P.E.
> > > > IDEAS Company
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