Re: [SLUG] APC PowerChute for Linux - Has anyone used it with their UPS?

From: Russell Hires (rhires@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Nov 20 2002 - 21:50:40 EST


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Nope. I have it, though. :-) The way mine works is it has USB on one end, and
ether on the other, and then there the software....first, because there's no
kernel driver for that device in the 2.2.x kernels, I can't use it. Second,
because the software from UPS is (mostly) proprietary, and designed only to
run on x86 boxen, I can't use it. Now, there are debian-powerpc packages
available, but they only talk serial, which my UPS doesn't have...and if it
did, it probably wouldn't be the Mac variety of serial anyway. SO.....I still
have it, and it still keeps my machine from shutting down on every little
power spike, but after 5-15 minutes of no power, it's just as bad as having
nothing at all.... ugh.

Russell

On Tuesday 19 November 2002 10:45 am, you wrote:
> I'm trying to get PowerChute Business Edition (PBE) operational on a
> linux box and am having some problems. The getting started guide notes
> four installation steps:
>
> 1) Install the PBE Agent on all UPS protected computers
> 2) Install the PBE Server on one of the UPS protected computers
> 3) Install the PBE Console on any computer from which you wish to
> administer the software
> 4) Add UPS systems
>
> I found pbeagent-6.1.0-1.i386.rpm on the APC site and installed it. That
> sure looks like the agent software and seemed to take care of number 1.
> My problem is that I can't find anything that remotely looks like the
> server software on the APC site.
>
> If any of you have experience with this process and know how to complete
> the installation I'd be grateful for a nudge in the right direction.
>
> Thanks Much
>
> John Clay
> Tallahassee, FL

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