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Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)



On 21 Dec 1999, Ian Zimmerman wrote:

itz >OK, out with the secret: what is "the grey cable" and "the black
itz >cable" ?!?
itz >
itz >My situation:  I have a BackUPS 650 that came, sure enough, with a
itz >grey cable.  I have tried apcd and genpowerd with the APC cable
itz >definition, neither works.

Is it a back UPS pro ? or back ups ?  i can't speak for a back UPS, but a
back UPS pro requires a black cable(under *nix) to function in 'smart'
mode.  I spent 10-20 hours tweaking my system's settings and trying it on
other mainboards before i contacted APC(their tech support sucks, but once
u get to a place where u can type its ok, it was a bitch to get through
their questions) they sent me a black cable.

whats even stranger, powerchute for win* under vmware worked fine in
linux, but if i tried powerchute for linux on the same com port it didnt.

screwy

but the new cable fixed it

nate

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