[BBLISA] Any luck with UPSs and UPS monitoring in FreeBSD?

[Chuck Anderson]

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 04:41:16PM -0400, Alex Aminoff wrote:
> We are using nut (network ups tools) under FreeBSD to let us know when 
> the power goes out so we can take appropriate actions. Unfortunately, it 
> seems that after getting it working, at some indefinite time in the 
> future it stops working, that is, the UPS stops responding. This seems 
> to happen with both APC and TrippLite UPSs and with both USB and serial 
> cables. Has anyone had good luck with a particular combination of UPS 
> brand and communication technology?

I'm using nut that comes with FreeNAS 8.2 with an old APC UPS via a
serial cable and it is working fine.