APCUPSD on Sunfire V100 Help

I loaded the latest version of APCUPSD as a few people suggested. I got 
it compiled OK but I can't seem to get it to connect to my APC SU2200. I 
am using the supplied cable from APC (model 940-0024B) and have attached 
it (through a M-M gender changer) to a standard serial <> RJ45 cable 
which is plugged into serial port B. I also tried my own home made cable 
that didn't need the gender changer but that did not work either. I have 
the correct cable spec'ed in the apcupsd.conf as well as /dev/ttyb as 
the port. Here is the error I get:

# /etc/init.d/apcupsd start
Starting apcupsd power management ... Done.
# May 11 23:06:40 sunfire apcupsd[8654]: apcupsd FATAL ERROR in 
smartsetup.c at
line 171
May 11 23:06:40 sunfire PANIC! Cannot communicate with UPS via serial port.
May 11 23:06:40 sunfire Please make sure the port specified on the 
DEVICE direct
ive is correct,
May 11 23:06:40 sunfire and that your cable specification on the 
UPSCABLE direct
ive is correct.
May 11 23:06:40 sunfire apcupsd[8654]: apcupsd error shutdown completed

I am wondering if  I need to mess with the port settings in admintool 
but the speed should be correct according to the APC information I could 
find (9600). Any thoughts are welcome.

Brian P. Costello               [email protected]
San Francisco Bay Area



Mike Loewen wrote:
> On Sat, 9 May 2009, Brian Costello wrote:
>
>> While we are on the subject of UPS's, is there any open source 
>> software to nicely shutdown the server when the battery gets low when 
>> the power is out? I had software from APC that ran under Solaris 2.6 
>> (when it was connected to my SS20) but it does not work under Solaris 9.
>
>    Try this:
>
> http://www.apcupsd.com/
>
>    I'm running it with an APC SmartUPS (with the APC serial cable) at 
> work on an Ultra 10 with Solaris 9.  Works great.
>
>
> Mike Loewen                [email protected]
> Old Technology    http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/