APC UPS Connection methods

I have the offer of an APC on-line UPS for my various bits of Mac hardware, RAID etc. I would normally jump at it, but the APC on-line units only come with a serial interface and not USB.
I've found some software called "Apcupsd" which looks like it can handle multiple machines OK. Anyone got this going on an intel Mac (Previous Gen MacMini) via a serial connection, and if so, what USB to serial adapter did you use?

It was a tough call between the two, but have ended up with the SMT1500i. I was thinking along similar lines as you, but good to have it confirmed, thanks. I lost some kit last weekend following three brief power disruptions within an hour, so wanted to get a unit installed pretty quick.
The larger unit would have been virtually free, but I do like the SMT unit for being virtually silent until the inverter kicks in on a incoming failure.
Now wondering where I can pick up a really cheap AP9630 network card for the SMT unit, as APC have their PCNS stuff which will run on all the kit I have and solve the problem of shutting stuff down in the event of lengthy disruption, even has a Mac OS X version it seems. The "Apcupsd" software doesn't seem to support the new signalling of the latest APC units.

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APC BACK-UPS Connectivity

I believe I've narrowed down my search for an APC UPS for use with my XServe, but I wanted to poll the community about its connectivity.
Here's the model:
BACK-UPS RS 1500VA LCD 120V
It comes with a USB cable, and I confirmed with APC that it was a RJ45-to-USB cable. However, the technician wasn't able to confirm that this connectivity would work seamlessly with Leopard Server's built-in UPS shutdown software. She did confirm that APC's (buggy) PowerChute software was still incompatible with Leopard.
Does anyone use this model, or another APC UPS with a Ethernet-to-USB connector? Please tell me it works!

Well, after Googling for "rj45 usb leopard apc", I finally found this blog post.
http://www.davidalison.com/2008/06/finding-and-setting-up-ups-for-mac.html
Looks like the connection should work fine.

APC UPS, Mountain Lion, and system restart problem

I have a Mac Pro (3,1) and it's been running Lion (10.7.x) for a long time. It's connected to an APC UPS XS 1500 via a USB cable for years. I've never had any problems with it.
Two weeks ago I updated to Mountain Lion (10.8.2). Since then I've returned to my machine to find that it had rebooted itself. After logging in, the system tells me that there was a problem and asks if I want to send the error report to Apple.
Yesterday, I tried unplugging the Mac Pro from the UPS, plugging it directly into a wall outlet, and disconnecting the USB-UPS cable. So far, I've had no problem with system restarts.
Has anyone had a similar problem? If so, did you solve it? How?
Thank you.

Hi, macjack. Thanks for your response.
So far, with the MP plugged directly into a wall outlet I've had no system initiated reboots or shut-downs.
I looked in the console log and there's so much stuff in there, I'm simply lost. Are there one or two keywords I should search for that might help in debugging the problem?
Again, thanks.

APC UPS: Xseve not rebooting after a power failure

Xserve 2.26 GHZ OS X server 10.6.4
Energy Saver-UPS connected USB to APC smart UPS set to shut down 5 min before UPS out of power.
On a power failure (lots these days in the islands!), the Xserve does not reboot upn power restore.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Did you install software for the Less-Interruptable Power Supply (LIPS), or are you running with the integrated capabilities? (There is add-on software that can be installed used here, though the integrated LIPS support within Mac OS X Server works correctly with Mac OS X Server 10.5 and 10.6 and APC Smart-UPS devices on the Xserve boxes I deal with.)
Was the key lock engaged on the server when you set this up?
Definitely check the rack LIPS configuration settings too, as some of these LIPS boxes are seriously programmable.
The settings are visible via the pmset and ipmitool tools; [here are pmset and ipmitool examples|http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1045], as well as some information on sending email and such.

APC UPS PowerChute for mac ?

Hi, I just got an APC UPS Backup pro 900 where I connect my mac pro and my hard dirves
they give with this 2 disc with their software but only for PC
I would like to know how come I configure my computer to shut down automatically if there is a powercut ? I've been told that my UPS should appear in the system preferences / energy saver, but it doesn't ?
Is there any software that I should use ?
Thanks for your help,
Noam

USB cable is necessary, got that connected?
That was not MacBook Pro forum....

APC UPS and Mac OS X - Getting other machines on network to shutdown safely

I am considering purchasing the APC UPS SMT2200I. Apparently it will only work with one Mac connected via USB and you can set the connected Mac to shutdown after a period of time on UPS power (via the Energy Panel http://tinyurl.com/38zmmu3). If I go with this solution I will connect to an iMac.
Is there an (elegant) way that I can get other computers on my network to safely shutdown when the iMac shuts down due to an alert from the UPS?

Hi,
Most APC Smart-UPSs will work with the Mac, you don't necessarily need to get such a big unit as the SMT2200I, it's probably overkill. You're probably better off going with something like a SMT1500 for your Mac. It's pretty much the biggest unit you can get without having to install a custom power line. You can set the shut down settings in the options to safely shut down your Mac if the power goes out.

APC UPS (uninterruptible power supply) not restarting after power restored

I just bought an APC UPS 1500VA Smart-UPS (model SUA1500) to protect:
-- iMac 20" 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2GB memory and 500GB internal disk
-- (2) external Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB USB drives
-- (1) external MacGurus Burly Firewire enclosure with (4) 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives
-- DSL modem
-- Ethernet hub
-- Airport Express (b/g-model, not the new n model)
The UPS is connected to my Mac via USB cable. The UPS shows up in System Profiler as "Smart-UPS 1500 FW:601.3.D USB FW:8.1". It also appears in System Preference Energy Saver pane.
I have configured the Energy Saver preferences pane to shut down the computer when 75% of the UPS battery remains. And to restart after power failure (both on power adapter and on UPS).
So I cut the power to the UPS and the computer properly shuts down when the battery reaches 75%. A couple of minutes later, the UPS turns itself off. All good so far.
PROBLEM 1: When utility power is restored, the UPS does not restart. APC's documentation says it should. Is the Mac sending some sort of shut-down command to the UPS over the USB cable that is preventing the USB from restarting?
PROBLEM 2: After I manually start the UPS (by turning it on after utility power is restored), the Mac ignores its setting to "automatically restart after power failure." I want the machine to restart itself because it is my backup server, music server, and provides file sharing access for other computers on my home-office network.
Anyone else having trouble getting their UPS or Mac to restart after a power failure? Any thoughts? Any configuration settings I'm not getting right?
Many thanks.

The "Restart automatically after a power failure" option only restarts if the computer was running when power failed. Since you had it shutdown before the power failed, it's not going to restart. Maybe Mac servers, or the server version of OSX, have more options.
Instead of shutting down when the UPS battery is almost dead, you could just stop all the applications that write to disk, so there won't be any disk operations in progress, then wait for the power to fail. It will then restart when the power come back. You should have something running to monitor the UPS, in case power returns, and the UPS doesn't shut off its output. In that case you should have it restart your applications.

APC UPS software compatibility with iMac OS.

Which APC UPS American Power Conversion uninterruptible power supply product has a software version completely compatible with the latest iMac Apple Computer operating system?... there have been APC UPS software versions that weren't completely compatible with the current iMac OS.

dsaklad@ zurich.csail.mit.edu wrote:
c.
How do you compare all the features?... of
http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=129
with all the features of
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/networking_security/apctracker.html
d.
Are all the APC features included in the Apple software?... or are there any exceptions?
e.
Is it designed for servers only?...
f.
Where are the details, at what link are the details indicated for iMac Apple computers?...
You are worrying about this way too much, simply connect the iMac using the supplied USB cable that comes with the UPS. Then check the Energy Saver settings in System Preferences and you will see the UPS and be able to control it.

IMac won't wake up with UPS connected

Hi,
I have a intel core 2 extreme 24" iMac which is connected to Apc Back-ups Es BE750G. However, I am finding that if I put the mac to sleep, it will not wake up unless I hold down the power key and restart the whole machine.
If I connect the machine just using a regular power strip, it seems to go to sleep and wake up ok. However, I would like to use the UPS. Does anyone know why this maybe happening. I bought this UPS based on a recommendation in Macworld magazine - the mac sees that there is a UPS connected. But I dont know why it can't wake up. Any responses are greatly appreciated.

My BE650 works fine. Try resetting the SMC: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1543?viewlocale=en_US
George

What is the direct connect method for transfering photos from my macbook pro to my iphone without using iTunes syncronization? (iow: a simple photo copy from mac to iphone?)

I feel like I should know the answer to this. I can't believe it is a hard question.
What is the direct connect method for transfering photos from my macbook pro to my iphone without using iTunes syncronization? (iow: a simple photo copy from mac to iphone?)
Easy? Right?
Just plug my iphone in to a mac and copy a photo from the mac to my iphone.
I don't have internet access - I can't email it, or mobileme it, or dropbox it.

iTunes. Other than that there is no direct method. However, do try the iPhone forums.

Unable to use "easy connect" method to XE database

All,
I have an XE database running on Oracle Enterprise Linux. If I create a tnsnames.ora entry I can connect to the server fine. However, if I try to connect via the easy connect method
sqlplus user@host:port:sid it fails with
Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
the hostname I am using is definitely correct and I've also tried with ip address and get same error message. If I change from SID to SERVICE_NAME
sqlplus user@host:port/service
I get the following error message
ERROR:
ORA-12514: TNS:listener does not currently know of service requested in connect
descriptor
I've used both XE and xe as service name. The service name in my tnsnames.ora entry that works uses lower case xe for service name.
Any help out there would be appreciated.

Maybe this is more significant for you ?
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\User1>sqlplus test/test@xe
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Feb 3 14:05:49 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
ERROR:
ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
Enter user-name: test/[email protected]/xe
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
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PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
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NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
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The selected printer connection method is incorrect. Select the....... ERRO

Just upgraded to 10.5. I'm setting up a few printers and a plate maker. Got everything setup as far as I could tell but one machine wont work. It's an ImageRunner 8500 from Canon. When I try to print to that printer I get this:
The selected printer connection method is incorrect. Select the correct printer connection method in printer list, and then try to add the printer again.
Not what thats about. In the printer list, It shows up there with everything else that is connected via Appletalk. I got the PPD for the Konika Minolta CPP500 installed and it prints fine... any ideas? Thanks,
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Hi John
I tried Appletalk but that printer does not appear. However LPD does work. I think the problem was on checking my other Macs in the office, there is no way of telling whether they are connect via IPP or LPD as the set up appears the same, i.e. IP address. When I tried to add my the printer again, I had forgotten how we set it up originally.
Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Connection method

Hi Hussein and Helios,
What is the default connection method in ebs whether shared server or dediacted server?
can i change that?
Edited by: user3266490 on Feb 26, 2010 8:11 PM

Hi,
What is the default connection method in ebs whether shared server or dediacted server?I believe it is dedicated server in 11i/R12.
can i change that?What is the point of changing it? I am not sure if this is supported, so I would suggest you log a SR to confirm this with Oracle support.
Regards,
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What would happen if remove containers in UPS connection

We are using SP2013 on-premise. Currently our farm have setup UPS connection to entire domain. Hence, some non-users account like other system's service accounts have been sync and user profiles have been generated.
I think it is not a good security practice and consider remove all unnessary containers in the UPS connection. However it is production environment and I am worry some users' data will be lost.
Will user's user profile lost for following condition?
1. User's container is selected before and after re-configuration
2. User's container is not selected after re-configuration. Later on we select his container back.
3. User account is not within selected container. Later on we place his account back to selected containers.
Thank you!

Hello Mark Lui,
you are completely right - it is not a good security practice to select all containers for User Profile Synchronization Service.
In your case:
1. User profiles will not be affected, no change.
2. If the user container is not selected after re-configuration user profile information will not be available after the next incremental synchronization. But personal sites (MySites site collections) will be available until you delete it manually.
3. In this case user profile will not be available. After adding it to the container that User Profile Service application synchronize and after next incremental synchronization information about the user/account will be available.
Keep in mind that site collections created for the accounts before the re-configuration will be available until you delete them manually. User profiles will be affected with next incremental or full synchronization after the re-configuration. It is also
possible users that are not synchronized to be visible under different scenarios because information about them is also kept in User Information List, which separate from User Profile Synchronization application and is not updated when you delete users/accounts
from AD. You need to delete account from User Information List manually.
Hope it is more clear now and you will find this one helpful.

Java Socket bind() and connect() method

Hi,
I'm running a windows xp machine and have set it up (using the raspppoe protocol) to make simultaneous dial-up connections to the internet. Each of these dial-up connections then has its own IP address.
When I create a new Socket, bind it to one of these IP addresses and invoke the connect() method (to a remote host), the socket times out. Only when i bind it to the most recent dial-up connection that has been established, the socket connects.
I'm welcome for any ideas :)
thanks

If you'll excuse the lengthy post it has alot of code and outputs :)
Ok Wingate really doesnt have much to do with the program, let me get back to the point and then post the code I have.
Goal of the application:
To use multiple simultaneous dial-up interfaces connected to the internet by binding each of them (using Socket class .bind() method) to its associated Socket object.
Method:
I use the RASPPPOE protocol for Windows XP to allow these multiple simultaneous ADSL dial-up connections. Each of these dial-up instances gets assigned an IP address. I use the NetworkInterface class to retrieve these interfaces/IP addresses and then run a loop to bind each Socket to its associated interface.
The code I am pasting here is over-simplified and is just to illustrate what it is i'm trying to do.
Firstly, this is a cut & paste of the tutorial from the Java website on how to list the Network interfaces on an operating system and the associated output:
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import static java.lang.System.out;
public class ListNIFs
    public static void main(String args[]) throws SocketException
        Enumeration<NetworkInterface> nets = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
        for (NetworkInterface netint : Collections.list(nets))
            displayInterfaceInformation(netint);
    static void displayInterfaceInformation(NetworkInterface netint) throws SocketException {
        out.printf("Display name: %s\n", netint.getDisplayName());
        out.printf("Name: %s\n", netint.getName());
        Enumeration<InetAddress> inetAddresses = netint.getInetAddresses();
        for (InetAddress inetAddress : Collections.list(inetAddresses))
            out.printf("InetAddress: %s\n", inetAddress);
        out.printf("Up? %s\n", netint.isUp());
        out.printf("Loopback? %s\n", netint.isLoopback());
        out.printf("PointToPoint? %s\n", netint.isPointToPoint());
        out.printf("Supports multicast? %s\n", netint.supportsMulticast());
        out.printf("Virtual? %s\n", netint.isVirtual());
        out.printf("Hardware address: %s\n", Arrays.toString(netint.getHardwareAddress()));
        out.printf("MTU: %s\n", netint.getMTU());
        out.printf("\n");
}For which the output is:
Display name: MS TCP Loopback interface
Name: lo
InetAddress: /127.0.0.1
Up? true
Loopback? true
PointToPoint? false
Supports multicast? true
Virtual? false
Hardware address: null
MTU: 1520
Display name: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Name: eth0
InetAddress: /192.168.1.10
Up? true
Loopback? false
PointToPoint? false
Supports multicast? true
Virtual? false
Hardware address: [0, 25, -46, 93, -13, 86]
MTU: 1500
Display name: WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Name: ppp0
InetAddress: /196.209.42.125
Up? true
Loopback? false
PointToPoint? true
Supports multicast? true
Virtual? false
Hardware address: null
MTU: 1492
Display name: WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Name: ppp1
InetAddress: /196.209.248.25
Up? true
Loopback? false
PointToPoint? true
Supports multicast? true
Virtual? false
Hardware address: null
MTU: 1492
Display name: WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Name: ppp2
InetAddress: /196.209.249.4
Up? true
Loopback? false
PointToPoint? true
Supports multicast? true
Virtual? false
Hardware address: null
MTU: 1492The part to take notice of is the three WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interfaces named ppp0, ppp1 and ppp2. They are simultaneous dial-up connections to the internet, each with a unique IP. I will now attempt to use one of these interfaces to establish a connection to www.google.com on port 80 (purely for illustration).
In the code printed below, I simply hard coded the above listed IP address of the interface for simplification:
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
public class SockBind {
     private Socket connection;
     private void start() throws IOException
          while (true)
               try {
                    connection = new Socket();
                    connection.bind(new InetSocketAddress("196.209.42.125", 12345));
                    connection.connect(new InetSocketAddress("www.google.com", 80));
                    connection.close();
               } catch (SocketException e) {
                    System.err.println(e.getMessage());
     public static void main(String args[])
          try {
               SockBind s = new SockBind();
               s.start();
               System.out.println("Program terminated.");
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
               System.exit(1);
}Once the program reaches the connection.connect() method, it pauses a while until it throws a SocketException with a "timed out" message. I have already tested the dial-up connection (using a wingate, which is irrelevant) just to confirm that the connection is in working order.
EJP if you have any suggestions I will welcome it, many thanks :)

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