apcupsd vs FreeBSD-5.2.x

[Peter Risdon]

Stacey Roberts wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>    
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Risdon <peter at circlesquared.com>"
> [snip]
>>So you'd want:
>>
>>link cuaa1  usv
> 
> 
> Okay, I understand. And I take it that if the serial signalling cable is actually connected to (labeled) serial port 1, then the corresponding device tobe used here would be cuaa0?
> 
> 

The numbering of serial ports in FreeBSD starts at 0, so what would be 
called com1 in DOS/Windows is cuaa0 in FreeBSD.

If the numbering of the ports on your computer follows the same pattern, 
then serial port 1 would map to cuaa0.


Peter.