APC UPS power failure handling agent

On FreeBSD 8.1, 2010-08-03

Install the port:
sysutils/apcupsd

Change in configfile: /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf:

UPSNAME UPS2
UPSCABLE usb
UPSTYPE usb
DEVICE /dev/ugen0

(Find the correct device by doing
dmesg | grep “American Power Conversion”
)

Add to rc.conf:
apcupsd_enable=”YES”

And start it:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apcupsd start