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Message: 17
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:44:37 -0400
From: Gavin David <dgavin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: APC UPS
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Install apcupsd via yum - it supports USB. Set the following values
in /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf:
UPSCABLE usb
UPSTYPE usb
DEVICE
The DEVICE setting has to be blank - the comments in the conf file
mention this. I have several of these UPSes that are monitored this way.
Dave
On Aug 17, 2007, at 10:37 AM, tony.chamberlain@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
> -Anyone use an APC Uinterruptible Power Source BK 350 with Linux?
> There is an RJ45-USB cable, but they say the USB cable will not work
> with Linux, and I need an RJ45 to Serial cable. Thw software that
> goes with
> it (PowerChute for Linux) asks which serial port you want to use it
> with so it
> must need a serial port.
>
> I am using CentOS and there is pl2303 and usbserial, but that
> doesn't seem to recognize
> the USB port I plugged the machine into. However, hwbrowser shows
>
> American Power Conversion Back-UPS Pro 500/1000/1500
>
> under system devices, when the USB port is connected.
>
> Any idea how to access it through a serial port? I can't find /dev/
> ttyUSB*
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