On Thursday 26 February 2009 11:14:06 Phil Schaffner wrote: > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 10:17 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > I recently bought a new UPS, and I'm attempting to use nut to monitor > > it. Following setup instructions everything seemed to go well until it > > came to testing the connection, which failed. > > > > There is just one serial connector on the computer, so I set it to > > monitor /dev/ttyS0. Either that is wrong, or communication is failing. > > I've been told to try minicom to monitor it, but I'm not familiar with > > minicom (or any similar app), so again, I may be wrong in the way I'm > > trying to use that. I was told that unconnecting the device, then > > re-connecting it should give me a raft of output to the terminal - I saw > > nothing. > > > > Could someone please give me idiot-level instructions on how to tell > > whether I'm connecting to the correct port, or whatever other information > > I need? > > Anne, > > Are you sure the cable is correct? I recall in the past having trouble > with an APC UPS that required an oddball RS-232 serial cable before it > would communicate. There were different variants available and only one > would work. Posting details of the brand/model of UPS involved might > get better help. > It's a Liebert Personal XT 700. The cable is supplied with the unit. Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase
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