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Article #236Re: APC Back-UPS CS 350 under Linux?
From: B. Joshua Rosen
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 17:56
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 17:56
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I've got two APCs. The older one is connected to a Linux system through a serial cable and it works fine. The newer one came with a USB cable but not with a serial cable. I've sent in the card to get the serial cable but it hasn't arrived yet. In article <90FC604SegFault089010@203.2.75.243>, "Segger" <SystemCrash@removethis.thevortex.com> wrote: > spam@wkamphuis.student.utwente.nl wrote in > <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108120039160.6538-100000@wkamphuis.student.utwente.nl>: > > >>On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Segger wrote: >>> Has anyone had success in getting the Back-UPS CS-xxx to work under >>> Linux? It supposedly supports both USB and serial, and I'm considering >>> buying one and using dumb serial support to shut the system down when >>> the battery is low. I know this can be done on the Back-UPS Pro models >>> but can't find any info on the CS. >>> >>try network-ups-tools at www.exploits.org/nut. They support the usb >>ups'es but it still is very beta. I'm running nut on my smart-ups 420 >>and it works like a charm. > > I was planning on running it through the serial port (since the CS > models can supposedly run on both serial and USB) because the system > it'd be on doesn't have USB. > > Any experience with that? > > ~Seg
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