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I downloaded nut-2.0.5 and followed the install instructions down to step 6. Since I will be using a USB port to connect to the Geek Squad GS 1285U did not go any farther yet. I tried to run "/lib/nut/hidups -DD -u root auto" to see if it found my UPS. But it is still the old hidups 0.13 from nut-2.0.3. Do I need to do something additional to get the new hidups?

This took a long time because I had problems with my system. After I reloaded my operating system several times I found I had a bad memory module. Here is the output from newhidups for my Geek Squad GS1285U. It just kept repeating until I hit ctl-z. I think that this means nut will work for this ups. My computer is not powered by the ups yet. I did not want it to be powered down by accident. When I get to testing it I will use a dummy load. gary@redden-p700-610:~/downloads/nut/nut-2.0.5$ sudo ./d...

We are interested in using Nut on our Federa 6.0 servers. However, our UPS systems are sold under the name "Geek Squad" (sold through the Best Buy chain of department stores). I'm pretty certain Geek Squad does not manufacture these units and they just rebrand them. Does anyone know who makes these units or what they are compatible with in terms of driver level protocol? The ones we