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Hi all, I'm trying to configure Nut to connect to an APC BackUPS Pro 900VA. This ups uses a serial port on which _simple_ or _smart_ signaling should be spoken. I've connected the UPS to a serial port using the original 940_0128A cable from APC. Unfortunately I've not yet managed to read any data from the ups. If I try to load the apcsmart driver it tells me that...

Hi all, I'm trying to configure Nut to connect to an APC BackUPS Pro 900VA. This ups uses a serial port on which _simple_ or _smart_ signaling should be spoken. I've connected the UPS to a serial port using the original 940_0128A cable from APC. Unfortunately I've not yet managed to read any data from the ups. If I try to load the apcsmart driver it tells me that...

...all, allow me to thank you in advance for all the > work and information you have assembled on UPS devices. > > I'm currently (not a pun) investigating UPS solutions for my Linux based > server. The summer has hit and were getting a lot of brownouts. I would > like to get a 900VA box that can handle both my Linux box and windows > box and single display together. > > http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010761&cid=PS.643 > > I'm wondering if the USB can be run through a hub and used with both > computers....

Greetings! Thanks to all the developers who have made this project so far. Searching for a Linux based Belkin UPS monitor led me straight to the Network UPS Tools. I have bought a Belkin F6C900-UNV (900VA) for use on a Slackware 10.2 server to replace an older APC model that died suddenly. So far I have successfully managed to get NUT 2.0.5 compiled and configured and found that this Belkin product uses the Megatec protocol over RS-232. The three daemons, megatec, upsd, and upsmon, start up pro...