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...hat "fudged" on > the BackUPS UPSes. Newer ones did appear to implement the UPSlink > protocol over USB. > > Microlink protocol is officially only for APC SmartUPSes. Officially, > what your supposed to get with a BackUPS is dumb signalling only. But, > with the newer BackUPSes that have USB output, some seemed to act like > SmartUPSes even though they were not. > > APC has very much blurred the line on the model BN UPSes. These are the > APC UPSes that look like an oversized power strip. That's the one that he > has. They seem to have dropped monito...

Hi Eric, sorry for the lag, summer time... I'm first seconding Charles comments 2014-07-09 12:31 GMT+02:00 Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com>: > I think the time for me to get involved in NUT documentation has come > again. > welcome back > Late last week I had to buy a UPS under time pressure. The Eaton unit > that thus project gifted me with in 2006(?) died

I think the time for me to get involved in NUT documentation has come again. Late last week I had to buy a UPS under time pressure. The Eaton unit that thus project gifted me with in 2006(?) died during a severe thunderstorm watch, so it was off to MicroCenter to get a replacement pronto. I wound up buying an APC BN700MC. It was what they had in the performance range I needed. The removable