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I followed the NUT instructions that are on the projects site, I think, and they said to set up USBD, so I did. Is that necessary for average users using one PC (rather than servers), or will something not work right if I reread and turn off USBD?

Lately I got (used) an APC Back UPS Pro 1000 and Back UPS NS 1080. I got an ethernet-to-USB cable from another UPS, but the Pro isn't detected (with usbhid-ups.) I haven't tried the NS yet but it seems to not be on the list though looks just like the Pro. Some months ago I was discussing setup of a Ferrups 700VA.  I got it to work only with a command in rc.local, but not automatically

On 01/21/2018 05:53 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: > My understanding was that many of the older Best Power units were downstream of generators, and as such, full-blown power outages of both mains and generator power were not expected. > > That said, it might be that the "bestfcom" driver predates when we were actively collecting specific model names for the Hardware Compatibility

On Oct 1, 2013, at 11:58 PM, David N Melik wrote: > I followed the NUT instructions that are on the projects site, I think, ^ The official NUT site? Feel free to post the URL. > and they said to set up USBD, so I did. Is that necessary for average > users using one PC (rather than servers), or will something not work > right...

On 03/21/2018 07:07 PM, Charles Lepple wrote: > On Mar 20, 2018, at 6:06 PM, David Melik wrote: >> Ok, around 24hrs ago I retested, but the (same) output is still on >> the screen without it going into background to release tty/sh... > My mistake - I misinterpreted the log you posted. Without the "-D" flag, the driver should go into the background in a matter...

On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 08:18:12 -0400 Charles Lepple <clepple at gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 1, 2013, at 11:58 PM, David N Melik wrote: > > > I followed the NUT instructions that are on the projects site, I > > think, > > ^ The official NUT site? Feel free to post the URL. > > > and they said to set up USBD, so I did. Is that necessary for > > average users using one PC (rather than ser...

On 12/26/18 8:55 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: > On Dec 25, 2018, at 4:07 AM, David Melik wrote: >> Lately I got (used) an APC Back UPS Pro 1000 and Back UPS NS 1080. I got an [8P8C]-to-USB cable from another UPS, but the Pro isn't detected (with usbhid-ups.) I haven't tried the NS yet but it seems to not be on the list though looks just like the Pro. >> > There a...

On 03/19/2018 04:49 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: > The rc-style init systems typically want programs like the drivers to > go into the background on their own (as the driver does without "-D", > or when launched by "upsdrvctl start"). Other init systems like > launchd or systemd will monitor the PID of the program to restart it > if necessary, so they work best

On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 08:19:11 +0100 Chris Boot <bootc at bootc.net> wrote: > >> > I forgot to mention: by default, NUT listens on localhost. If > >> > you are using Linux, you could add a "-m owner --uid-owner" rule > >> > to iptables to only match the UID for the NUT system user. > > > > Thanks; if it listens on localhost by default,

On 02/13/2018 03:49 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: > On Feb 12, 2018, at 11:53 PM, David Melik wrote: > > On 01/21/2018 05:53 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: >>> If you hook up a terminal emulator to the comms port (1200 baud, 8/N/1 unless stickers and/or configuration DIP switches indicate otherwise), and type "f" <return>, do you get a status line like one of the f...

On 12/27/18 8:09 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: > [...] That's Ben's point - either it is actual Ethernet (usually found > on an add-on UPS SNMP monitoring card, where the jack typically has > two status LEDs, one on either side of the notch for the modular plug > tab) that needs to go to another Ethernet jack on a NIC or a switch, > or it is a proprietary APC cable that

> >> Maybe it's not a standard ethernet-to-UPS cable? > > That's Ben's point - either it is actual Ethernet (usually found on an add-on UPS SNMP monitoring card, where the jack typically has two status LEDs, one on either side of the notch for the modular plug tab) that needs to go to another Ethernet jack on a NIC or a switch, or it is a proprietary APC cable that

On Oct 7, 2013, at 4:48 AM, David N Melik wrote: >> What are you trying to optimize? > > nothing, but I just did not want another daemon running, or at least I > do not want a port open that can access the UPS, because I will not be > using it; it is more of a minor security issue than anything. The > instructions I...

On 16/10/13 06:40, David N Melik wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:56:16 -0400 > Charles Lepple <clepple at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > >> What are you trying to optimize? >>> > > >>> > > nothing, but I just did not want another daemon running, or at >>> > >...

On Jan 21, 2018, at 1:12 AM, David Melik <dchmelik at gmail.com> wrote: > > I have an excellent old Best Power FE700VA but am suprised it's unlisted. I thought Best Power ones were for critical applications, mostly for POSIX-based (Unix, etc.) servers, so I want to run it on 64-bit Slackware GNU/Linux. I'm wondering...

On Feb 12, 2018, at 11:53 PM, David Melik wrote: > > On 01/21/2018 05:53 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: >> If you hook up a terminal emulator to the comms port (1200 baud, 8/N/1 unless stickers and/or configuration DIP switches indicate otherwise), and type "f" <return>, do you get a status line like one of the foll...

On Feb 19, 2018, at 3:44 PM, David Melik wrote: > > Minicom listed a blank modem init string, and 'f' did nothing. Do you have a pinout for that cable? I forget if it is the default, but you might need to turn off the hardware and software flow control (minicom: Ctrl-A then letter O, "Serial port setup"). I woul...

On Mar 19, 2018, at 4:00 AM, David Melik wrote: > >> Then you can launch the driver with at least one "-D" flag: >> >> /usr/libexec/nut/bestfcom -a ups -D > > I thought there was a lot more to it than that, but after I ran that stuff, the driver outputs. However, /etc/rc.d/rc.ups initialization scr...

On Mar 20, 2018, at 6:06 PM, David Melik wrote: > > On 03/19/2018 04:49 AM, Charles Lepple wrote: >> The rc-style init systems typically want programs like the drivers to go into the background on their own (as the driver does without "-D", or when launched by "upsdrvctl start"). Other init systems like la...

On Mar 22, 2018, at 10:22 PM, David Melik <dchmelik at gmail.com> wrote: > > I assume if I just go through the setup instructions on the NUT website, that'll make the server automatically load this driver on boot. If the Slackware startup scripts call "upsdrvctl start", and the UPS is listed in ups.conf, that sh...