On 2/26/09, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote: <snip>
I am very curious now. I am going to get the Serial cable that came with the Nicomar Electronics (Bogota, Colombia) UPS we bought a few weeks ago, hook the UPS up to my box and try that SW. First in M$ Windows and then in Linux.
Monitoring SW is working in M$ Windows. Now, I need to read their documentation. :-) 33% load with this box and monitor. One graphic in their Quick Reference guide I couldn't find, but frequently the SW doesn't match the documentation. All of the UPS I have purchased over the years have the capability, but this is the first one I've hooked up.
I use CentOS 98% of the time and will try to install their Linux SW over the weekend.
If Anne's UPS didn't come with SW (or it's not downloadable) I would be very surprised. She should not need to reinvent the wheel. The idea of having the UPS shutdown the box, if the box is unattended, is very nice. :-)
Anne: I think if your UPS doesn't have SW in the box it came in, or available for Download, you should consider taking it back and exchanging for a UPS that does. They should have it available for Linux and other OS. Lanny