On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 20:36 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 26 February 2009 20:09:46 Lanny Marcus wrote: > > http://www.ups-software-download.com/winpower.htm > > > > As you can see, their SW is available for a variety of OS, including > > Linux (although not an .RPM). I am willing to bet the SW for your UPS > > is also available for Linux. Check it out! (BTW, I have no idea what > > language some of the stuff on that page is in. It is not Spanish.... > > There is supplied software for linux on the disk. If I can be sure that I've > got the COM port right I'm tempted to install that instead of nut. ---- make sure that you've stopped any services and removed any apc software that might claim the port and lock anything else out. I would probably use nut if at all possible. Craig