Anne Wilson wrote: > As in the instructions, I ran ' /usr/local/ups/sbin/upsd' - which should > have I think upsdrvctl is what you want to try, or try calling the driver directly, e.g. tux:~# /lib/nut/apcsmart -D -a primary Network UPS Tools (version 2.0.4) - APC Smart protocol driver Driver version 1.99.8, command table version 2.0 debug level is '1' Attempting firmware lookup APC - Attempting to find command set APC - Parsing out command set protocol_verify: 0x56 [V] unrecognized APC - About to get capabilities string Supported capability: 75 (D) - input.transfer.high Supported capability: 6c (D) - input.transfer.low Supported capability: 65 (4) - battery.charge.restart Supported capability: 6f (D) - output.voltage.target.battery Supported capability: 73 (4) - input.sensitivity Supported capability: 71 (4) - battery.runtime.low Supported capability: 70 (4) - ups.delay.shutdown Supported capability: 6b (4) - battery.alarm.threshold Supported capability: 72 (4) - ups.delay.start Supported capability: 45 (4) - ups.test.interval APC - UPS capabilities determined Detected SMART-UPS 1400 [QS9946222867] on /dev/ttyUSB0 (the above UPS is connected via serial cable to a USB->serial converter) nate