On Monday 24 September 2007 8:41:47 am Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 24 September 2007, Steve Snyder wrote: > >Hello. > > > >Having just gotten a new APC UPS, I would like to configure NUT to > > read it's state via the USB connection. > > > >The presence of the UPS is recognized by the system, as shown by this > > line written to the system log: > > > > hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [American Power Conversion Back-UPS > > XS 1500 LCD FW:837.H5 .D USB] on usb-0000:00:0f.2-2 > > > >So now I need the NUT daemon to monitor this connection and, > > apparently, configure the NUT client to query the daemon. This is > > for a local system only, no web or network access to status is > > needed. > > > >Can someone point me to a description of how to set up NUT for this > >context? > > > >Thanks. > > Why don't you try apcupsd? Its written to run with apc products. Because I didn't know such a thing existed. I saw on APC's web page that they only had downloads for Windows, and assumed that NUT was my only option. Thanks for the info.
