One example is me. The enterprise level on-line UPSs I have are serial only. I wonder if using a generic FTDI serial to USB drivers would be acceptable?
On Sat, 2013-12-28 at 15:36 -0600, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > Benjamin, > > Well, a USB-> Serial dongle would still require the serial drivers within > NUT, and that assumes the dongle's Linux driver properly supported any > special RS232 pins such as DTR or CTS. I recall old APC UPS's used those > pins with a special serial cable. > > My query here was to see if someone had an example where a UPS only supported > serial communications and would like to monitor it with AstLinux. > > It would seem that newer UPS's all support USB instead of Serial. Please > correct me if I am wrong. > > Lonnie > > > On Dec 28, 2013, at 1:59 PM, Benjamin L. Naber wrote: > > > Lonnie, et al: > > > > while serial drivers are not going to be installed, do you suppose there > > will be the option for the end user to add those specific drivers and > > alter the config files to support serial connected UPS devices? > > > > Or, would it be considerably beneficial to for the end user to just > > obtain a serial to USB device? > > > > ~Benjamin > > > > > > On Sat, 2013-12-28 at 12:57 -0600, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > >> The AstLinux team is working on adding NUT support for AstLinux. > >> > >> http://www.networkupstools.org/stable-hcl.html > >> > >> It seems NUT has improved greatly over the past few years (now supports > >> SNMP) and the fact that apcupsd has not been updated for over 2 years, it > >> may be wise to have an alternative plan for UPS support. > >> > >> Question, it seems to me that supporting USB and Network connections to > >> the UPS should be adequate. No Serial connections. While including > >> Serial connection support would not be difficult, it adds a lot of extra > >> drivers and seems of very limited value. > >> > >> Unless there are objections, we will build NUT with the --without-serial > >> configure option. > >> > >> Lonnie > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > [email protected].
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