>> Have you tried the serial connection? > No, there is no serial port on my machine.
If you have one, a serial-to-USB converter is a cheap solution to add one. Many (not all) are supported by recent kernels. >> 1) Apparently, this UPS needs to be told only to reply to specific >> requests and not send unsollicited status updates. The bcmxcp (serial) >> driver supposedly does this, the bcmxcp_usb (USB) doesn't. However, the >> UPS remembers the last status, so this might help. > This is also the impression I got from reading the discussion I linked to > in my original post. Since this was not mentioned, I assumed that was not > the issue. It might be. But since this is not 'my' driver and I honestly don't know. And at the very least it would be able to help us pinpoint where the problem is located. > So, if I am able to connect the UPS to a machine using the serial > connector, what do I need to do to disable the sending of unsollicitated > status updates? I don't know. If it would be easy to add, I guess it already would be in the bcmxcp_usb driver. Best regards, Arjen _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser

