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The Wednesday 2008-01-23 at 09:07 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> What a putz.
>
> Just enough information to...make you wish you had the
> information you actually need. Worthless :-(
>
> What is NECESSARY is what the UPS send out on the serial
> line to indicate that line power has been lost.
And then you'll find that many PCs do not have a serial port.
Universal SERIAL Bus.
I never realised that it doesn't count as a serial line.
Oh, common, Aaron! You have been long enough in this game and are old
enough to know that when one says "serial line" without specifying the
type, one refers to the rs232 type of serial line - unless you are a usb
or firewire o sATA developer or similar.
And you have known me long enough to at least guess that I know perfectly
well that the usb is a serial bus.
If it's connected by USB, then the manufacturer can damn
well describe the data that passes across it when it talks
to a windows machine.
Calm down!
The manufacturer mentioned a standard, named "Power Class HID USB". Usb
devices follow a standard by which the operating system can identify a
device and attach a diver automatically. For instance, a usb memory stick
of (almost?) any maker is identified as 08h, Mass Interface, and directly
usable in linux without installing anything more.
Now, does linux understand this class? Does the manufacturer follow that
standard closely enough? I have no idea. The OP could perhaps ask the guys
that design the ups software in linux (not the manufacturer), or maybe
they have a support list or whatever.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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