Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-10-05 Thread Dale
One more update I guess. I couldn't get this to work with serial. The driver for this thing appears to be USB only. I might could get it to work in dumb mode but I don't want that anyway. So, if you buy a model similar to CyberPower 1350AVRLCD, don't depend on using serial connections. One ot

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-19 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Dale wrote: >>> Paul Hartman wrote: >> If you use the nvidia-drivers package you should also emerge nvidia-settings, which has a nice GUI that will let you configure the m

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Dale wrote: >> Paul Hartman wrote: > >>> If you use the nvidia-drivers package you should also emerge >>> nvidia-settings, which has a nice GUI that will let you configure the >>> multiple screens and decide h

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Dale wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: >> If you use the nvidia-drivers package you should also emerge >> nvidia-settings, which has a nice GUI that will let you configure the >> multiple screens and decide how you'd like to treat them. Actually, I believe with the ne

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-19 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Dale wrote: >> New question about HDMI. I have a pretty nice video card that has a 15 >> pin connector and HDMI. Do I have to do anything special to use the >> HDMI or does it just send the same signal to both connectors? I have my >> monit

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-19 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > Newegg just had a sale on a really nice UPS. I got one. Anyway, it has > both serial and USB connections. I have a question about these. I > could use either one but not sure if it matters. Does the USB > connection offer any additional features over the serial connect

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Dale wrote: > New question about HDMI. I have a pretty nice video card that has a 15 > pin connector and HDMI. Do I have to do anything special to use the > HDMI or does it just send the same signal to both connectors? I have my > monitor hooked to the 15 pin co

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > As someone who's done more electronics work than he ever should, any > device that can suffer electrical damage simply by being plugged and > unplugged from the thing it's supposed to be plugged into is a shoddy > design and really should be in the bin. The only thing I ever

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:00:00 -0500 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Dale wrote: > > Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:30:52 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> > > One would think that modern stuff would have some sort of > > protection. Odd. > > > indee

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:30:52 -0500, Dale wrote: >> > One would think that modern stuff would have some sort of protection. > Odd. > indeed. The modern stuff with protection is called 'usb'. >>> Well, I meant fo

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:30:52 -0500, Dale wrote: > One would think that modern stuff would have some sort of protection. Odd. >>> indeed. The modern stuff with protection is called 'usb'. >> Well, I meant for the serial/parallel chips tho. Surely it can't be

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Dale
Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Dale wrote: >> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >>> Am Dienstag, 18. September 2012, 04:50:30 schrieb Dale: >>> One would think that modern stuff would have some sort of protection. Odd. >>> indeed. The modern stuff with protection is

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:30:52 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> One would think that modern stuff would have some sort of protection. > >> Odd. > >> > > indeed. The modern stuff with protection is called 'usb'. > Well, I meant for the serial/parallel chips tho. Surely it can't be > hard to at least keep

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Dale wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am Dienstag, 18. September 2012, 04:50:30 schrieb Dale: >> >>> One would think that modern stuff would have some sort of protection. >>> Odd. >>> >> indeed. The modern stuff with protection is called 'usb'. >> >> > > Wel

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread J. Roeleveld
Paul Hartman wrote: >On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Neil Bothwick >wrote: >> Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a serial cable, because >I'd >> got away with it before. > >The strangest thing I fried via hotplug was an Ethernet card via cat5 >cable insertion! It made a little electri

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Dienstag, 18. September 2012, 04:50:30 schrieb Dale: > >> One would think that modern stuff would have some sort of protection. >> Odd. >> > indeed. The modern stuff with protection is called 'usb'. > > Well, I meant for the serial/parallel chips tho. Surely it ca

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread J. Roeleveld
Neil Bothwick wrote: >On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:51:49 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> > Plus, aren't you supposed to only unplug/plug a serial cable when >it >> > is off? I'm not sure if they are sensitive to that but pretty sure >> > they were a long time ago. >> >> Not sure about Serial, I alw

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Paul Hartman >>> wrote: On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > Yes,

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Paul Hartman >> wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a serial cable, beca

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Dienstag, 18. September 2012, 13:03:15 schrieb Michael Mol: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Paul Hartman > > > > wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >>> Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Dienstag, 18. September 2012, 04:50:30 schrieb Dale: > One would think that modern stuff would have some sort of protection. > Odd. > indeed. The modern stuff with protection is called 'usb'. -- #163933

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Paul Hartman > wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a serial cable, because I'd >>> got away with it before. >> >> The strangest thi

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a serial cable, because I'd >> got away with it before. > > The strangest thing I fried via hotplug was an Ethernet card via cat5 > cable i

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a serial cable, because I'd > got away with it before. The strangest thing I fried via hotplug was an Ethernet card via cat5 cable insertion! It made a little electrical "pop" sound and that was t

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:55:30 +1000, Adam Carter wrote: > > You were lucky, it's like forgetting to look when you cross the road. > > Getting away with it once doesn't mean it is safe. > > > > Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a serial cable, because > > I'd got away with it before. >

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Adam Carter
> You were lucky, it's like forgetting to look when you cross the road. > Getting away with it once doesn't mean it is safe. > > Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a serial cable, because I'd > got away with it before. I must have hot plugged serial connections on Sun, Cisco and Intel bo

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:51:49 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >>> Plus, aren't you supposed to only unplug/plug a serial cable when it >>> is off? I'm not sure if they are sensitive to that but pretty sure >>> they were a long time ago. >> Not sure about Serial, I always did e

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:51:49 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Plus, aren't you supposed to only unplug/plug a serial cable when it > > is off? I'm not sure if they are sensitive to that but pretty sure > > they were a long time ago. > > Not sure about Serial, I always did even when switched on w

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Tue, September 18, 2012 9:03 am, Dale wrote: >> J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> On Mon, September 17, 2012 8:48 pm, Dale wrote: I still have not hooked this thing up yet. We have storms predicted here over the next couple days so I figure I will get a chance to swit

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Tue, September 18, 2012 9:03 am, Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On Mon, September 17, 2012 8:48 pm, Dale wrote: >>> I still have not hooked this thing up yet. We have storms predicted >>> here over the next couple days so I figure I will get a chance to >>> switch >>> whether I want to r

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-18 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Mon, September 17, 2012 8:48 pm, Dale wrote: >> I still have not hooked this thing up yet. We have storms predicted >> here over the next couple days so I figure I will get a chance to switch >> whether I want to reboot or not. :/ I live close to the end of the >> power

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Mon, September 17, 2012 8:48 pm, Dale wrote: > I still have not hooked this thing up yet. We have storms predicted > here over the next couple days so I figure I will get a chance to switch > whether I want to reboot or not. :/ I live close to the end of the > power lines, phone lines and ev

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-17 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> Newegg just had a sale on a really nice UPS. I got one. Anyway, it has >> both serial and USB connections. I have a question about these. I >> could use either one but not sure if it matters. Does the USB >> c

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-17 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > Newegg just had a sale on a really nice UPS. I got one. Anyway, it has > both serial and USB connections. I have a question about these. I > could use either one but not sure if it matters. Does the USB > connection offer any addition

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-14 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > Software is MS Windows only according to that site. > What are you using on Linux? > > Sometimes the software on the UPS gets changed. This might mean it is > not compatible anymore. > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. I haven't c

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-14 Thread J. Roeleveld
Dale wrote: >J. Roeleveld wrote: >> Dale wrote: >> >> Howdy, >> >> Newegg just had a sale on a really nice UPS. I got one. Anyway, >it has >> both serial and USB connections. I have a question about these. >I >> could use either one but not sure if it matters. Does the USB >

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-14 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > Dale wrote: > > Howdy, > > Newegg just had a sale on a really nice UPS. I got one. Anyway, it has > both serial and USB connections. I have a question about these. I > could use either one but not sure if it matters. Does the USB > connection offer an

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-14 Thread J. Roeleveld
Dale wrote: >Howdy, > >Newegg just had a sale on a really nice UPS. I got one. Anyway, it >has >both serial and USB connections. I have a question about these. I >could use either one but not sure if it matters. Does the USB >connection offer any additional features over the serial connectio

[gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-14 Thread Dale
Howdy, Newegg just had a sale on a really nice UPS. I got one. Anyway, it has both serial and USB connections. I have a question about these. I could use either one but not sure if it matters. Does the USB connection offer any additional features over the serial connection? I could use USB b