I don't believe it did light up but I'll check again.<br><br>Is it possible to learn more with minicom or some other terminal app?<br><br>- Mark.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Charles Lepple</b> <<a href="mailto:clepple@gmail.com">clepple@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 11/5/06, Mark Buechler <<a href="mailto:mark.buechler@gmail.com">mark.buechler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Each has a RJ45 connection and a cable which has a DB9 on the other end so I<br>> would assume serial.
<br><br>Probably serial, then.<br><br>> I have a serial analyzer of sorts which have LEDs<br>> indicating read/write etc, however, I see no change in any lines when cut<br>> input power on the UPS. I suspect the connections are serial but
<br>> non-standard wiring - but I could be wrong.<br><br>Usually, non-standard wiring is done on the UPS side to force you to<br>buy the manufacturer's cable (which it sounds like they accomplished<br>with the RJ45 jack).
<br><br>It might be a "smart" UPS where you have to initialize it, or query<br>the state every so often. Does the PC's RX line light up on the<br>analyzer when you plug the UPS DB9 into the analyzer? That might<br>
indicate that it can transmit serial data back to the PC, even if the<br>other lights do not change.<br><br>There are some likely candidates in the "Various" section of this table:<br><br> <a href="http://www.networkupstools.org/compat/dev.html">
http://www.networkupstools.org/compat/dev.html</a><br><br>Since you said you did not see any changes on the control lines, you<br>can probably rule out the genericups driver. I think the bcmxcp driver<br>controls a number of rebranded UPSes as well, but I haven't had much
<br>firsthand experience with these drivers.<br><br>--<br>- Charles Lepple<br></blockquote></div><br>