[nflug] UPS and USB

[joshj at linuxmail.org]

When we last left our adventurers...

> Hello All,
> Has anyone installed a UPS with USB connectivity in Linux? I usually get 
> serial port UPS's (rs232) but they are getting harder and harder to find and 
> are being priced way way past the USB ones now.  I could do the usual, buy it 
> and try it thing on one but would like to know if anyone out there has the 
> USB ones working in Linux. They usually include software for UNIX on the cd's 
> but the USB ones are win/mac only. I could probably make them work by 
> installing apcupsd but who knows. Someone out there must have tried a UPS on 
> USB in Linux, any thoughts? TIA

NUT has a lot of drivers for various models:
http://www.networkupstools.org/

I have an Energizer UPS which apparently used to work with NUT but no 
longer does. 
I've never had it working, but it _is_ listed as working "questionably" 
well. The more popular ones seem to be well supported. The site has good 
docs.

APC has a ton of stuff all to their selves:
http://www.apcupsd.org/

Sorry I couldn't give first-hand confirmation. But I hope that's good 
starting point. I learned a lot from it, like to do research _before_ I 
buy a UPS next time.

-Josh

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