Interesting, thanks a bunch for the link. Future products will have powered USB ports as noted by Normis.
Isn't USB 5v, though? They're all wiring 3.3v. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Scott Lambert <[email protected]>wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 08:29:46AM -0500, john wrote: > > We are trying to get a mikrotik connected to an APC UPS but I'm having > > no luck. I connect it to a router-board and it just doesn't > > communicate. Any ideas? > > If you are connecting it to the USB port of a 493G, it won't work > without a power injector on the USB or soldering a jumper wire on > the back of the 493. > > MikroTik didn't actually put any power out on the USB port. > > http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=50495 > > We did that Friday and it seems to be working so far. > > But to really help, we need to know: > > Which APC UPS model? > > Which RouterBoard model? > > What cable? APC brand USB/Serial ? or one you made? > > Connected to where on the MikroTik? > > > > -- > Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > RouterOS > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20110912/0c674fee/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS

