Does the USB to serial adapter work on anything else?
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Richard McClary <richard.mccl...@aspca.org>wrote: > Greetings!**** > > ** ** > > We are now the proud owners of 6 Eaton 5PX-3000 UPS units, each with a > network card which seems to do nothing useful. (One of these may now be > FUBAR, as far as network connection goes.)**** > > ** ** > > The instructions say to connect to a serial port and run Hyperterminal, > etc. They give the port settings, and they say to type “admin” to get to > the control console.**** > > ** ** > > Checking to be sure the serial port is listed as the correct COM port (USB > adapter; it seems to choose among COM6, COM7, and COM8), I get a blank > console screen. (If port setting are not correct, I get a connection > error.)**** > > ** ** > > I had been using PuTTY. Deciding perhaps PuTTY is not the best choice > here, I found and installed Hyperterminal. NEITHER give me anything but a > blank console screen.**** > > ** ** > > Eaton support says to wait 3 days for an answer (which would be tomorrow > afternoon).**** > > -**** > > ** ** > > It was suggested I simply plug it into the LAN, let DHCP assign an IP, > then connect to it that way. Well, that made things worse! I logged into > the web GUI and changed the IP address and other settings for the desired > subnet, etc. Well, connected to either subnet (using the appropriate IP > for each subnet), it will not respond. Again, as the serial connection > will not work, I believe the network connectivity for that UPS is toast.** > ** > > ** ** > > Anyone have better luck here? It’s not supposed to take several days to > set an IP address for these things. Thanks!**** > > --**** > > richard**** > > ** ** > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is > from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® > (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and > may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are > not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, > and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and > permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any > printout thereof. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
