I have installed my shiny new APC BX1500G UPS and it is all working fine, except for getting the Linux APCUSB utility to see it. The LCD display on the UPS says that my line voltage is 120, but for the load all it shows is a bar graph without numbers. I was hoping that the open source APC utility would provide more details, but it can't see the unit at all.
It connects by an RJ45 plug in the back of the unit, with the supplied cable terminating in a standard USB plug on the other end. The error message is "NISERR unknown@localhost NIS network connection not responding." >From the command line "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices" sees the device. And the power icon in the gnome panel sees it and correctly reports the make, model and even serial number. So I know it is properly connected. The problem is that I'd like to know what the load is, how long to empty at the current load, and I'd like to be able to adjust the shutdown preferences, none of which are available from the Gnome panel Power Statistics window. The Power Statistics window also shows nothing for the performance tabs - the graphs are vacant with the message "there is no data to display." I've read through the manual at: http://www.apcupsd.org/manual/manual.html#quick-start-for-beginners But I haven't found any clues yet. Is anyone using APCUSB? Is there a secret to getting it find the UPS? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
