On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 12:59 PM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2020, Russell Senior wrote: > > > Maybe you should tell us what the RS-232 connection on the UPS is? Or > maybe > > a photograph. > > Russell, > > Looking at the user manual for information on the serial connector I > learned > that the 1400VA unit is supposed to have both RS-232 and USB sockets; mine > has only the former. The manual also says that only APC-approved DB9 cables > will work. This I apparently have (the plug has 'APC' on it), but ... while > it has a DB-9 on one end it has an RJ-45 on the other end. The reason I've > never used it is because the desktop computers I've built have only one > RJ-45 port on the motherboard that that's used to connect the host to a > switch; this is the case with the current Asus Prime X-470 Pro motherboard. > > Should the UPS cable go to the switch? > No. It isn't an ethernet cable, it just uses a RJ-45 connector because they are readily available. Since your manual doesn't reflect your device, maybe a photograph of the back of your actual, in-hand UPS would be useful? > > Thanks, > > Rich > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
