Re: [SLUG] UPS woes. - SOLVED

2003-06-22 Thread Chris Barnes
Well after hours and hours of non stop research and testing I have found out that my seemingly unidentifiable UPS, which was purchased so cheaply, is still unidentifiable, BUT I have worked out it makes use of the Fenton UPS Protocol, or Megatec/RUPS2 Protocol...or some sort of clone of that

[SLUG] UPS woes.

2003-06-21 Thread Chris Barnes
Hi everyone, The other day my boss bought a UPS which was on special at Dick Smith Electronics for $100 (400Va, 9pin Serial-to-pc, 6 minutes @ half-load), an ok price i guess. The DSE web site notes that the UPS has Linux software, which is true, I was able to download an RPM. But the rpm wont

RE: [SLUG] UPS woes.

2003-06-21 Thread Jon Biddell
-= To: SLUG -= Subject: [SLUG] UPS woes. -= -= -= Hi everyone, -= The other day my boss bought a UPS which was on special at -= Dick Smith Electronics for $100 (400Va, 9pin Serial-to-pc, -= 6 minutes @ half-load), an ok price i guess. -= -= The DSE web site notes that the UPS has Linux software

Re: [SLUG] UPS woes.

2003-06-21 Thread Ian Wienand
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 07:54:28AM +1000, Chris Barnes wrote: Hi everyone, The other day my boss bought a UPS which was on special at Dick Smith Electronics for $100 (400Va, 9pin Serial-to-pc, 6 minutes @ half-load), an ok price i guess. yep, a good little buy. I'm not sure why they even

Re: [SLUG] UPS woes.

2003-06-21 Thread Chris Barnes
Ahh nice work! I've actually been up all night looking for more information this thing. I'm not 100% sure, but it looks like its a copy of UPS made by Microtek Italia called the MICROedge MEG501. I wasn't able to find ANY information about the protocol they used. The company which seems to have