somewhere in that belkin software there is a device setting. the default is /dev/ttyS0.
maybe look in dmesg to see if it is registering a usb device? my gut feeling is you should be able to get that to work. if not though, how about exchanging it for one of their serial models? i have a belkin ups that i've been really happy with. dave m. On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > Unfortunately, the box on mine proudly proclaims that my model is USB > only. And there is indeed no serial port on the back. > > When Jennifer first found it on Belkin's website, I examined it and saw > that the copy said it was compatible with Linux. And, indeed, there is > a Linux version of the software on the CD that came with the UPS. > However, when I looked at the product description again on Belkin's > website, I couldn't find anything saying it was Linux friendly. I feel > like I've been had. > > Assuming the software wants to talk to a serial port, and the device > only has a USB port, is there a way to make them talk to each other? > > > On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 00:55, Samuel N. Merritt wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 10:53:47PM -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > > > Thanks, Pete and Ken. That helped a lot! > > > > > > Of course, there are new issues now. Like the fact that the device > > > connects to the computer via a USB connection, but the software seems to > > > want to talk to a serial port. I'll get it working somehow. > > > > I have a Regulator Pro Gold, and it has a serial port as well as a USB > > port. I could be mistaken, but I think the serial cable is just a plain > > old serial cable. > > > > I had NUT working with that UPS for a couple years using the serial > > cable with nearly zero effort. I tried once or twice to hook it up via > > USB, but I never did get the software to do anything useful. > -- > Slainte, > Richard S. Crawford > AIM: Buffalo2K / Y!: rscrawford / ICQ: 11640404 > Howard Dean for America: http://www.deanforamerica.com > http://www.mossroot.com http://www.stonegoose.com > "It is only with our heart that we can see clearly. What is essential > is invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupery > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
