BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Ky!
> KM> I must be doin' it wrong... I never plug the UPS into the
> KM> computer! Didn't occur to me it might need a *gasp* driver...
>
> You don't?! I find the computer protects the UPS from being damaged by
> surgres, etc.!!
Is THAT how it works!!
> As for the driver, I think the drivers are now part of the kernel, or possibly
> part of the stuff when see "installing previously not
> installed". Plus that reference is quite a few years old.
Ah, probably are by now.
> Installed the new UPS last Thursday morning; haven't done anything with
> the monitoring and communications with either UPS yet, other than plug
> cables into the back panels.
There's my problem... I never plug that USB cable into the PC. (Is that
port surge-protected??????) I'm so rarely ... never? not home to deal
with power out, that I don't really care about autoshutdown.
However, I have thereby acquired a good collection of USB cables, useful
for printers and such...
> Did find something when I plugged the new UPS in: old one had the power
> cord than plugs into the back so left in place for the new one. New one
> is hard-wired so removed the original cord. ...Why is it marked
> "UPS2"?? It's UPS1! So when I had pulled the plug to test after the
> first time the UPS had shut down I pulled the wrong plug! Heard the
> beeps and assumed they were from the correct UPS.
Just pick a power cord and random and hope it's attached to something!
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