I really apreciate your contribution,
I also have a SmartUPS-1400 and i purchased the SMART cable instead of the current UNIX CABLE and its workin now as a charm, my problem with the current Back-UPS RS-800, is that there are no options for smart cable (only USB), and a rare "APC NetBotz USB to Serial RS-232 DB-9 Adapter Cable - 6ft/1.8m" but is not RJ45-SERIAL wich i need, its a rare USB-SERIAL... so i cannot use it, in the features page if my apc device (
http://www.apcc.com/resource/include/te ... b=features) there says that it have serial or usb conectivity:
- Serial Connectivity: Provides management of the UPS via a serial port.
- USB connectivity: Provides management of the UPS via USB port.
wich is not true, it only have a rj45 port, and includes a rj45-usb cable.
I tried the dumb and smartapc options in UPSCABLE with this results:
dumb:
2006-05-15 12:48:30 apctest 3.10.18 (21 July 2005) slackware
Checking configuration ...
Attached to driver: dumb
sharenet.type = DISABLE
cable.type = USB_CABLE
You are using a USB cable type, so I'm entering USB test mode
Unknown mode.type: 1
Setting up the port ...
apctest FATAL ERROR in dumbsetup.c at line 86
Cannot open UPS port : No such file or directory
apctest FATAL ERROR in dumbsetup.c at line 86
Cannot open UPS port : No such file or directory
apctest error termination completed
apcsmart:
2006-05-15 12:49:25 apctest 3.10.18 (21 July 2005) slackware
Checking configuration ...
Attached to driver: apcsmart
sharenet.type = DISABLE
cable.type = USB_CABLE
You are using a USB cable type, so I'm entering USB test mode
Unknown mode.type: 11
Setting up the port ...
apctest FATAL ERROR in smartsetup.c at line 67
Cannot open UPS port : No such file or directory
apctest FATAL ERROR in smartsetup.c at line 67
Cannot open UPS port : No such file or directory
apctest error termination completed
*** Of course the next apc ups i purchase will be strictly a serial controlled one.... jeje.
Why do you think upgrading to kernel 2.6 will work better bor usb devices?
Thanks!!