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Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Howdy, |
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>> Newegg just had a sale on a really nice UPS. I got one. Anyway, it has |
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>> both serial and USB connections. I have a question about these. I |
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>> could use either one but not sure if it matters. Does the USB |
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>> connection offer any additional features over the serial connection? I |
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>> could use USB but would rather use serial since nothing else I have is |
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>> serial but I have a bit of USB devices. Also, I never disconnect the |
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>> serial cable from either the system or the UPS when either is in use. |
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>> Sort of defeats the purpose I guess. Since it also has screws to make |
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>> sure the serial cable doesn't come undone, the serial has one |
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>> advantage. I'm not sure what would happen if it looses the connection |
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>> all of a sudden. Does it do like NORAD and assume power is out? lol |
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>> So, since I already have everything set up for serial connections, |
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>> should I just keep using it or does the USB have more goodies? |
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> I would be surprised if there is any difference. Usually the UPS just |
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> spits out a heartbeat of the same information every X seconds. |
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> I have a newer-model Cyberpower UPS and it works fine with NUT, so |
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> you're probably okay there. If you already have serial port set up and |
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> working then you've already got the hard part taken care of. |
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I think I am going to try USB first, see what it does and what info it |
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gives. Then go back to serial and compare. If it does as you and me |
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think it will, I'm going to stick with serial. If for no other reason |
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than it frees up a USB port plus it is very hard to accidentally unplug |
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my serial cable since it has the screws to hold it in. |
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I still have not hooked this thing up yet. We have storms predicted |
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here over the next couple days so I figure I will get a chance to switch |
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whether I want to reboot or not. :/ I live close to the end of the |
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power lines, phone lines and everything else including the road. If |
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anything happens, we lose the connection. There are lots of trees |
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between here and town. |
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I'll post the results when I get switched over. Then we have a answer |
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to the question. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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