[ale] This _should_ be simple...

[Keith Hopkins]

Thompson Freeman wrote:

> I've grazed the linuxdoc HOWTOs, and browsed around, so I _should_ have
> either found the trick or at least a clue. The background...
> 
> Yesterday I was in CompUSA, and rather on impulse purchased an APC
> Back-UPS CS 350 for my machine. The ups has an USB port, cable included,
> and I've got 3 appropriate ports on the computer - so hardware shouldn't
> be an issue. The interesting part is that the APS software (downloaded
> from their web site), wants to know what serial port to talk to in order
> to talk to the ups. I imagine that I perform a symbolic link somewhere in
> /dev to get this serial device, and then configure the software, but I'm
> clueless about how to declair a serial port through the USB devices.
> 
> I'm running RH7.1, and have not automated setting up the USB system (I'm
> still insmod'ing things when I bootup.)
> 
> Anybody have a clue I might borrow for a few minutes?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 

I'm thinking you have the wrong software.  It is probably for the older UPSes which actually have serial ports.

Lost in Tokyo,
   Keith



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