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<DIV><SPAN class=138222020-24042007><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=138222020-24042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>First let me start
by saying how terrific NUT seems to be. I have not gotten it working
properly with my own UPS yet due to a driver issue, but all of the features I
could dream up are in there.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=138222020-24042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've worked hard to
hack around the OEM software from CyberPower for my PR2200 UPS to get it to
remotely shutdown other computers on the network which are powered from that
UPS, and they provide NO hooks whatsoever. The simple ability to call a
script prior to local shutdown is all that I really needed to ssh to the various
remote machines and shut them down. Instead it requires lots of cron jobs,
and explicit monitoring using their software manually to determine status and
act accordingly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=138222020-24042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>On top of it all...
their software often exhibits a "serial comm failure" apparently because it
doesn't like to be polled as often as my cron job is polling it. NUT
promised to solve all my problems with the layered approach, but my PR2200 is
not properly supported.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=138222020-24042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there anything I
can do to facilitate the further development of the "cyberpower" driver to cover
my model? I could probably work around it and hack it for myself... but if
I'm going to put the energy into fixing it, I'd rather do it in the framework of
the overall development so others can have it as well. Or perhaps it is
already being addressed by someone else.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=138222020-24042007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any guidance would
be greatly appreciated.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=138222020-24042007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>-Russ</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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