[Nut-upsuser] 24V DC ATX PSU with limited UPS functionality over USB

Charles Lepple clepple at gmail.com
Fri Mar 14 16:32:29 UTC 2008


On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
>  2008/3/14, Charles Lepple <clepple at gmail.com>:
>  >  Also, I believe that GNOME has a power monitor that works with HID PDC
>  >  devices out-of-the-box, which would be another bonus feature if you go
>  >  down the USB route.
>
>  hey Charles, haven't you looked at the NUT HAL support?
>  This is all about that, but not limited to HID/PDC (in fact, all the
>  NUT USB UPSs are supported)

I have looked at it. I think the difference is that if you install the
base GNOME packages on, say, Ubuntu, you get a little bit of HAL PDC
functionality for free. If you want support tailored to a specific
UPS, that's where NUT+HAL comes in to play.

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- Charles Lepple



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