On Aug 3, 2011, at 11:27 AM, chad wrote: > iSerial 2 JB0531034179 When lsusb prints an attribute starting with "i" (usually a string index), it prints the raw index value, followed by the string itself. > > ups.conf - > > [sam] > driver = usbhid-ups > port = auto > serial = 2 JB0531034179 In your case, you would use: serial = JB0531034179