[Nut-upsuser] Dell EMC 118031985 SPS - nothing but questions

[Charles Lepple]

On Jan 2, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Richard Collins wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone has seen anything like this standby power supply for Dell servers.
>  
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200824909297?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
>  
> I made up a cable and can connect to it at 9600 baud 8N1. The problem is that all it ever does is respond with a "?" and ends it with a LF
> it does this whenever it recieves a LF - I'm begining to think its mocking me!

It is possible that the protocol has a checksum, or it is expecting a certain number of characters.
 
Do you know what software it was originally designed to work with?

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