[Nut-upsuser] APC Back UPS?

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On December 28, 2018 8:24:40 AM GMT+02:00, David Melik <davidnchmelik at gmail.com> wrote:
>On 12/27/18 8:09 AM, Charles Lepple wrote:
>> If you leave off the "-d 051d:" part, do you see anything in the 
>> listing that looks like it could be the UPS? (The 051d vendor ID is 
>> for the vast majority of APC UPS models, but we have seen a few other
>
>> IDs here and there - mostly from acquisitions.)
>>
>> For instance, this is what one of my development boxes shows for a 
>> Smart-UPS C1000:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Another thing to try is to unplug the USB cable, run something like 
>> "dmesg -w" ("-w" to follow the output; otherwise just run "dmesg | 
>> tail" afterwards) and see if you see any messages about new USB 
>> devices after you re-insert the USB cable. If the Linux kernel can't 
>> see the device, neither can NUT.
>
>It's not detected at all.  I should have said that at first.

Then you are not using the correct cable



>
>>> 
>But these eight-pin ones aren't actually ethernet?  If not, I hope APC 
>sells extras...

No, they are USB cables with dubious connectors :)
You could look for the pinout on internet and make one. That's what I did. After all there are only 4 wires. 2 for data, V+ and V-.