<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2006/7/13, brian read <<a href="mailto:brianr@bjsystems.co.uk">brianr@bjsystems.co.uk</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
>> I am sorry if this is an FAQ, but there doesn't seem to be searchable<br>>> archives, and the supported manufacturer's list doesn't include "surge<br>>> master". Google was also not much help.
<br>>><br>>> I have just put a Linux box and the customer has a "surge max " UPS.<br>>> Anyone any ideas what protocol it uses? There is a Green serial cable.<br>>><br>>> The manufacturers web site is here:
<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://www.surgemax.net/list_cat.php?category=2">http://www.surgemax.net/list_cat.php?category=2</a><br>>><br>>> But it isn't much use...<br>><br>> The devices pictured on this page are identical to the Fenton PowerPal
<br>> P600 I have here and which is supported by the safenet driver. It also<br>> mentions SafeNet Version 1 software, which is indicative that this is<br>> the same unit.<br>><br><br>ok, finally got round to trying this, the safenet driver did not work,
<br>but the fentonups one did.<br></blockquote></div><br>prefer using the megatec driver as it will replace fentonups (and a bunch of other drivers) by the release of nut 2.2.<br>Note that megatec will be available in 2.0.4
, and is already available in 2.0.4-pre<br clear="all"><br>Arnaud<br>-- <br>Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - R&D Dpt<br>Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - <a href="http://www.networkupstools.org/">http://www.networkupstools.org/
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