<br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/11/28 Arjen de Korte<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">Citeren James:<br>
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Since you don't mention the make and model of the UPS in question, it<br>
will probably be impossible to help you any further.<br>
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Ah, standard USBHID (CyberPower CP550SLG).<br>
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This is a (very) basic entry level UPS. I doubt it is worth the effort/money to invest in such a gadget, since models with a built-in status display are available in a similar price range (for instance the CP600LCD from the same vendor). In any case, the USB interface needs a host controller for reading data from the UPS, so some sort of processor will be needed. This is doable without a PC, but given the availability of UPSes which have the requested features already built-in, the market for this will be extremely small.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>I second Arjen's comment.<br><br>that being said, if you really want to do it yourself, the 2 below links may be useful:<br>- <a href="http://www.arduino.cc">http://www.arduino.cc</a><br>- LCD Nut : <a href="http://www.webbastards.com/projects/">http://www.webbastards.com/projects/</a><br>
<br>Otherwise, any other appliance (ie not a real computer, but an embedded device that use Linux) can be suitable...<br><br clear="all">cheers,<br>Arnaud<br>-- <br>Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - <a href="http://powerquality.eaton.com" target="_blank">http://powerquality.eaton.com</a><br>
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