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APC Smart-UPS Model RT 1000
I have just bought 4 new batteries for my RT 1000 UPS, and everything is plugged into and working fine, the back of the RT1000 has a DB9 serial port, with pin outs as per this url http://pinouts.r...
thanks for the heads up, not the answer I wanted to here, and not the point of a community forum really for me :-)
However, that aside, the cable I have bought does work when I plug it into a computer with Redhat installed on it , and the Smart UPS Powerchute software , the reason all the other DB9 to USB cables don't work is because the APC designed 232 CABLE has the TX pin out not on PIN-3 but on PIN-1, this is what catches everyone out, and caught out the same person that wrote the ReadyNAS FAQ that you gave me the link for, perhaps it would be better if the FAQ were edited to give readers in the future clearer info about the issue, rather than just say "nope, tough luck it does not work buddy" and buy a new APC UPS when you do in fact have a perfectly good one sitting in your rack already with new batteries to boot.
the chip in the cable I have found out is the PL-2303
PL-2303 (Chip H/HX/X) Linux driver for RedHat 7.3/8.0/9.0 Only.
NOTE: No need to install drivers for following:
Linux Kernel 2.4.31 and above already includes built-in drivers for PL-2303H, PL-2303XA/HXA and PL-2303HXD.
NOTE: Google Android OS is also based on Linux kernel so it also supports PL2303.
Driver Source:
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.h
Kernel (go to \drivers\usb\serial folder):
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/
so fingers crossed I am making headway sorting this out, and it does not look like anyone else has bothered on the forums.
NB I should apologise if I sound a little hostile, but I really want this to work, the RT1000 model that APC sell is very expensive, only because it provides me with 6 x IEC sockets of "Pure Sine Wave" power, my rack is in the garage with the ReadyNAS 1U box and Squeezecenter installed on it, the APC 2U box, and some other servers, and a ring main round the house supplying my five Squeezebox Duet Receivers, and headphone amps, so this is why it is not just a question of substituting the UPS with a cheap one that you kindly suggested. I need 700w of good quality power for my multi-room hi-fi system and this has all been designed in advance when we re-decorated the house this summer.
However, that aside, the cable I have bought does work when I plug it into a computer with Redhat installed on it , and the Smart UPS Powerchute software , the reason all the other DB9 to USB cables don't work is because the APC designed 232 CABLE has the TX pin out not on PIN-3 but on PIN-1, this is what catches everyone out, and caught out the same person that wrote the ReadyNAS FAQ that you gave me the link for, perhaps it would be better if the FAQ were edited to give readers in the future clearer info about the issue, rather than just say "nope, tough luck it does not work buddy" and buy a new APC UPS when you do in fact have a perfectly good one sitting in your rack already with new batteries to boot.
the chip in the cable I have found out is the PL-2303
PL-2303 (Chip H/HX/X) Linux driver for RedHat 7.3/8.0/9.0 Only.
NOTE: No need to install drivers for following:
Linux Kernel 2.4.31 and above already includes built-in drivers for PL-2303H, PL-2303XA/HXA and PL-2303HXD.
NOTE: Google Android OS is also based on Linux kernel so it also supports PL2303.
Driver Source:
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.h
Kernel (go to \drivers\usb\serial folder):
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/
so fingers crossed I am making headway sorting this out, and it does not look like anyone else has bothered on the forums.
NB I should apologise if I sound a little hostile, but I really want this to work, the RT1000 model that APC sell is very expensive, only because it provides me with 6 x IEC sockets of "Pure Sine Wave" power, my rack is in the garage with the ReadyNAS 1U box and Squeezecenter installed on it, the APC 2U box, and some other servers, and a ring main round the house supplying my five Squeezebox Duet Receivers, and headphone amps, so this is why it is not just a question of substituting the UPS with a cheap one that you kindly suggested. I need 700w of good quality power for my multi-room hi-fi system and this has all been designed in advance when we re-decorated the house this summer.
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