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Setting Up UPS With 628X Confusion
I've had my 628X plugged into a CyperPower UPS for years, but I've never actually gone through the steps to have the 628X power down gracefully during a power outage. How do you do this? When using a UPS with a computer I always connected a USB cable between the computer and UPS and installed computer software. When I "add" a UPS in the admin page of the 628X, it wants an IP address for the UPS? There are in and out telephone/network ports on the back of the UPS. Do I need to connect one or both of these to my network? Do I just connect a USB cable between the 628X and UPS? I'm very confused. Thanks!
Yes, if you just connect a USB cable, the UPS should be detected and installed, assuming it's a supported UPS (most Cyberpower with USB connection are).
If your UPS is old and has only a serial cable, it's not supported.
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Yes, if you just connect a USB cable, the UPS should be detected and installed, assuming it's a supported UPS (most Cyberpower with USB connection are).
If your UPS is old and has only a serial cable, it's not supported.
Thanks for the quick reply. So I forgot that I already have a computer plugged into the only type B USB port on the back of the CyperPower UPS. Do you think it's possible to somehow connect the computer and 628X through a hub and then use the single UPS input? So far I haven't found a hub that uses a type B connector.
XrayDoc88 wrote:
Do you think it's possible to somehow connect the computer and 628X through a hub and then use the single UPS input? So far I haven't found a hub that uses a type B connector.
No, that won't work.
You could install NUTS on the PC, and monitor over the network though. You'd also need to use the UPS to protect the switch that connects the PC ethernet and the NAS.
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