Pointer to NUT config (for APC USB)?

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On 9/24/07, Steve Snyder <swsnyder at insightbb.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Having just gotten a new APC UPS, I would like to configure NUT to read
> it's state via the USB connection.
>
> The presence of the UPS is recognized by the system, as shown by this line
> written to the system log:
>
>   hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [American Power Conversion Back-UPS XS
> 1500 LCD FW:837.H5 .D USB] on usb-0000:00:0f.2-2
>
> So now I need the NUT daemon to monitor this connection and, apparently,
> configure the NUT client to query the daemon.  This is for a local system
> only, no web or network access to status is needed.
>
> Can someone point me to a description of how to set up NUT for this
> context?

I used NUT prior to switching to RHEL5. Now I can monitor my APC UPS
directly with hal.
If you don't want to bother with NUT you might check to see if you can
use hal-get-property to obtain the information you want directly.

John