Re: [Apcupsd-users] GS-700U UPS

[Ted M. <te...@mi...>]

On 10/27/2012 11:50 AM, Kris Jordan wrote:
> Joseph wrote, On 10/24/2012 3:58 PM:
>> Does anybody know if apcupsd supports GS-700U UPS sold by GeekSquad; I think it is made by Cyberpowr.
>
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2007-October/003252.html
>
> Old UPS, not a standard HID-compliant one. Look for UPS's touting
> "plug-in-play, no software required!" Those UPS's feature HID-compliant
> USB ports.
>
> They won't work with Apcupsd though. Besides the snmp support, I haven't
> heard if Apcupsd has plans to support USB HID compliant UPS's. If APC
> moves microlink into their consumer UPS's, Apcupsd is going to be having
> problems.
>

I don't actually think so.

If I go to APC's website and click on the Home and Office Desktop what I 
get is a bunch of BackUPS UPSes.  These are USB UPSes with simple 
signalling - and the larger ones have been brushed up a bit with the 
addition of a big LCD display on the front of them that displays the 
line voltage.

What apcupsd gets from them is barely more than what Microsoft Windows 
UPS support gets from them - Battery-charge/runtime remaining, and 
on/off battery.  I don't know if PowerChute Personal Edition will give 
you any more real data off a BackUPS, it didn't in the past, though.

Going to Best Buy and Frys most of the APC UPses sold that are aimed at 
the consumer are BackUPS.

The Microlink/Smartlink issue is really an issue with people wanting to 
power data centers and servers, and a few power users who want more info 
from their UPS than "oh gee, power is out, I guess it's time to shut 
down, now"

And, really, seriously, anyone building a datacenter is going to be 
using the larger APC UPSes - the 2000, 3000VA units and above - and they 
are going to have the money to spring for the $60 AP9620 card.
(yes I realize they may not like doing this but they have the money,
no question about it)  And anyway they should be running the SNMP card.

The small businesses/power users who buy a brand new SmartUPS 1500 are
the ones who complain the most about this and I can understand that - 
they get a brand new SMT1500 UPS for $500 and that's big money to them - 
heck you could buy a whole computer for that!!  Then they find out they 
have to spend another $60 to get any decent variables out of their new 
UPS - no wonder they are pissed - they figure that for that kind of 
money they should get smartlink - what they don't realize is that $500 
for a UPS is nothing to a company like APC and $60 is less than nothing...

Ted