Re: [Apcupsd-users] apcaccess not reporting any value but online status

[Xavier B. <xa...@ba...>]

On 03/01/2014 06:22 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> Hi Xavier,
> 
>    The reason it kind-of-works is because the Protection Center 500
> is a UPS that follows the "Human Interface Device (HID)" spec.  APC
> also makes UPSes that follow that spec, too.  That UPS spec is something
> that Microsoft included in Windows for simple signalling which is why
> a lot of UPS makers support it, you can just plug one of their devices
> into a Windows box and it will work for simple signalling.
> 
Thanks for the explanation, Ted. It's much clearer to me now.

Regards,
Xavier