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Offline gbentley

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« on: April 09, 2007, 08:21:04 AM »
Hi All,

I recently hooked up an APC 1000 Smart UPS to a SME 7.1.3

The server box didnt have a serial port (well, the motherboard did but they dont provide an outlet plate anymore: ASUS MoBo) so I used a USB lead as the APC has both USB & Serial.

On a fairly regular basis I get emails with the above two subject lines often with exatcly the same time stamp (well, I havent checked the seconds field so within the same minute)

Has anyone eles experienced this or can anyone suggest possible cause?

Is the UPS failing? Should I go back to serial?
"If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't."

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Re: Good COM, Bad COM
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2007, 09:43:49 AM »
Quote from: "gbentley"
On a fairly regular basis I get emails with the above two subject lines
Am I missing anything or did you forget to paste in the subject lines?
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« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2007, 01:02:57 PM »
Subject of the post !!!
"If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't."

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« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2007, 04:30:24 PM »
Nut says USB can have problems, see their FAQ
on serial I've had no problems with nut whatsoever

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« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2007, 05:54:42 PM »
OK I'll get serial coms sorted asap !!!
"If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't."