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Re: Power draw from UPS

From <tomas@tuxteam.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Power draw from UPS
Date 2017-07-27 12:40 +0200
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On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 12:27:14PM +0200, g wrote:
> Hi all, I want to get the power draw from a APC USB UPS. I have managed
> to run apcusbd and apctest. But how to invoke these tools to get the
> actual power draw in Watt x Ampere?
> 
> I've found this page which describes how to read it via RS232 serial
> port.
> 
> https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/got-an-apc-smart-ups-measure-real-
> power-with-it.55847/
> 
> But I dont't have such a port neither a cable.

It's most likely that the USB "appears" as a virtual serial
port. Try the command "lsusb" on a console. The option "-v"
makes it more verbose.

Cheers
- -- tomás
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Power draw from UPS g <sendmailtogoran@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 12:30 +0200
  Re: Power draw from UPS <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-27 12:40 +0200
  Re: Power draw from UPS Ron Leach <ronleach@tesco.net> - 2017-07-27 13:10 +0200
  Re: Power draw from UPS Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2017-07-27 13:40 +0200
  Re: Power draw from UPS Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-27 15:00 +0200
  Re: Power draw from UPS Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2017-07-27 20:50 +0200
    Re: Power draw from UPS g <sendmailtogoran@gmail.com> - 2017-07-28 13:20 +0200
      Re: Power draw from UPS Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-07-28 15:20 +0200
        Re: Power draw from UPS Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-07-28 16:10 +0200
          Re: Power draw from UPS Goran <sendmailtogoran@gmail.com> - 2017-07-28 20:50 +0200
            Re: Power draw from UPS deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-07-28 21:50 +0200

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