on 06/11/2009 02:03 AM Thanasis wrote the following:
> on 06/10/2009 05:46 PM Diana Eichert wrote the following:
>
>> <snip>
>>
>> A quick search on Googley found
>> http://www.pitt.edu/~bdgregg/Cable_Wireing.html
>>
>> Remember real hardware hackers eat serial for breakfast.
>> :-)
>>
>> diana
> Thanks Diana. I checked the pinout of the DB25-Male to DB9-Female, and
> also that of the gender changer and they appear good as far as
> continuity exists between the pins as shown on the site you mention. :-)
>
> I also checked the continuity between the ends of the black serial cable
> supplied by APC, and for the record, it is like so:
>
> APC cable (940-0024D) pinout:
> DB9 Female (PC side) <---> DB9 Male (UPS side)
> pin 2 <------------------> pin 2
> pin 3 <------------------> pin 1
> pin 5 <------------------> pin 9
> All other pins are not connected.
>
> So, now I believe my problem is not hardware but software related.
> I'll post any successful results from tests of other software.
>
I downloaded the latest version of apcupsd from http://www.apcupsd.com
(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54413)
and compiled and installed with gmake. Straightfoward.
Communication with the UPS perfect from the first trial.
:-)
