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Ellipse Pro Issues since Driver Upgrade

Back in '21 downloaded the latest driver Eaton UPS Companion (deprecated link now) for the 5S 1200AU (P348G35D92), and received the following error on this rig with W10 20H2: There was also a hang-...
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Can I use an USB hub to use the same UPS or printer for multiple computers?

I'd like to use the same UPS for two small computers. My main problem that I need the battery info for both computers to shut them down when the battery is close to empty. I thought maybe I connect an ...
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UPSmart always gives "connection failure" when connecting to UPS through USB

I want to connect UPS (Irbis ISL1000ET) to OS (Ubuntu 18.04), so that when power is off and battery is low, OS shuts down automatically. However I cannot do this - I installed with superuser ...
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Identify an Unusual USB Port

The back of our APC Smart-UPS 2000 has a USB port so that it can be monitored from a server it supplies. However, this USB port doesn't appear to be a standard USB connector. It looks a little like ...
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How to communicate with ups with a serial port?

I have this offbrand chinese ups that I want to plug in my computer, the manual state that it has a "COM port" but nothing else about it, it doesn't provide a driver neither. Plugging the UPS with a ...
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How to prevent UPS from waking up computer through USB?

I have a Eaton 3S 700 UPS plugged to my Windows 7 Pro 64-bit computer by a USB cable, and I can't prevent the UPS from waking up the computer constantly. This happen both when the UPS is in battery ...
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apcupsd on Linux does not see APC BackUPS Pro 900 on USB

From what documentation I could find, the UPS is supported on Linux and is reported to be working with apcupsd. I looked for specific problems such as the infamous Microlink protocol, and found none. ...
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