How to monitor a UPS connected via USB

[shimi]

2011/1/5 Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il>

> Hi All,
>
> Due to the last rainy days, I had a few power surges that caused my Ubuntu
> 10.04 box to reboot.
>
> I went out and bought the first UPS I found that met the price and USB
> interface criteria: Silverline Hornet 1000VA (serviced by Benda Magnetic)
>
> I connected it to the PC and since then all is OK - including a few surges
> today).
>
> My problem: I can't figure out how to configure and control it...
>
> My EeePc netbook shows a 'Battery' tab in the Gnome Power Manger - being a
> netbook, of course. But I can't figure out how to do the same on my desktop.
>
> lsusb lists it as:
>
> Bus 005 Device 002: ID 05b8:0000 Agiler, Inc.
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amichai.
>
>
>
Almighty Google says http://linux.die.net/man/8/megatec_usb

-- Shimi
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