I'd like to be able to connect a UPS to a hEX.
Possible?
Thanks.
Plug the USB cable into an RJ56 on hEX?If it is an APC UPS just plug the USB cable from the UPS into the hEX and install the ups package. For much older APC devices with serial but no USB you can also connect via any serial-to-USB adapters supported by Mikrotik, in the past I've used a Smart UPS VS650 and a Prolific serial adapter.
IIRC there have been posts that some other manufacturers UPS with USB connections also work, but many don't.
Got it -- I didn't realize the hEX had a USB port.No. APC supply a cable with a 10P10C modular connector at one end to connect to the UPS and a USB A plug at the other. A hEX (RB750Gr3) has a USB socket, as do hEX S, hEX PoE lite and hEX PoE. The hEX lite does not have USB, but you said you have a hEX.
[admin@212Hex] /system/ups> print
Flags: X - disabled; I - invalid
0 name="ups1" port=usbhid1 offline-time=0s min-runtime=never alarm-setting=immediate model="EC850LCD" serial="BF01201HBP1.y" load=0% on-line=yes
[admin@212Hex] /system/ups> monitor 0
on-line: yes
runtime-left: 4h4m10s
battery-charge: 100%
line-voltage: 121V
output-voltage: 121V
load: 0%
What do you mean by that ? hEX to Cyberpower or hEX to APC ?Works!