I recently purchased an old, refurbished APC Smart-UPS SUA2200RM2U 2200VA for a really good price. my problem is that none of APC’s official interface solutions are compatible with my current setup.
my server’s ONLY free USB interface is a single USB 3.1 type C port. and the only official interfaces APC provides are either USB-A or serial.
i want to avoid simply buying yet another USB-A splitter for this server as it would quickly become a cable management nightmare.
does there exist some cable which connects to the 8P8C connection on the UPS and also to USB-C on my server? is there a better option for interfacing my UPS that i haven’t considered?
The alternative is obtaining a network management module for that UPS, from APC, at a price. Certainly more flexible, no need to solder anything, but bl00dy expensive!
Good call. The RPi environment has an APC UPS related package in its eco-system, good chance you could make that accessible remotely via SSH. Bit of a detour and may require altering some default timings (to allow for longer response times for a UPS call) but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.
You don’t need to do USB over IP. Run NUT driver and server on the RPi, then only NUT monitor on the server, connecting to the TCP port over the network. APCUPSD provides network connectivity, too.