Kill "apcupsd" first......... Second use minicom as root with the following settings. These are my settings for minicom -s ************Modem and dialing*************** A - Init string ......... Y\0^M B - Reset string ........ Y^M C - Dialing prefix #1.... Y\0 D - Dialing suffix #1.... ^M E - Dialing prefix #2.... ATDP F - Dialing suffix #2.... ^M G - Dialing prefix #3.... ATX1DT H - Dialing suffix #3.... ;X4D^M I - Connect string ...... CONNECT J - No connect strings .. NO CARRIER BUSY NO DIALTONE VOICE K - Hang-up string ...... R\0^M L - Dial cancel string .. ^M M - Dial time ........... 45 P - Auto baud detect .... Yes N - Delay before redial . 5 Q - Drop DTR to hangup .. No O - Number of tries ..... 10 R - Modem has DCD line .. No Change which setting? (Return or Esc to exit) *********Serial port setup*********** A - Serial Device : /dev/ttyS3 B - Lockfile Location : /var/lock C - Callin Program : D - Callout Program : E - Baud/Par/Bits : 2400 8N1 F - Hardware Flow Control : No G - Software Flow Control : No Change which setting? This what I get with a 940-0024B cable. a 3.!$%+?=#|.^A+-789>@ABCDEFGKLMNOPQRSUVWXYZ'abcefgjklmnopqrsuxyz~^? b 52.9.D c UPS_IDEN d NA e 00 f 079.0 g 024 h NA i NA j 0037: k 0 l 103 m 02/18/95 n S95025484481 o 115 p 020 q 02 r 000 s H t NA u 132 v NA w NA x 02/18/95 y (C) APCC z CLEAR A OK | B 27.74 C 033.3 D NO E 336 F 60.00 G S H NA I NA J NA K L 126.7 M 128.0 N 126.1 O 126.7 P 023.4 Q 08 S NA T NA U OK !$ V GWD W OK X OK Y SM ` NA 1 NA 2 NA 3 NA 4 28 5 F2 6 FA 7 00 8 00 9 FF 0 82 - NO = NA \ NA | NA + NO _ NA ) NA ( NA * NA & NA ^ NA % NA $ NA # NA ! NA ` NA ~ 00 ^a SMART-UPS 700 RM