Below are the questions plauging me at the moment:
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1.) I just got done talking with APC support. They told me that a plain jane serial cable won't work for connecting the UPS to my computer. The guy did reveal though, that the only difference between a regular cable and the APC propreitary cables is the pinout. Does anyone know what I'd have to do to convert my regular serial cable to a APC UPS cable? I'm looking for someone that can help me, not just refer me to Google, as I've already tried that, and need some active help.
2.) I have a 40x4 character LCD with backlight. I'm using Windows XP Pro. I got it hooked up to the computer, and when I power on the computer, the 1st and 3rd rows show all black boxes (I think this is normal). Problem is, even when running my winamp plugin (and I've tried a few). The LCD just sits there with the 1st and 3rd rows on. I've tried lcdprint, and that didn't work either. Any suggestions? What mode should the parallel port be in? ECP? Bi-directional? Neither seem to work.
3.) I need some sort of software that will automatically sync 2 directories over a network with ZERO user input automatically as soon as a network connection is detected. For example, as soon as I walk in range of my wireless LAN with my notebook, all files in C:\blah\ on my notebook are synced with C:\stuff\blah\ on my desktop, assuming that everything on the desktop is the most current. I want to do this TRANSPARENTLY. Can it be done?
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this stuff.
Captain
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1.) I just got done talking with APC support. They told me that a plain jane serial cable won't work for connecting the UPS to my computer. The guy did reveal though, that the only difference between a regular cable and the APC propreitary cables is the pinout. Does anyone know what I'd have to do to convert my regular serial cable to a APC UPS cable? I'm looking for someone that can help me, not just refer me to Google, as I've already tried that, and need some active help.
2.) I have a 40x4 character LCD with backlight. I'm using Windows XP Pro. I got it hooked up to the computer, and when I power on the computer, the 1st and 3rd rows show all black boxes (I think this is normal). Problem is, even when running my winamp plugin (and I've tried a few). The LCD just sits there with the 1st and 3rd rows on. I've tried lcdprint, and that didn't work either. Any suggestions? What mode should the parallel port be in? ECP? Bi-directional? Neither seem to work.
3.) I need some sort of software that will automatically sync 2 directories over a network with ZERO user input automatically as soon as a network connection is detected. For example, as soon as I walk in range of my wireless LAN with my notebook, all files in C:\blah\ on my notebook are synced with C:\stuff\blah\ on my desktop, assuming that everything on the desktop is the most current. I want to do this TRANSPARENTLY. Can it be done?
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this stuff.
Captain
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