Setting up a Synology server, I made the mistake of just buying a UPS that had a USB plug on the back thinking oh this is a solved problem, it must just work. No no far from it.

So the UPS I mistakenly purchased is not compatible with Synology. SRV1KI-E wants to run this weird program called PowerChute.

Anyone have success marrying this into the Synology ecosystem?

It also has a RS 232 serial port, I wonder if there’s an off-the-shelf device that would speak serial but output power state via the network or USB.

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    6 months ago

    At this point, it might be easier just to buy a supported UPS. I’m glad the backups 850 is working. It’s a good data point

    I followed your advice, and went through the settings, and try to enable the USB device. But it’s just not detected.